Can Windows use Apple wallpapers in advertising their PC's?

[::Lisa::]

Q as above. Basically my friend just got herself a new PC today and she linked me to it: link (link maynot work due to session ID's etc) Anyway, I thought the wallpaper looked familiar and Apple-like so I looked in my Apple wallpaper folder and there it is EXACT same one. It's a Panther wallpaper used on a Toshiba PC with Vista.

I took a screen capture, shown below.

Can they do that? and if they can, I personally find it mis-leading unless it's actually on that PC as a wallpaper option.

 

[heatmiser]

"Windows" isn't doing that. Microsoft doesn't even sell PCs. This is entirely the decision of the PC World advertising department.

 

[Eraserhead]

They always use Apple Wallpapers to advertise PC's as the ad departments all use Macs.

 

[Cloudane]

PC World also sell Macs, although it seems odd that Apple would let them use the pics for advertising PCs *shrug*

Must be some copyright thing going on.

 

[trainguy77]

I saw a Mac OS X screenshot on a PC laptop in an airport once. The ad which was on the wall had a laptop and it had 10.4 running on it.

 

[Osarkon]

PC World, Currys, Comet (I think) and various other retailers use the os x wallpaper on their images of pc laptops. Can't imagine for the life of me why, but it amuses me to no end.