Windows Laptop Makes Appearance on 30 Rock
Do you want a Windows laptop?
Sick and tired of seeing that glowing Apple logo on the back of the laptops that you see on TV shows and movies? Well then, perhaps Microsoft is trying to turn things around with a Windows-branded machine that appeared in a recent episode of NBC's 30 Rock.
As seen in screen captures sent to istartedsomething, characters used a black notebook with a Windows logo adorned on the back of the screen to design a super microwave (which eventually evolved into a car).
Of course, there is no Windows-branded laptop, but the reverse angle reveals that the black notebook was actually a Lenovo ThinkPad W500.
Now with the news that Microsoft is selling "Signature PCs," which are actually just specially configured Sony, HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo machines, do you think that there should eventually be a Windows-branded PC available from the Microsoft Store?
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about time - its always a mac if theres a computer or laptop on TV shows
and its always the good guy that uses the mac and the evil guys gets some grotty old Acer aspire thats about to catch fire from the nicotine lodged in the vents so seeing this is a good thing
I don't think there's anything wrong in theory with a MSBook (Softbook? BillBook?) as all Apple to is source components from elsewhere themselves, however the point behind a Mac is the bespoke shell which is what makes a Mac a Mac.
A Microsoft-branded laptop would need more than just a glowing Windows logo on the lid, not only to differentiate it from the Mac but also from the ton of other PC laptops out there - sticking a Windows logo on an existing Lenovo or Sony won't cut it.
Strike a design deal with Dell or HP and create a unique MSBook?