• Pranksters Slap Huge Windows Logo on Apple Store
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[release]When you want to get Windows on Apple, you have two choice: a virtual desktop or a huge, do-it-yourself installation of the Windows logo. The former works best on Apple desktops and laptops; the latter, Apple retail stores under construction. A group of German pranksters posed as construction workers this past week in a grand effort to bring a little bit of Windows branding into the Apple experience. Their target? An Apple retail store outside of Hamburg, Germany that's currently being built. Using a simple ladder, the pranksters scaled the Apple store's all-black façade and mounted a giant Windows logo to the side of the building. The logo itself is seems to be easily removed, and Apple workers were doing just that come Friday morning in Germany. And the last laugh appears to be on Microsoft (or the pranksters) on this one: The vandals' giant Windows logo, while pretty, flip-flopped the actual colors in the Windows logo. The blue and green boxes should have been reversed. -video- The Hamburg Apple store is expected to officially open by the end of September, and it will be Hamburg's second Apple retail presence. The prank itself occurred during an ironic bit of timing, if nothing else: Fluctuations in the stock market Friday resulted in Apple's market value finally exceeding the combined market values of both Microsoft and Intel to the tune of $317.60 billion to $316.8 billion. Perhaps instead of a giant Windows logo, the pranksters should have stuck a giant image of a money bag to the side of the Apple store's black walls.[/release] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i-DwKYcy7cQ]Video[/url] [url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386425,00.asp]Source[/url] :v:
Sounds like they were sticking it to the man
They got it wrong.
Looks like they got a good start.
I really love how they even wore that clothing to avoid any suspicion.
On a sort of related note, here's how to easily remember the colors of the windows logo RuGBY You might need it some day on Who wants to be a millionaire or something
This is win :v:
[QUOTE=Murkrow;30268322]On a sort of related note, here's how to easily remember the colors of the windows logo RuGBY You might need it some day on Who wants to be a millionaire or something[/QUOTE] Or when you want to slap a giant Windows logo on an Apple store. :downs:
inb4 mactrekkie.
[QUOTE=Swilly;30268331]This is win :v:[/QUOTE] epic win xD
Lame, they even did it wrong. Maybe they should switch to macs.
[QUOTE=cyanidem;30268467]Lame, they even did it wrong. Maybe they should switch to macs.[/QUOTE] Or not
[img]http://www.maheshkukreja.com/wp-content/uploads/windows7.jpg[/img] Decent idea - shame they got it wrong. Would have been better on the front of the store, too
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/windowsonapple.png[/img] All better.
-snip- im wrong
hahaha, that's awesome
That's pretty clever :v:
apparently it was deliberate due to copyright , because right now apple can't do any retaliation suing because it's not actually the windows logo
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;30270629]apparently it was deliberate due to copyright , because right now apple can't do any retaliation because it's not actually the windows logo[/QUOTE] Oh, that makes it even better if you ask me.
Someone needs to go and attach a massive Tux to the front side now.
They should go to a Microsoft owned building a put a huge Linux icon on it.
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30271121]They should go to a Microsoft owned building a put a huge Linux icon on it.[/QUOTE] Yeah and then the odd person might see what they did and chuckle.
oh boy putting a windows logo on an unopened apple store which you can't tell is an apple store, sure showed them!
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30271121]They should go to a Microsoft owned building a put a huge Linux icon on it.[/QUOTE] No one would get it.
I'm still waiting for the influx of foaming-at-the-mouth Mac fanboys.
Ha ha. I thought they had installed the sign wrong.
How dare they violate a beautiful Apple store with that scum.
[QUOTE=Swilly;30271389]No one would get it.[/QUOTE] "Hehe, they put a penguin on the Microsoft building."
That is made of win. Nothing wrong with a harmless prank ! [QUOTE=toaster468;30272548]How dare they violate a beautiful Apple store with that scum.[/QUOTE] TAKE YOUR TF2 EARBUDS AND GET OUT :frog:
Dat youtube comment [img]http://gyazo.com/a33f4337cfa085292d19ac6992701270.png[/img]
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