*sigh* Oh, well. I guess humor can't be explained -- you either find something funny or you don't. When I saw that video, I thought it was the funniest thing, so I was surprised to see so many "not funny" reactions here at MacRumors. Even before I saw the video, as I was following the live blogs of Microsoft's presentation, I was stuck at many points by the thought that Microsoft was copying Apple's style. I suppose the video was funny because it reflected what I was thinking already. Sure, okay, there's only so many ways to present a product, and if you just saw the video without having followed the entire Microsoft presentation, then maybe the snippets in the video aren't enough to get a sense of how much Microsoft seemed to be copying Apple's style. But having sat there reading liveblog reports and thinking "oh wow, Micrpsoft is really copying Apple's style!" every other sentence, the video just crystalizes how I felt about the whole presentation.
And yes, I know Microsoft didn't just copy the iPad, but came out with some innovations of their own, but ironically (or maybe not so ironically) it was the innovations, or more how they talked about them, that stuck me the most as Microsoft trying to be Apple. The way they kept emphasizing attention to detail, how they talked about developing the material for their tablet, how they tried a thousand times to get the sound of the hinge snapping closed just right...
