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Dell accidentally put OS X on on one of its laptops for a new commerical

Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:33 pm
Posted by hikingfan
Member since Jun 2013
1657 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:33 pm
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Some PC manufacturers choose to imitate Apple’s MacBook line with various products, but Dell has taken a slightly different approach. In a recent marketing video, the company has raised the bar above MacBook imitation and transformed its very own Dell XPS 15 into a laptop that combines OS X and Windows 8. The entire marketing video, released in December, shows a laptop that seamlessly switches between the Windows 8 Start Screen and apps running in OS X, all thanks to a flick of the wrist or a tap on the screen.

While it might look like Dell has created the ultimate hackintosh, it’s all a giant mistake. Dell’s XPS 15 is a Windows 8 laptop that’s not designed to run Apple’s OS X operating system, and it’s clear the marketing team got a little too creative during the production of this particular video. We’ve seen plenty of similar blunders before, but never a minute-long product demo of a Windows laptop that also "runs" OS X.

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Seriously how stupid can you be? I wonder how some people have such high stakes jobs in the real world.
Posted by UltimateHog
Oregon
Member since Dec 2011
65757 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:34 pm to
Dell gonna Dell.
Posted by GregMaddux
LSU Fan
Member since Jun 2011
18209 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:34 pm to
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MacBook imitation


The frick
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:38 pm to
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Seriously how stupid can you be? I wonder how some people have such high stakes jobs in the real world.


never heard marketing referred to a high stakes
Posted by CE Tiger
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
41584 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:38 pm to
nothing in that commercial showed OSX. not sure what this article is trying to claim
Posted by Vood
Enjoying a Forty with Lando
Member since Dec 2007
8332 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:41 pm to
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nothing in that commercial showed OSX. not sure what this article is trying to claim


I am glad I am not the only one who didnt see anything. I know what to look for and I just couldnt see anything OSX related.

Edit - After watching it a few times, I did see the 3 colored dots, but that doesn't scream OSX to me. I just assumed those were from the software she was using.

This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 7:45 pm
Posted by GeauxWrek
Somewhere b/w Houston and BR
Member since Sep 2010
4293 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:47 pm to
So there is an job opening in dell marketing now?
Posted by CE Tiger
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
41584 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 7:55 pm to
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I just assumed those were from the software she was using.



this or they remoted into a desktop running mac. i really doubt the machine is using a dual boot with mac
Posted by SonOfMike
Austin, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5886 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:06 pm to
Nowhere in that video was OS X. The design app was Win 8. This article is total fanboi bullshite
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
22387 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:10 pm to
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nothing in that commercial showed OSX. not sure what this article is trying to claim



The task bar at the top looks like OSX to me. Also the fact that dell removed the ad would lend some credibility.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 8:12 pm
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4231 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:18 pm to
The program being run was in OS X. The Windows version is different. The OS X version is crisper, so they chose it.
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8311 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:26 pm to
It's fake. That's the whole point...
Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
Member since Feb 2013
25397 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:27 pm to
OMG!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!!

Now tell us people who have actually touched a vagina before what that means?
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8311 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:29 pm to
Well you're wrong
Posted by SonOfMike
Austin, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5886 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 8:33 pm to
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Well you're wrong


I'm not wrong :) I just happen to be an expert.
Posted by drewnbrla
The Pool is closed.
Member since Mar 2011
7839 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:00 pm to
Window Blinds is a hell of a program.


ETA: Not a single OSX shot in the entire video. Lazy article is lazy.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 9:03 pm
Posted by XxxSpooky1
A place in SE La
Member since Sep 2007
5145 posts
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:17 pm to
The Operating system is put in as an after effect. The computer is filmed while it is off, the OS placed into the footage later.

The program that they inserted was an OS X version of that software.
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