Microsoft CEO Signs Student's Mac Laptop

Liz Str8 writes "When Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, spoke at a Nashville Technology Council event held at Trevecca Nazarene University, he participated in a 'meet and greet' session with students from local colleges and universities. At that event, a Trevecca student asked Ballmer to sign his Mac laptop. In an action that Tech Flash blogger Todd Bishop described as 'a scene that will make Mac fans feel like they're watching Thomas Kinkade scribble on a Van Gogh,' Ballmer graciously agreed to do so — right across the Mac logo."

Comments

Why do people like to write MAC in ALL CAPITALS?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've seen this a few times, so let's clear the air:
Mac = The brand-name for a line of computers that Apple, Inc. develops, markets, and sells.
MAC = Media Access Control (Ethernet, etc.), or Mandatory Access Control (SELnux, etc.)

Re:Why do people like to write MAC in ALL CAPITALS

[brxndxn]

You're pushing the nerd envelope - even for Slashdot..

Two things I don't understand:

[GNUALMAFUERTE]

1st: How can someone be in the same room as Ballmer and control the impulse to insult, hurt and humiliate him.
2nd: How can someone destroy a laptop like that. Now it needs to burn to be purified :)

Re:Two things I don't understand:

[_merlin]

Ballmer's actually a good guy when you're having a beer with him. I've never had to work for him - he might be a total dick as a boss - but I wouldn't mind meeting him again for another beer.

Re:Two things I don't understand:

[_merlin]

No, I'm serious. I met him at an IEEE 802.11 working group conference once. He was a cool guy when he had a beer in his hand.

I wonder what he wrote on it.

[ModernGeek]

It looks like he wrote a note or something on it. I love how he looks away from the crowd and towards the ground a lot. For being such a big guy with a large personality, he doesn't carry himself with a lot of confidence.

What's the big deal?

[Locke2005]

All modern Macs are perfectly capable of running Windows, or even running both MacOS and Windows at the same time using Boot Camp, Parallels, etc. Furthermore, Microsoft Office has been available for Macs forever; Microsoft is a major Mac software provider. Unlike his comments about Google, Ballmer has never said "I'm gonna kill mother fucking Apple!" I just don't see why Ballmer signing a Mac has any significance at all.