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Is that a MacBook in that picture on a Microsoft website?

It's only sad if it's also running Mac OS X, which you can't tell from the picture obviously. Microsoft doesn't make the hardware so they can use a Macbook for the picture if they want.

Nate
 
Isnt that also the picture where the black man is actually a photoshop edit?
 
Yeah that is what I saw it for somewhere else, but then I noticed the MacBook. :)
 
liptonlover said:
Microsoft doesn't make the hardware so they can use a Macbook for the picture if they want.

Nate
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yes, but hp, dell, whoever, are not competitors to microsoft while apple is. so they're supporting a competitor by placing the computer in the scene. if i remember, this isn't the first time a macbook has been used in microsoft ads.
 
kymac said:
they're supporting a competitor by placing the computer in the scene. .
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Really? You would have to be a monumental Mac geek to identify it as a Mac in the first place. And, as I said, chances are it's straight of a stock photo library - they didn't 'place' anything.
 
Microsoft in Photoshop Disaster row

I guess know your intended audience… :rolleyes:

Although I'll admit the mismatched hand made me laugh.
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Software giant Microsoft has apologised for editing a photo to change a black man's head to that of a white man.

The picture, showing employees sitting around a desk, appeared unaltered on the firm's US website.

But on the website of its Polish business unit the black man's head was replaced with a white face, although the colour of his hands were unchanged.

Microsoft said it had pulled the image and would be investigating who made the changes. It apologised for the gaffe.
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They should be held accountable for crimes against photoshop too. That's a terrible job! And that white guy looks slightly scary.
 
Is the logo also gone off the back of the Dell monitor?

I think that model has an embossed Dell logo on the back above the mounting point.
 
I honestly thought this was going to be about that MacBook. Especially after all the high-profile advertising, "Laptop Hunters", etc.

So when I saw that picture, I smiled and nodded in recognition... until I read the article.

:eek:
 
RedTomato said:
Is the logo also gone off the back of the Dell monitor?

I think that model has an embossed Dell logo on the back above the mounting point.
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It could just be dark, and at a weird angle.

The head doesn't freak me out, and to be honest, neither does the mismatched hand colour. It's not different enough for me to notice at a glance.
 
Whoops! Nice move! :rolleyes: People are gonna have a field day with this one.

(Goes to buy 'Ebony & Ivory' off iTunes)
 
I don't get what the point of the photoshop was. But whatever. Certainly looks like a poor job of photoshopping.
 
Photos like this, I always wonder what they're supposed to be looking at.

In this example, judging from their facial expressions, I think they're looking at a gigantic flying penis.

The lady is so distracted she hasn't noticed that her monitor isn't plugged into anything. Poor dear.
 
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