Graverobber: HA! He bought that Vaio at Fry's. What a dork. BTW, Sony vs Apple? I don't think that's a real stretch. more »
drewdrawscriticism: GIMPaolo would have bought components from Tiger Direct, built his own machine, then used exclusively open-source apps, saving himself hundreds and ma... more »
Rob Sukiasyan: Am i the only one noticing that you can get the new Unibody MBs with 4gigs of RAM and a 250gig HD for under 1500? more »
Kaiser-Machead: The moral of this story: ads slant steeply towards the product being advertised. Holy cow! more »
Kaiser-Machead: It's not as charming without the cute redhead. Lauren, I miss you already. Shuddup Jean-Palo. Nobody cares what you buy. more »
Microsoft's new Lauren is a tech-savvy engineer with a complicated, foreign name, tasked with finding a laptop that'll address his needs for under $1,500. You'll never guess what this Microsoft-paid probable-actor decided to buy.
Fine Microsoft, you've got us. If you stop these crazy ads featuring mutants and basketball, we'll take Lauren back. We just hate that it came to this, pain and damage that cannot be undone. [copyranter]
By now you've probably seen Microsoft's latest ad featuring Lauren, a woman who claims to be neither cool nor rich enough for a MacBook. Well Lauren, one of our readers has a gift for you.
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