Lord Vader is at the iPhone's funeral

[bowlerman625]

The Microsoft event was just plain stupid.

 

[D1G1T4L]

The Microsoft event was just plain stupid.

Yet here we are talking about it on an Apple forum.

 

[fsck-y dingo]

LOL! I'm embarrassed for them just from watching that video. Wow, that's a sad looking event...and poorly choreographed as well. 😀

 

[ddavid]

If it was an internal company pep rally then it was pretty cool and looked fun. If they went out in public… sad.

 

[kbfr08]

This whole thing reminds me of a certain Mac OS 9 funeral.

 

[TheQuestion]

This whole thing reminds me of a certain Mac OS 9 funeral.

That Had a point. But I thought that too

 

[mac2x]

This whole thing reminds me of a certain Mac OS 9 funeral.

Stunt yes, but it was done by the company that made it. This Micro$oft stunt is quite clearly designed to put down the competition.

 

[jav6454]

This whole thing reminds me of a certain Mac OS 9 funeral.

Well, that had a reason. Apple needed to move forward and people wouldn't budge. Also, it was a small significance for Steve (if you can call it that).

However, OS 9's funeral was made by the company that made it, not the competition. Microsoft's attempts are really sad.

 

[DisMyMac]

MS once had a pack of roller-bladers tear through the city annoying everyone in their wake. They totally should have been cited for disturbing the peace.

Tacky, tasteless, very Steve Ballmer-ish.

 

[Merthyrboy]

Wow that was odd especially the thriller part, they didn't do it too well either

 

[macfan881]

Not to start another flame/fanboy fight but who wants to bet MS will do something when the Xbox 360 2 or 720 or what ever its going to be called for the PS3.

 

[nobunaga209]

Vader would never ride a Suzuki cruiser.

Agreed; Sith Lord's are too gangsta for that!

 

[ntrigue]

It's like watching a train wreck in slow-motion.

*Business perspective. There is some value in large companies for these faux-excited product launches.