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    Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 9:55pm
No way! http://flickr.com/photos/paintitblack/2439080330/
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Quote No way!


Exactly right, its a misleading image:

Quote Hold it, hold it.

I have worked on a presentation given by a Microsoft exec, and any laptops on stage are superfluous.

The presentation is run on two (for redundancy) PCs backstage. There is a Stage Manager who tells these PC operatives when to advance the slides. Ballmer (or whoever) has a clicker, but this only goes to the Stage Manager. In front of the stage, facing the presenter, and covered with black cloth so that you don't notice them, are large TV monitors with the slide on some and notes on another.

My guess is the Apple laptop was owned by one of the stage crew.


Quote I was there and I have to say that there WAS a leftover Mac from a non MS speaker. The 2 previous presenters used it for their keynotes. Ballmer didn't use a computer at all, it was just an automatic slide.
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symbolically it's funny to see an MS rep with a Mac during his presentation... the guy you quoted might have made it all up for all we know... Just thought it was funny, nothing more really.
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I guess Keynote for Vista wasn't ready at the time!!!

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