Microsoft's PC maker of choice

Take a look at the homepage for Microsoft Office. Look carefully.

Go to school with Office [office.microsoft.com]

[#1 posted by gabrielm , July 28, 2008 3:57 PM]

Are you upset about the floating books?
... is that it?

Darn you Microsoft! Rob Beschizza commands you to obey the law of gravity!

[#2 posted by jennfrank , July 28, 2008 4:15 PM]

Yeesh. You're right, Gabriel! That drop-shadow is pretty uncanny.

[#3 posted by Rob Beschizza , July 28, 2008 4:27 PM]

Apple's always walked on water; why not float in space?

[#4 posted by schönberger , July 28, 2008 4:30 PM]

Must be MacBook air.

[#5 posted by pantsravaganza , July 28, 2008 4:56 PM]

Apostrophe abuse.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , July 28, 2008 5:56 PM]

Not surprising, many graphic design types are airheads and mac users.

[#7 posted by LogrusZed , July 28, 2008 6:05 PM]

Kind of a stretch to say that because the Office page uses a Mac notebook that Mac is the M/S builder of choice?

Mac does make some awesome notebooks, no diss there, and they are at lest equal to any other normal nb in appearance and superior to most. Also I thought that M/S was an actual business partner with Mac, is that just internet legend?

[#8 posted by Rob Beschizza , July 28, 2008 6:33 PM]

MS invested in Apple when Apple was in the crapper in the 1990s. Offered reasons given include the conspiratorial (life support for a visible foe whose continued existence helped maintain the appearance of a competitive marketplace), cynical (they're all buddies at the top) and convincing (Like what this image implies: Microsoft makes lots of money selling software to Mac users, and doesn't value silly prideful games over making a buck.)

[#9 posted by Latente , July 29, 2008 2:40 AM]

/me facepalm

and so? MS sell Office for Mac...

[#10 posted by strider_mt2k , July 29, 2008 3:55 AM]

Can't we all just co-exist?

[#11 posted by jennfrank , July 29, 2008 5:01 AM]

Speaking of coexistence...! The VMware blog actually points out that it's most likely Word 2007... for Windows.

VMware's assessment carries a little bit more weight, as VMware Fusion is one of only three viable options for running Windows on a Mac (VMware, Parallels, Boot Camp).

Carry on, Rob.

[#12 posted by Halloween Jack , July 29, 2008 6:44 AM]

News of the Weird has a category, "No Longer Weird", of things that can't be categorized as such, no matter how bizarre, because they happen too often. I think that this falls into that category.

[#13 posted by codeman38 , July 29, 2008 6:26 PM]

Even better, note that the Mac in the ad doesn't have a built-in webcam. In other words, it's from before Apple switched to Intel.

I dunno about you, but I'm not sure I'd like to run Office 2007 in Virtual PC on a G4...

[#14 posted by dustinmeyer , July 30, 2008 5:50 AM]

From the looks of it, that is a 15" Powerbook, which cannot run Windows on its PowerPC processor.

Photoshop.

[#15 posted by Anonymous , July 30, 2008 12:15 PM]

It says that it has essentials for teachers and parents to get organized. What about the students?