Steve Ballmer signs a student’s Macbook during his visit to Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee on January 20, 2010:
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
MacDailyNews Note: To us, it looks like Balmy wrote, “Need a new one? Steve Ballmer.”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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You guys kiddin’ me. That laptop can now fetch even MORE on eBay now. How many Mac fans can claim to have “Steve Ballmer’s” signature on their laptop, with video for proof? I’d pay more for it! Great artifact of the computing age…
I can’t stand the ass, but at least he shows good spirit. Right now in this country, we suffer from “for everyone that has to win, someone has to lose” and that’s just not healthy any more. MS is an integral part of many Mac users experience and still a vital part of the game, even if that part is just to stay as blind and bloated as it is. Do you think Apple would be doing what they do if the rest of the industry wasn’t so bad at doing it first?
Ballmer and all his ilk push guys like Jobs to do better. Don’t think for a second that Apple wouldn’t be resting on it laurels if competition wasn’t always threatening around the corner.
I would prefer that macbook pro was signed by steve jobs instead!
@Applepi
That’s just it, say what u want about Ballmer (again, I’m NO FAN) but Jobs would never sign it, unless you were dying or some sort of charity case. Jobs (LOVE ‘EM) is still a jerk.
I’d like to comment about what kind of people Ballmer and Jobs are, but I don’t know them personally the way many do here.
Ugh. Wonder how hard it would be to clean the ink off. I hope it wasn’t a permanent marker.
@Craig,
Agreed. Steve Jobs is a marketing/creative genius.
However, it would be a lot more fun to go for a beer with Ballmer.
@Craig
Jobs would sign it if he was ever out in public.
I hope he does not do a Howard Hughes on us.
As for Oballmer, how stupid can you be.
Please keep him on until Apple reaches 90% market share.
That MacBook will cost much in future, as the history of Failure of Microsoft – Steve Ballmer.
Does that mean it can get Viruses now???
Before we all rush to congratulate Ballmer for handling this situation with grace and humor (which is certainly commendable), let’s not forget how recently it was that he “jokingly” grabbed an employee’s iPhone and pretended to stomp on it.
Methinks the PR folks at Microsoft had a little chat with him after that, resulting in the far more graceful handling of this incident. Sadly, when it comes to higher-up executives of large companies, very little they do is unscripted or uncoached. (Though, considering Ballmer’s past antics, I can see why people would assume otherwise…)
Ballmer sucks, but for the first time, he handled himself well.
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That was funny – but sheesh, I’d never do that to my MBP!
Maybe the guy took it from a office-mate?
VANDALISM!
To get even, I’m gonna go steal his gas cap, bend his windshield wiper blades and pour sand down his carburetor!
Just like the good old days! (heh heh heh)
He’s laughing all the way to the poor house. I would NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER let him deface my Mac like that. That kid is an idiot!
@Craig
He’s a jerk? You know this first hand? The guy runs a company with a style that gets results, and suddenly that makes him a jerk?
Agreed. Steve Jobs is a marketing/creative genius.
However, it would be a lot more fun to go for a beer with Ballmer.
Mac+, that kind of thinking is how the country ended up with Dubya in the WH. How did that work out?
Now, he needs to mail the macbook to steve jobs and ask him to sign it because “it has a virus and i need something to counteract the bad karma”
No, but thanks for asking. This an Apple product. It will last a very long time. In fact, this MacBook Pro is not even the most current version, and it’s still going strong. You are probably used to asking Windows and PC users that question, so I’ll forgive you.
The first thing I’d do is back up the drive, do a clean install, put it back in the original box and put the box in the bank and when the time was right, I’d auction off the key. When the wire transfer hit, I’d transfer the account to the rightful owner.
Apple or Ballmer could easily buy it for a few million.
One would display it, the other would never let it see the light of day again.
I think he actually handled that situation nicely. At least he did not throw it on the ground and stomp on it (or even pretend to do it)…
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steve jobs signature > steve ballmers signature
“Need a new CEO? Steve Ballmer.”
I have a nagging feeling that this is an attempt at viral marketing, just like the failed microsoft store dance video that was distributed by a marketing company pretending to be a bystander.
Let’s keep in mind that with the new Intel processors MicroSoft should have no problem with Apple computer sales. Boot camps inspires people to perhaps purchase two copies of MicroSoft Office and MicroSoft Windows as well.
I am just waiting for this to show up for bid on eBay.
@neomonkey
or we could say about that Obama-look how the police officer and professor friend worked their “differences” at White House over beer