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    Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go

    Watch Out Cinnabon

    Microsoft's Retail Stores Are Eight Times As Genius

    Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store
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    Image of ReevesCabango ReevesCabango
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    PMS stands for the Pantone Matching System, a proprietary system created by Pantone to easily match colors in print, plastic, and on screen. It is used by people, especially in the graphic design industry, to ensure that the color that is on the screen will be the color that you see when it's printed/fabricated.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    Yep, looks familiar.
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    Image of ErcoleKabobular ErcoleKabobular
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    Wow, some serious bucks went into that logo............
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    reddingofish promoted this comment ErcoleKabobular was starred ErcoleKabobular was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    08/10/09

    @ErcoleKabobular: I can see the meeting in the conference room now. Four team members are staring at the current logo with blank faces, and then the janitor walks in with an old Windows 95 t-shirt that he has had for years...
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    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    I particularly enjoyed how they labeled their colours as "PMS".
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    Image of uberlemur uberlemur
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    A logo that looks towards the future!
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    08/10/09

    @uberlemur: That is a great example of false advertising. The only way you could get Windows 95 to do more than one thing at a time was if you had more than one computer. Well I guess it was better than DOS that really could do only one thing at at time.
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    reddingofish promoted this comment Edited by reddingofish at 08/10/09 4:17 PM reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
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    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    Does this mean that Microsoft is going to start making PCs? Or are they going to just expand the XBox up to the point that you wont need a PC?
    Remember what Bill said years ago, It is all about Convergence.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    08/10/09

    @reddingofish: Doubt that. Microsoft has enough of a peripheral and software market to fill a decent size store.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    08/10/09

    @tok3ninja: People seem to forget that Microsoft makes a shitload of mice and keyboards, even up to today.
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    Image of mnerd mnerd
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go

    You can see the logo in this shot that was posted on giz earlier: [gizmodo.com]
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    kagekiri promoted this comment Edited by mnerd at 08/10/09 3:55 PM mnerd was starred mnerd was unstarred
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    08/10/09

    @mnerd: I'm not sure why the link decided to stop working so here is the actual giz post: [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    Primary colors plus green? I'm having a hard time imagining how this is going to look good. Especially since they plan to install these next to Apple's starkly minimal glass and steel installations. I got a tenspot that says it looks off. Maybe they'll take the stores offline after a year, and reboot with a better design a few years after that like they did with the Zune.
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    08/10/09

    @The Lab: It has been the iconic windows color set for so long that I don't even notice any gaudiness. It actually seems like a reasonably clean/bright look.
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    08/10/09

    @The Lab: There's a lot of speculation going on here with not a lot of support.

    Not saying we shouldn't be allowed to speculate, but I've rarely heard so many people declaring something so big that we know so little about as a failure or a success so early on.
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    kagekiri promoted this comment Edited by rcast1986 at 08/10/09 3:41 PM rcast1986 was starred rcast1986 was unstarred
    Image of The Lab The Lab
    08/10/09

    @rcast1986: That's all I'm doing, speculating, making bets. However, this looks like a pretty legit document that gives substantial clues to the design of the store: a typeface (Helvetica-clone, edgy!), a color scheme, a mission statement, a dirty XBOX360, and some minority children for good measure. Minority children? Might have just put some clip art in there. Their design document is without style.
    And that's the problem. I like Microsoft and hope Win7 is great but the company has never had style. That's OK for an OS but tragic for a physical store and nothing here suggests anything but a complete lack of style.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    08/10/09

    @The Lab: I don't think Microsoft is going to go insane to the point that they will use Arial. NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING looks good designed in Arial.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    They should've gone with something more memorable, like an Exclusive Blowjob, or Bona fide Inebriation.
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    Image of wild homes loves you but chooses darkness! wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!
    08/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Or maybe they should've named all the sections of the store after XBOX360 error codes.

    "You'll find copies of Office 2007 over there in E66, next to E35 with the Sidewinders. If you see E80, you've went too far."
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    Edited by wild homes loves you but chooses darkness! at 08/10/09 3:56 PM wild homes loves you but chooses darkness! was starred wild homes loves you but chooses darkness! was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    Surely the MS logo would be better than this? Unless they are trying to remove the connotations to Windows?
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/10/09

    In reply to Microsoft Flower Power Logo Suggests Leaked Store Plans Are a Go
    I'm going to the nearby malls with some Apple stickers sometime this week... pics of my MacVandalism once I find where my local MS store is being built.
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    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/10/09

    @appletoad: Wow...that's pretty funny *Sarcasm*.
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    08/10/09

    @appletoad:
    I think you need real problems in your life to deal with. No one should have that much free time. A girlfriend...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/10/09

    @appletoad: I'm going to wear a Firedog shirt when I go to Best Buy, and give those poor bastards something to be happy about.
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    Image of Dangerwillrobinson Dangerwillrobinson
    08/10/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd:
    Have a sense of humor, will ya.
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    Image of Miss_fortune Miss_fortune
    08/10/09

    @appletoad: get some linux stickers and stick it to both apple and MS!
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Miss_fortune was starred Miss_fortune was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/10/09

    @Miss_fortune: If it's Ubuntu, everyone will want to know why they changed the design of the Recycle icon. If it's Tux, kids will want to know what show he's in.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/10/09

    @RyaninCalgary: I am grateful for the fact that I don't have any 'real' problems in my life at the moment. And my girlfriend is busy with classes Mon-Thurs. 7-5. So she's not there to complain while I find random forms of entertainment.
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    Edited by appletoad at 08/10/09 3:48 PM appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of robotsneedhugs2 robotsneedhugs2
    08/10/09

    @RyaninCalgary: It seems these days that the default argument is "you have too much free time." It rarely makes any sense, and in this case: it takes probably 5 seconds to slap a sticker on something and take a photo of it.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/10/09

    @robotsneedhugs2: Exactly, thank you =]
    All this negativity... and my original comment was just a joke! Typical, users or sarcasm can't detect someone elses.
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    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/10/09

    @hot_fuzz: I have a pretty damn good sense of humor thanks (look over my previous posts if you don't think so). I just don't find vandalism funny. And I do think there are Mac Fanboys who would do that. If he was just kidding....fine, I apologize for being a dick with no sense of humor. If he was serious, he's a dick and it's not funny. :)
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/10/09

    @appletoad: OK, fine, I get it...I'm a dick. I can admit it.
    (FYI, use sarcasm tag next time. Prevents misunderstandings.)
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: What about Red Hat?
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    Image of MrBangBam MrBangBam
    08/10/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Is it really vandalism when it's only a sticker that can easily be peeled off by a minimum-wage store worker who is glad that he's outside peeling stickers rather than inside listening to the endless, annoying and completely wrong rants of customers who have no idea what they're talking about but act like they do.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/10/09

    @MrBangBam: That was my rationalization for it. I've dealt with MS fanboyism at apple. It actually just makes me laugh.
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/10/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: No harm, no foul. I think the linux people won this one anyways lol.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/10/09

    @appletoad: Here...have a heart.
    CLICK...
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    08/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Better yet, just wear a lab coat with a Fry's ID nametag on it. Those poor bastards will scream and cry in horror.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    08/10/09

    @appletoad: I’m going to go to the mall this weekend and put stickers up on the MS store warning about the emerging threat of Ebola in Kinshasa. As my grandad used to say, "it aint vandalism if you’re educating the public about viral hemorrhagic fevers."
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    08/08/09

    In reply to Watch Out Cinnabon
    I'm here to predict that this will be a massive FAIL. As in blue screen of death FAIL.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    08/07/09

    In reply to Watch Out Cinnabon
    They should have put it between a GNC and Fredricks of Hollywood. Because, uh, you know how us Microsoft users are.
    *flexes, adjusts thong*
    It's all true and you know it.
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    switchblade saints promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    08/07/09

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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    08/07/09

    In reply to Watch Out Cinnabon
    Why is the Bing logo up there? Is Bing going to be some part of the store?
    Are they selling Bing?
    What's going on here?
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    08/07/09

    @SysRq: they are selling Bing right next to the rack of coming soon
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    Image of S-Express S-Express
    08/07/09

    @switchblade saints: My bet is that 'coming soon' will always be on back-order with long delivery times....
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    switchblade saints promoted this comment S-Express was starred S-Express was unstarred
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    08/07/09

    @S-Express: +1
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    07/21/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Retail Stores Are Eight Times As Genius
    That is pretty good. I don't read many PA, but they keep me entertained when I do. And this next bit is slightly related, but I want a Zune HD right now. In 64gb please.
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