Jarrod Trainque

22Sep

iBook accidentally used in ad for Windows NT6.0

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago - 2 comments

It’s the risk you run when using stock photos. Apparently, Microsoft accidentally used a stock image containing what appears to be an iBook.

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Someone noticed, posted to a forum, and forced the designers to alter the photo to make the computer less Appley:

altered image

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2 Comments

  1. Pingback by MacGrass » 大意！Microsoft廣告有iBook！ — September 23, 2005 @ 5:16 am

    […] 網誌踢爆微軟的NT 6.0（a.k.a. Vista）廣告，設計師大意使用了一張有類似iBook物體的相片。我們不敢100%肯定那是一台iBook，但設計師發現這張圖片被廣泛討論之後，將那台筆亮本電腦變成笨笨實實的灰黑色。 哎！這麼大意呀！沒有上Sony那一課嗎？ […]

  2. Comment by willo — October 4, 2005 @ 10:26 pm

    ha… that’s funny!

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