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What's wrong with this picture? Kensington lock. Who would want to steal a PC notebook?

Nov 24, 09 - 05:04 pm Comment from: ron

Twinkle, twinkle little flake. Only MS could come up with something so 'flaky'.

Nov 24, 09 - 05:11 pm Comment from: Amazin1

Oh that makes sense -- show the ones you supposedly love how much you really disdain them -- give them something from Microsoft! Talk about about destroying the meaning of Christmas!

Nov 24, 09 - 05:15 pm Comment from: 84 Mac Guy

This has disaster written all over it.

Nov 24, 09 - 05:25 pm Comment from: Wade Smith

How far is this Saks from the Apple Store on Fifth?

Where is the big ass table? Or is that too expensive for this holiday season (and not working well under 7)?

Nov 24, 09 - 05:56 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

This seems.... dumb.

So, Microsoft is crowing about providing monitors (which they don't manufacture) for a Christmas window display for a store that doesn't sell consumer electronics (much less computer equipment) which includes an animated children's story that seemingly has nothing to do with Christmas, much less Microsoft.

"Relax Deus, it's a branding message."

Oh, of course! Microsoft wants to associate their brand with that of a premium retailer of high-end consumer
goods because Microsoft sells premium high end..... wait a minute...

Another confusing, erroneous piece of "we can be cool too" messaging from Microsoft.

"Your potential, our lack of self-esteem"

Nov 24, 09 - 06:09 pm Comment from: HMCIV

@MDN Take

The Borg run waaay too smoothly and efficiently to be running any flavor of Windows.

Nov 24, 09 - 06:15 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

@HMCIV

You are correct. The Borg were definitely Unix.

Just checked out the Twitter link ... HILARIOUS!!

'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Flake' ????

I thought this was referring to Ballmer.....

My nuts roasting on a fire,
Jack frost nipping at your booze
Its been said
Many times many ways,
BSOD, if Windows you choose.

Nov 24, 09 - 06:48 pm Comment from: m159

Ballmer just throwing more money at trying to be cool, but he never gets it, which is why msft is never cool. As Jobs might say, cool isn't just the way something looks, it's the way it works.

Nov 24, 09 - 07:44 pm Comment from: qka

And Saks has pretensions of being a classy shopping destination.

Not any more.

I really wish liberals would keep their greedy hands off of Christmas.

It's Christmas!

Deal with it!

Not "Happy Holidays"...

not "Season's Greetings"...

...but Christmas!

@ Josh

You're right : Merry Christmas ! to you. I'm a Liberal but I agree Christmas is Christmas, not some diluted and undefined Holiday.

just checked the tweets.
fantastically funny. most of them are get a mac tweets!

"What's wrong with this picture? Kensington lock. Who would want to steal a PC notebook?"

That looks like a nice table. They locked the PC to it, so people wouldn't steal it.

For somehow dragging politics into a story about sending tweets to Saks 5th Avenue holiday window displays, you deserve to have Barack Obama hold you down while George W. Bush punches you in the balls.

@the article

That twitter page is a comedy goldmine. Although after seeing the sadsack pointing at his "I'm a PC" shirt I just feel kind of depressed now.

I like how Microsoft has attempted to "subtly" alter the sacred multi-color Windows logo into a classy, elegant, simple and clean back-lit white logo. Now this couldn't possibly be Microsoft once again blatantly trying to rip-off Apple. In a very public space no less. They're not just trying to "associate their brand with that of a premium retailer of high-end consumer goods..." No, they are just trying to directly associate themselves with their competition down the coast so as to confuse their huddled and idiotic masses.

Nov 24, 09 - 09:13 pm Comment from: Cubert

Oh this has "craptacular" written all over it.

@Josh and Giles:

You must be a couple of closed-minded, ignorant idiots!?

"Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings" is to refer to all the holidays that occur during this season. In case you haven't noticed, Christians aren't the only people who have a holiday around the winter solstice. Furthermore, Christians co-opted a date that was originally a pagan holiday.

Nov 24, 09 - 10:18 pm Comment from: Hm...

@ Josh and Giles:

Dies Natalis Invicti to you, too...

Nov 25, 09 - 01:06 am Comment from: breeze

MDN:

Brilliant!

Nov 25, 09 - 01:33 am Comment from: The Other Steve

Windows at Saks?

Sure, if you don't mind paying hundreds of dollars for a logo!

Nov 25, 09 - 03:58 am Comment from: British Mac Head

PMSL, the inevitable has happened. @holidaywindows user on Twitter. "user not found" lol

Nov 25, 09 - 04:01 am Comment from: British Mac Head

@michael, stop being so disghustingly politically correct dude, would a Muslim say "seasons greetings" or "happy holidays" during Ramadan or Eid? I don't think so.

Nov 25, 09 - 04:03 am Comment from: British Mac Head

Or any other religion for that matter.
And I'm not religious. I just can't stand the PC brigade. Either of them!!!

Nov 25, 09 - 05:24 am Comment from: Bartsimpsonhead

If Balmer ever considers visiting the store I'd advise the Saks staff to fit Kensington locks to the chairs too – once he sees all those tweets he might look for something to throw through the front window...

Nov 25, 09 - 10:30 am Comment from: Cubert

British Mac Head,
No. It's still there. I just posted one.

Seriously people, it's Christmas.

Microsoft provides a way for people to say a greetings to others and a bunch of Mac users have to come and do some Window bashing.

So this is why Mac users are referred to as cults. They can't even put down their differences to act nicely during Christmas.

Really mature guys.

Nov 25, 09 - 02:28 pm Comment from: Cubert

My post on that Twitter page never showed up.

Weird.

Nov 25, 09 - 02:31 pm Comment from: Cubert

will,
Thanks! Most people are saying this is immature so I'm glad you think it is mature of us.

And fun, too, twit.

Ummmm.....I mean tweet.

Not Saks, but Sucks ! =)

Saks is not that stupid to let it go unfiltered. What's funnier, and sad is all the energy a few mac fans are spending on this.

Couldn't they be doing something useful with that time around the holidays like wishing good cheer or helping out those less fortunate.