Journalists Cover Microsoft, Using Macs

Nicole Martinelli ()

Journos on Macs at Microsoft's Mobius event. @

Journos on Macs at Microsoft's Mobius event. @windows phone thoughts

It’s not an easy time for Microsoft — with Steve Ballmer having to field questions about being “buffoons” and an “evil empire”  at the shareholder’s meeting (.doc) — so when they get together “the world’s most influential technology pundits and online writers” (nb: we weren’t invited) for Mobius to discuss super-secret mobile tech you’d think they’d have a more sympathetic crowd.

If this pic posted by Jason Dunn over at Windows Phone Talk is any indication, most journalists, even the best and brightest from sites like Engadget and Slash Gear are Macs, at a non-scientific ratio of five to three.

Sorry guys. It looks like we’re mostly interested in covering you, not using you.

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Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco native who has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. You can find her on Twitter , Facebook and Google+.

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  • http://savingcreativity.com jonack

    And I bet those 3 netbooks were probably running OSX anyways…..

  • Ryan

    They may well be using Windows through Bootcamp… doubtful but very much possible.

  • Nico

    Look how unique and different everyone is…oh wait.. never mind.

  • http://www.grinningidiot.com JAYnLA

    If the proof is in the pudding, I’d call this photo ‘pudding’.

  • rvf

    It’s “The proof of the pudding is in the eating”, to be pedantic. Still humorous, though.

  • Nathan

    I love it.

  • Fuzzypig

    Fantastic! Makes you feel proud, doesn’t it?

    All that shot needs is a huge MS banner at the back declaring what the PR event is, it woudl then be on every Mac user’s sig within hours!

  • firesign3000

    @nico — and what is unique and different about using a windows laptop?

  • http://www.21apples.org arvind s grover

    I’ve got a Windows PC and an Apple one, but I’ve got Microsoft products on both. I’d be willing to bet that most journalists do too. Microsoft Word, anyone? I also have 5 alternative word processors, but really do maximize Word and Excel.

  • KenseiDave

    Journalism has always been an industry dominated by Macs.

    I work in Health Care and not a single mac to be seen anywhere. Well except for on TV on House MD.

  • tyromind

    probably jonack….. lol

  • Alex

    And the purpose of this is ? ( to make feel insecure mac user feel better ? )

    Who really cares if these guys use mac’s … They could have been there with pen and paper the results would have been the same ..

    I’m secure enough in my computer buying decisions that I don’t need constant validation. Grow up people …

  • SPSherm

    Well said Alex.

    I bought a MacBook Pro earlier this year b/c it was the best laptop for my needs at the time. I wasn’t sure if I would use OSX or bootcamp into Windows 7. I knew I would have the option, so it came down to that and hardware performance. Machine is sexy as all get-out, and I feel good when I take it out but it’s not working for me; part of the reason is that I NEED to be in Windows 99% of the time. And the unit has a few design flaws, in my opinion.

    Those of you who still blindly accept Apple’s products purely b/c it’s Apple or b/c you really think they are that different need to give your heads a shake.

    Who really cares anyway? Use a Commodore 64 to type your letters to Aunt May if you want. If it does the job for you, then that’s all that matters, isn’t it?

  • http://www.paulgoda.com Paul

    I grew up after fifteen years of using a Mac in publishing. My modest pc does everything I need including graphics, but it’s still not a mac. Unless you are handling large graphic files most any computer will do, the mac is just more user friendly. And you can thank Apple for the way windows looks. Let’s not turn this into a flame war.

  • Rodrigo

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! EPIC FAIL!!!

  • khungus

    Five to four!

  • Icecastles

    All MS needs is a “Mission Accomplished” banner behind them.

  • http://kopipengkau.blogspot.com/ arul

    Bootcamp!

  • bjorntech@squee.org

    The day Microsoft will create a product that does not suck, is the same day they start manufacturing vacuum cleaners.

  • http://news.topcomedian.com/content.asp?ID=124315&ArticleCategory=Technology goxuntots

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