<![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> The power went out recently in my store (AT&T Corporate store) and when it rebooted it was indeed running Windows XP... Go figure.

mikecolione1

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> What I wanna know is why the only way any (non xbox) microsoft news gets on giz is when its related to apple. Earth to GIZ: You are apple fanboys. They aren't going to give you iphones.

solOptimus

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> There are a lot of comments above this one, so if this was said already, sorry.

However, this is not a sad day for Mac "fanboys" at all. It just shows that Mac's can't be bothered to do menial chores like run a movie to advertise a product. They are better served selling themselves on a desk somewhere. I mean really, would you put a Mac Pro in a closet to run a video, or put Dell in that same closet? I know I would rather have the Mac Pro on display so that all can see.

Same with the Apple displays. Why waste a beautiful Apple Cinema display on a kiosk when it should be viewed by all running OS X.

Dave Metzener

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I think I'm confused (and wow, lots of posts!). We are arguing about the relevancy of an iPhone display simply playing an iPhone advertisement? This says nothing aside from the fact that At&t bought Dells on which to play an Apple ad, it doesn't say that it was made on a Windows PC or that it's a shame because it's an iPhone from Apple - it's simply a video being played on a PC. Hmm, some people will do anything to disrespect....

travistotz

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> guys, seriously. who the hell cares what this display is running? Its just a fricken advertismenet. any OS could do this job; neither OS is better for this job. Why does every article I read nowadays that involves both apple and microsoft products spring up a ridiculously long train of arguments from windows and apply fanboys claiming that either windows or mac is superior and will take over the f-ckin world. Macs and Windows PCs are just computers. Some people prefer macs, and others prefer windows. Both have advantages and disadvanges. Most everyday tasks can be done on both systems. So PLEASE get over it and don't start a windows vs. mac war evertime there is a mac/pc article. Its pointless.

orangedoors

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @Eagle101:
Whether it's Photoshopped or not, it could happen. As I stated above, those rigs are powered by a WinXP Dell. I have one in my store, I would know. :-) It could've been a reboot from a simple power failure as well. Ours did that the other day during a bad lightning storm. Although by the time I noticed it, it was too late to snap a pic. lol. As someone else made reference to, there's only 200 Apple stores. There's A LOT of AT&T stores. AT&T's bill for Macs to run those displays would've been a lot higher!

cingularpat

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ABERRACUS:
You are making up, you dont fiddle withdrivers on mac.

You obviously havn't tried installing OS X on generic PC hardware.

.kext's are fun, really!

jamesuschrist

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> windows in an apple store? oh yeah, peep over at the hardware/software their "easy pay" units are using...windows mobile on a symbol handheld scanner

discounteggroll

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> As far as I'm concerned, fanboys on both sides need to shut it. Why argue over which is better? I say the more the merrier. Remember how competition is the consumer's friend? As long as Apple and MS are competing in a given market, we can count on there being some innovation and both companies moving towards making pro-consumer decisions. The minute one side "wins" we're all gonna lose.

Wilco

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Dear Apple fanboys,
Quit saying it crashed. Like you've never rebooted your mac before. Until I see a picture of an iPhone kiosk with a blue screen of death, I don't want to hear another dumbass say it crashed.

Dear Windows fanboys,
oh wait nevermind, it's only the Apple fanboy's bitching and complaining and finding ways to cover up their insecurities.

sincerely,
drumz0rz.

drumz0rz

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Who's to say it's not an Intel mac booting XP? Either way though, if its rebooting, why bragg?

dreux36

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> That's cool. I was at a seminar once with Frank Soltis (IBM honcho, "father of the AS400") and he said that Microsoft uses mostly IBM big iron (AS400s and mainframes) to run their business (at least the mission critical applications like accounting and inventory). Guess every manufacturer has its niche, and every dog its day. Good for MS.

OldSchoolGadgetLover

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> You know went Microsoft brought HotMail. Microsoft becomes the biggest customer of Sun Microsystem. Microsoft was buying bigger and bigger servers to run HotMail. Microsoft try to get off Sun server, but the combination of NT and PC hardware just don't cut it.

Aleung

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> How is this story pro-PC and anti-Apple?

All I see is a crashed PC display at an AT&T store.

Why would AT&T be forced to run Mac hardware just because one of the phones they sell is made by Apple? It's naive to think that each video display source must match the handset's manufacturer.

Again, all this shows is that AT&T is subject to typical Windows crashes, and should consider using the more stable Macs, just like in all the Apple stores.

I have both a PC workstation and G5 at work and switch between the two constantly. I've been using both platforms (and others like Irix workstations, Amigas, and DEC Alphas) on and off for the past 15 years. For the past couple of years I've noticed that the Mac platform is considerably more stable and technologically sophisticated, while Windows is rather clunky, antiquated and crash-prone.

The Windows registry alone is the bane of my existence. Not to mention DLL problems, IRQ conflicts, difficulty fully uninstalling programs, and general instability. OS X on the other hand simply runs so much more smoothly, and is far easier to get deep into its guts via the Terminal and scripting. It's just better in every way.

This isn't the early-mid 90's when Mac's lost technological ground to Windows NT. Back then it was embarrassing to uses a Mac. Relatively speaking, OS 9 sucked.

But Apple has come back in a big way. From my experience, OS X and its associated hardware is technologically superior to Windows.

So again: an AT&T store display shows a crashed Windows XP display. How is this good for Microsoft?

meni

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @Brookespeed:
Yeah, maybe they need a refresher course ;-)

Brian B

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> It doesn't get any better than this ad!
haha....MAC's suck bigtime and are overrated, overpriced..just get over it.


im_here_for_the_food

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Meheheheh.

Teh Emo Penguin

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> This is an AT&T store, not an Apple store. Their in-store product displays are contracted out by AT&T, not Apple. Apple only provides the video file. AT&T uses PC's to drive those displays. It's utterly naive to expect the store to switch their display hardware to match that of each the SKU's parent companies.

Of course, Apple stores use Macs with OS X to drive their displays.

However looking at this crashed PC, it would probably benefit AT&T to upgrade their in-store display PC's to more stable Macs.

Anim8or

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Oh yes. !! am so happy hearing WORLD IS STILL Running on WINDOWS PCs..!

Ben Jacob

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Well, why would you pay the price of a mac to run a simple quicktime video. What would be the point? I'm actually shocked they didn't just connect a DVD player to run video of the display.

It's clearly a display in an AT&T store, not an Apple Store.


donlphi

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Oh.... ROLMAO!

Revenge is sweet indeed.

aec007

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> all those made on windows commercials from a year ago were made on mac's. its a weird industry.

odnet

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> GUYS,

That picture was photoshopped. And yes, I am 100% sure. Dont just start bashing Microsoft and Apple, think about it first. Anyways, the picture is photoshopped and should be removed as its obvious.

-Alban

Eagle101

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> What else do you think Apple is going to do with all the extra windows machines that they had sitting around after writing iTunes and Safari for windows?

gundark

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @Tony C: Sorry, Tony. Apple is using Windows Mobile for their easypays. It's an existing hardware/software solution with secure wireless credit card authorization software . Although, if you've ever spent any time in an Apple store, you'll see the poor employees rebooting the things constantly because they lock up. They're by far the most unstable hardware in the store.

@Saad Rabia: Saad, it's not Apple using an MS product, it's AT&T. Apple does use M$ products, but you have no idea what point you're trying to make, if any.

@Mike from Boston: The original XBox360 development kit was a dual G5, since it was a readily available hardware platform that was similar to the hardware that eventually ended up in the X360. The Xenon processor is a PowerPC chip and closely related to the G5, so there was no way to build a dev kit on the x86 platform. Building on the G5 made great sense, saving M$ engineers the trouble of designing dev kit hardware. They concentrate on the real product development, while sw devs could start coding right away.

And to the Mac vs. PC debate: Yes, yes, Windows is the best operating system, McDonald's makes the best food in the world, and Michael Jackson's Thriller is the best musical composition ever. Ok... that last one may actually be true.

ludwigk

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> LMAO! Owned!

BigDanInTX

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I think that's an AT&T display, not Apple. At least they were smart enough to choose XP over Vista.

Shabbis

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> windows only runs the world because its mostly a bunch of morons that run the world, and work in the at&t stores...

mesl0r

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Um, uh, you guys do realize Apple makes Computers right? Not in-store displays. Advertising agencies design these things and sub-contract the production to a third party. Just like the Zune Ads, they're developed by ad agencies who then hire out a production company to produce it.

zenmonkey

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> And to the guy who says they should install Linux: Good idea, but I think the fear is that the average store employee would have trouble installing the OS (unless it came preinstalled) and getting the presentation to get started. Of course, they could have just sent out a live CD that automatically runs the presentation, and if it screws up, reboot. But then you have to accommodate for a ton of hardware out there. All in all, it's a lot of work in many situations, while Windows XP is almost always preinstalled, and a double click of the presentation file is all that is needed.

Course, if it were me, I'd just take a $30 DVD player and loop a video. But that's just me.

TVarmy

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Oops, that was indeed at an AT&T store so that *is* a lot of money, even if they only shave $100 per display by using PCs with Windows.

jmdecombe

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> How is this a jab at Apple? This photo is taken in an AT&T store, not an Apple store.

AT&T uses PC's in all their stores for retail display and business operations, irregardless of weather they are pushing Sony, Samsung, Nokia, Microsoft or Apple SKU's.

However they may want to consider upgrading to more stable Macs to drive their displays. It appears that this PC crashed.

meni

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Apple probably outsourced these store displays to a company that decided to use cheap PCs with Windows to run some Flash that would work basically the same on Macs with Mac OS X except probably slower (graphics do tend to run faster on PCs with Windows in my experience, especially with Java). There are about 200 Apple stores, so if they can save $500 per display while maintaining good and fast graphics, that's $100,000... not bad. Now, if these displays are also used in AT&T stores, that's a lot of money...

jmdecombe

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @Tony C: The camera has plenty of resolution to handle both regular and 2D bar codes. All it would take is a bit of code from Apple Corporate to make an iPhone scanner.

TVarmy

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> First of all I highly doubt this was photoshoped considering you can see the reflection of the person taking the picture in the monitor. Second making claims that this a reboot after a crash or just a normal startup is just ignorant because you have proof of neither. I guess that just what you get have bunch of internet know it alls.

tjordan

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Why not argue about something meaningful, like, when is the the damn iphone gonna be able to power its own advertising display?

gizmoguy420

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Regarding the criticism regarding Mac/Windows debates, it's being perpetuated by commercials, and personally I feel that many of those ridiculous insinuations are false advertising on the part of Apple. I guess I'm just one of the few people who have a pet peeve against misleading and false advertising, whereas most people are fine with it. They will believe whatever they want or are told to believe.

djohnson60618

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @djdole: The only updates Linux needs to be rebooted for are Kernel updates. Those usually happen about every 6 months, and they are optional. So please don't compare the amount of times Linux needs to be rebooted to Windows. Most simple program installations and updates require a reboot in Windows, which happens very often. Then lets not forget the frequent crashes which require a hard reboot, which I'm sure your hard drive really loves doing. Aside from the kernel updates, there is no other reason you need to reboot in Ubuntu. I've had rare occasions where my Ubuntu system would have a program crash and I was able to close the problem program without rebooting.

gtr225

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Dude, it's an AT&T store. Not that big of a surprise. Had it been an Apple store I'd have been more disappointed.

(p.s. I'm a PC user, but used to be a Mac guy)

Serolf Divad

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Trackback

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Since I work at an AT&T corporate store, I feel I can comment on this one. The iPhone rigs are powered by a standard issue Dell PC. Why? Well probably because that's where they buy almost all of their PCs and they probably got them on the cheap. Booting up sideways is a new feature? No. The HD Samsung monitor is mounted vertically to simulate the screen of the iPhone, hence why the boot screen comes up sideways. Did anyone honestly think that AT&T would cough up the dough to power these things with Macs!?? All it does is play a looping video, so there's no need. And for those who think it's Photoshopped, it's probably not. It looks grainy because it was likely taken by an AT&T employee with his camera phone. We all know how great those pictures look! So everyone just relax.

And honestly already, we all know the strengths and weaknesses of both platforms, so the bashing isn't necessary. We (and our computers) can all play nice together! :-)

cingularpat

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @THNKWHATYOUTHNK
FuzzysFriedChicken didn't ask "Who says it needed a reboot", he asked "Who says it CRASHED".

Rebooting != Crashed

Firefox needs to be restarted after updates are installed, Linux often needs to be rebooted after certain updates & OSX is no exception.
I mean, even the Jesus Phone needs the occasional reboot.
My suggestion; step down off the mac-fanboy-pedestal and join everyone else in non-delusional reality.

Coop

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> With all the BSOD's why would any company even consider Windows for a kiosk? I would've went with Linux if a Mac display was too expensive, at least it's reliable.

gtr225

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Bill: Listen up , Steve-o. I want a rematch! It's all or nothing.
Steve: OK, Bill but you asked for it.
B: OK, let's see what you've got.
S: I've got a full house!
B: Oh man this is BS! Now I'll have to give you my best idea so-far!
S: What is it?
B: It's called the MS Phone...
S: Not anymore!
B: Ah, who gives a damn technicalities... Anyways it's got this big touch screen [Bill thinking: "Maybe I should screw him again (like the time I stole the basis for windows. Yeah, definitely"]... ...but it's got no MMS, no changeable ringtones, no video shooting. Oh and it costs a lot of bucks and comes with an AT&T contract. So basically that's it. Oh, I forgot to mention, the commercial displays run WinXP. Yeah, that's pretty much it.
S: That's a great idea! Thanks Bill! Maybe I'll put some crippled BT in it too and some other loads of s**t.
B: Be sure to do it!

DaSmith

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> When I bought my iPhone I was helped by an Apple Store clerk who was using a handheld running Windows Mobile. So, that's Windows Mobile. At the Apple Store.

trickypuss

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @MISTAKETV:

For the same reason you m-tards insist shiny and unpopular equals better.

ggraves82

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Ha wow...everyone here is dumb...Why would apple display it on a mac...why in the world would they give macs to all those stores. They dont want to give a GREAT machine that costs thousands to these stores. They use a dell or something cheap...plus is finally nice to see an xp compuer do what its ment to...run an ad...and thats it...which still gives it trouble. But hey all you microsoft lovers in denial...its ok...you have the xbox 360 to still brag about...which was made with macs...as i remember at D5 when Bill and Steve interviewed they talked about how windows had one of the largest orders ever placed for mac computers. Yay windows.

siminem9

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Why must some of you r-tards insist that popular equals better? Regardless of how many people use Windows, it's still an inferior operating system.

mistaketv

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> What's the big deal? Judging from the blue walls, this is obviously taken from an AT&T Store. Apple wouldn't give them the computers to run them, they just threw a low end PC to run the videos. At the Apple Stores, however, they run the giant iPhones on Macbooks. AT&T is dealing with Apple for the iPhone, not the computers, so this makes perfect sense.

madmac625

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> For some reason my posts aren't going thru . . . BUT this is nothing more than a looping MPEG of iPhone video in portrait mode.

Tiger doesn't support portrait mode, but Leapord will. You can see it's nothing more than a LCD turned sideways to mimic the iphones dimensions.

I can't believe all these posts and noone thought about that.

SeanMiami77

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> testing

SeanMiami77

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> HERE'S WHY THERE IS A WINDOWS LOGO THERE!!!

OSX currently doesn't support portrait display mode without specialty graphics card and as you can see, that LCD is in portrait mode. That's why the logo is sideways because the PC does nothing more than play a looping mpeg at the enlarged iPhone dimensions.

As a graphic artist I look forward to Leapord as it will support portrait mode and the new cinema displays will pivot 90 degrees as well.


SeanMiami77

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> XMUSICMANX:

"I mean who designed the original software for the Apple II...? Bill Gates!"

Um, no. Wozniak wrote the Apple //'s original ROM, which contained the monitor and Integer BASIC.

AppleSoft (the floating point version of BASIC) was purchased from Microsoft later on. AppleSoft BASIC didn't become part of the Apple // ROM until the Plus was launched in 1979.

koz1000

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> first of all, who said it crashed it looks like its just booting up, could be some employees practical joke to take a picture of it during bootup to prove its xp.

And why not vista? because xp is cheaper for something thats just gonna be flashing images or a video, i mean why get a porsche just to drive the kids a mile to school

phantam

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Did any of you even read it? It's at an AT&T store not at an Apple Store.

CarbonatedWater

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> It's all ball bearings these days.

Brookespeed

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> My multibillion dollar multinational corporation is superior to your multibillion dollar multinational corporation. Ha Ha, take that!

/This is actually pretty funny, but give mac-vs-pc thing a rest already.

alywa

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Does anyone remember the big PSP billboard down on Houston Street NYC that had a windows Blue screen of death on it? That was better than this by far considering that thing is massive and viewable by tons of traffic that drive by it every day.

Bape

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> You guys are all wrong.

It's all about business expenses.
Apple just need some expenses.

goldplated_j

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @goods

You are making up, you dont fiddle withdrivers on mac.


if is new and it crashes, probably has some hardware defect, change it, the next one will work perfectly.

5k? and airport express? why didnt you get airport extreme, and Why airport for a macpro?


Aberracus

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Oh, and for the record, I couldn't give a crap about what OS I'm running as long as it gets the job done.

thnkwhatyouthnk

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Oh Come on. Of course they're going to put in a Windows box for that sort of thing.

Apple is too expensive, too tempting to steal, and everyone's going to think they just pulled a cheapie system from Fry's (or some other big box computer retailer) that's not worth the time to steal.

Besides, it's better for the bottom line - get a barebones box that doesn't do much except run the display and it's going to be way cheaper than anything Apple has. It's all about business, baby.

WhizGidget

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @FuzzysFriedChicken: Could it possibly be the title of the story: "Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot..."

thnkwhatyouthnk

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> This isn't photoshop.

A bunch of MAC FANBOIS got together to build this display. ITS NOT EVEN REAL!!!shift+1!!!!

Harry_Greek

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @FlashSandbox:

This one's for you, mate:

FAKE! It's totally FAKE, you can tell because the entire image is composed of tiny dots! Look carefully at the and you'll see exactly what I mean. WHOOPS, I guess someone forgot to tell this lousy photoshopper that real photos are made of INK! FAKE FAKE FAKE!

strangepork

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> So Windows fanboys are expected to crow because....a Windows kiosk crashed and needed rebooting?

sgodun

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I just bought my first Mac, have had multiple hangups and crashes and it didn't work out of the box(at all) and I had a nightmare at the genius bar(you'd think that if you spend almost 5 g's on a rig that they'd treat you well, but no). My airport express works about 80% of the time after fiddling with drivers for a few hours. I've used Amiga's, SGI's, PC's, and now Mac's professionally. My assessment?

SAME SHIT DIFFERENT TOILET PEOPLE!

goods

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I seem to recall when Xbox launched the tradeshow displays were on G5's, so it goes both ways.

Mac/PC arguments are beyond pointless.

Death

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> umm well apple changed their computers to intel based so you COULD run windows on them. and they never said they hate windows. It's creating more sales for apple since the design is slick and microsoft software is more widely used.

SO all you saying apple gave in think again. After all Bill gates and Steve Jobs were close for a while.

Cheers

Brilliant Geeks

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I seem to recall when XBox launched the tradeshow displays were running on G5's, so it goes both ways.

Will this pissing contest ever end?

Death

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Honestly, I prefer PCs regardless of my profession. Which happens to be graphic arts.
PCs are easier to troubleshoot, easier to upgrade, and if you know what you're doing and don't spend youre off time looking up porn, then it will hardly ever crash.
Mac needs to finally give up and just do their thing and stop pointing fingers and calling names. I think both machines have their perks, and just need to shut up and make computers.
If Mac wants to keep up the name calling, then they need to go back to making their own processors, and stop using Intel. They already admitted defeat by using them in their machines, they couldn't keep up the race. So either get over it and move on, or sell your stock to Microsoft.




thekillingmask

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> It's probably not even quicksand.

clemonator

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Yeah....um...this isn't really bad press for apple.
considoring it's a pc thats failed - Shock horror :P

windows CRASHES the world, Baby.

Mainframe

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @hhaller: looks like an AT&T store... would be much better if it was an apple store though

nemoid

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> What I want to know is why isn't it Vista?

hahahahaha....

aussie

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Does anyone here realize that Apple is, and always has been one of MS's biggest customers? I mean who designed the original software for the Apple II...? Bill Gates! And who has a specific development team to put together software for Apple in their company? Microsoft... Does Apple do the same thing...? You bet your ass they do! Has anyone ever used itunes on a "PC"? So yeah, i think that this display really shows that they really really hate each other and I'd be willing to bet that everyone at Apple is thoroughly pissed off that they would ever use anything other than a macpro with a 30" Apple display...NOT!

xthemusicmanx

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Actually guys . . . I think the REAL REASON behind this madness is that right now apple, for some strange reason doesn't have portrait display support and as you can see the oversized iPhone display is merely a LCD rotated 90 degrees.

I hear the new cinema displays will have a 90 degree pivot and Leopard will be able to run everything portrait.

SeanMiami77

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> All of you are ignorant.

I think it is pretty clear that this photo comes from an AT&T store. Check the computers they use and have been using everyday for years. Windows running one of their displays means nothing. I don't get what the big deal is.

Whether or not it was rebooting after a crash is negligable. Windows crashes more than OSX, nothing new. Who cares. Windows guys will say that they have a huge market share, and Mac guys will say their program is better.

Get over it.

xilience

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @Pope John Peeps II: Or why the majority of Giz readers have no friends.

rockosolido

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> You can clearly see the machines running the display in my local Apple store and they're G5's. Since this is clearly in a Best Buy or some other non Apple store my guess is they just use what is cheap and what the staff is more familiar with. Hell they might even force the store to supply the machines themselves. Ironic yes, but not surprising.

@ POPE JOHN PEEPS II
Exactly. Whenever I hear or read Mac vs PC stuff I always picture some beat up pickup truck with a sticker of Calving pissing on a Ford logo. Nothing I love more than 'educated' tech people behaving like hillbillies.

hhaller

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> No wisemen, nothing proves or says that it crashed, STFU. It can simply be a restart or turned on.

Back to the reality point: Apple is using an MS product. what a wonderful company. At last Apple is doing the right thing! ;D

Saad Rabia

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> You know, the Windows/Mac debate is one of the major reasons nobody else gives a crap when computer people talk about their work at parties.

Pope John Peeps II

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Apparently, booting sideways is also a new feature, alongside crashing, and posing as an iPhone.

Slappy McSlapp

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @PEKnik: Actually, since it doesn't say "Professional" on the splash screen below the Windows logo, it *has* to be SP2.

Tony C

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @scoobydoo: All the Apple Store handheld terminals I've seen were PalmOS based.

I bet they'd love to use iPhone-based ones now, wouldn't they? =D Someone just has to engineer a bar code reader and the checkout software now. That would be pretty damn kool...

Tony C

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]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Wouldn't it be a waste to put a $2000 computer in a display that just plays a video? Even a Mini in there would be a waste of $600.


And why hasn't anyone mentioned "Photoshop" yet? Where are those people and why aren't they making up crazy photochop stories?

FlashSandbox

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @cidion: Or more likely it wasn't worth spending double the price on a mac just to run an advert so they went for the much cheaper option of using a Dell with XP.

Fluidity

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> its probably running sp1.

PEKnik

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I heard they were using Dell's with XP because nobody wanted them, and were in high surplus. They were just trying to be kind. *shrugs* =)

cidion

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> I don't care either way, but it could easily have been applying patches and required a reboot.

scrag

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @FuzzysFriedChicken: it crashed. That's the Windows modus operandi.

Joseph

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Really? Seems to be business as usual....cell phone companies trying to do things on the cheap!

QAdam

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Apple has been using Windows for ages. The little handheld checkout terminals they use in their own stores run WindowsMobile... I bet someone at Apple suggested digging up Newtons before they caved in and purchased the WM devices.

scoobydoo

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> This is hilarious on so many levels.

tarochan

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> @thnkwhatyouthnk: Who said it crashed. Maybe they just turned it on in the morning.

FuzzysFriedChicken

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Sad day. XP can't even stay up without a random crashing.

Joseph

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> Good to see Apple is finally giving in and using Windows PCs !

kibets

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> This could go either way. Sure, the iPhone display is run by WinXP, but what kind of bragging rights do Windows guys have when XP can't even run an ad for the iPhone without crashing??

thnkwhatyouthnk

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> That's too funny.

aussie

]]> <![CDATA[Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP]]> at my store, the computer is a Dell, and the display is a 42 inch LCD from samsung. I had a chuckle too when they were installing the Iphone display, throwing in a XP loaded Dell behind.

jayuup

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