http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2009/07/16/you-can-t-make-this-stuff-up-you-just-can-t.aspxFrom Kevin Turner's speech, referencing our "Laptop Hunter" ads, at our Worldwide Partner Conference: And so we've been running these PC value ads. Just giving people saying, hey, what are you looking to spend? "Oh, I'm looking to spend less than en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2009/07/16/you-can-t-make-this-stuff-up-you-just-can-t.aspx#9845613Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:01:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9845613HeatherLeigh<p>I heard a rumor that she was an actress but nothing about scripting. What I heard is that she had acted in something before, but wasn't hired as an actress for the shoot. Incidentally, I am a great waitress. OK, that's a lie. I'm a waitress. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9845613" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2009/07/16/you-can-t-make-this-stuff-up-you-just-can-t.aspx#9845256Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:52:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9845256Bad_Brad<P>On those "unscripted" laptop commercials, didn't it come out that the first one with the red-headed gal (can't remember her name, doesn't matter, probably wasn't her real name anyway) was 100% scripted and that the gal was a professional actress?</P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9845256" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2009/07/16/you-can-t-make-this-stuff-up-you-just-can-t.aspx#9836227Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:58:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9836227HeatherLeigh<p>Good link, David K. Thanks for posting it. Cringely is a bit of a conspiracy theorist and nay-sayer, and can't decide whether either company care about beating the other in our &quot;non-core&quot; businesses (quotes mine). I figure that if he knew how it was all going to turn out, he'd be a very rich man living on a tropical island where cars are fueled by hazlenuts.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9836227" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heatherleigh/archive/2009/07/16/you-can-t-make-this-stuff-up-you-just-can-t.aspx#9836042Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:14:49 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9836042David K<p>In case you didn't read, this is mostly about MS-Google and not MS-Apple, but still good stuff: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.cringely.com/2009/07/chrome-vs-bing-vs-you-and-me/">http://www.cringely.com/2009/07/chrome-vs-bing-vs-you-and-me/</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9836042" width="1" height="1">