Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer’s iPad envy (with video)

Friday, July 30, 2010 · 2:30 pm · 25 Comments

“On Thursday Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Apple has sold more iPads than he would have liked, and discussed Microsoft’s plans to improve the quality of tablet devices that run Windows 7 OS,” MarketWacth reports.

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“WSJ’s Marcelo Prince and MarketWatch’s Rex Crum join Simon Constable on the Digits show to discuss Microsoft’s strategy,” MarketWacth reports.

Ballmer’s iPad Envy:

Direct link to video via MarketWatch here.

MacDailyNews Note: This video is from MarketWatch.com. If you cannot see it, please ask them when they plan to support your device(s) here. You might want to remind them that, in addition to yours, there are 100+ million more iOS devices out there, too. Ask them if they ignore/fail to serve any other platform with an installed base of 100+ million?

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25 Comments

Jim - TIV

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:40 pm · Reply

looks like dancing monkey boy lost some weight…

Jersey_Trader

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:55 pm · Reply

3D software, in almost every case, requires Windows. Ex: Solid Works. Then trying to push those 3D files into a CNC machine again almost every time requires Windows.

Apple needs to offer these Windows only software suppliers some programing help or buy or develop the software for the Mac OS X. 75% of the students in college are now Mac users and they will be forced to develop things in Windows in the business world when they get a job. Anyone see a problem? If Apple wants another market, it would be theirs in a heart beat. Anyone see an iPad or iPod touch as the plugged in CNC controlling device?

@ Jim - TIV

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:55 pm · Reply

its from all that dancin’

Jersey_Trader

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:58 pm · Reply

Jim – TIV, he is getting real old and that leaves him little time to crush Microsoft into obscurity. He is on schedule but he can only dance so hard for so long now.

Jersey_Trader

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 3:00 pm · Reply

Did you all notice that the talking heads really do not see that it is more than the iPad hardware and it’d iOS 4 that is creating the tsunami demand for it? Were clueless and unable to see a bigger picture.

elgarak

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 3:17 pm · Reply

WTF does he care? Microsoft’s a SOFTWARE company. Make software for it, and everyone’s happy.

scott

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 3:17 pm · Reply

remember how he predicted it would flop? He either doesn’t know sh*t or he is in serious denial

really?

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 3:27 pm · Reply

anyone’s game?? WTF?

Mac-nugget

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 3:30 pm · Reply

@Jeresey_Trader
The iPad is not running iOS 4, at lest not yet.

Me In LA

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 3:54 pm · Reply

If you were Dancing Monkey Boy™ you’d lose weight too trying to catch AAPL and running from stockholders…

Bobchr

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 4:01 pm · Reply

@jersey trader
You can write an app for that the SDK is pretty cheap CNC machines run on spatial data input. You can spit that stuff out from OSX just as well as windows. You can probably control a CNC machine from a cell phone text message if you can pump it out to the USB port.

kris

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:22 pm · Reply

3D tits is all I see!

zubonhebi

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 6:31 pm · Reply

Gotta love the guy. Every time he opens his mouth I want to run out and buy more Apple stock. Apple should pay to clone him and create an infinite dynasty of Ballmers.

Lemon

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 6:35 pm · Reply

I can watch the movie on my iPhone. Why should I complain MDN?!?