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August 14, 2007

MacBU, Day Two: The Top Ten

I'm at Day Two here on the Mac team, and my "Hey, I'm Gavin, and I'm new here" e-mail went out this afternoon. I'm starting to feel all official n' stuff.

However, along with the usual biographical information, I threw together a quick Top 10 list - in this case, of things the new guy (fresh off the boat from Office for Windows) promises not to say while working on the Mac team.

('Cause, you know, I'd look, uh, pretty silly if I did.)

So without further ado:

The Top Ten Things The New Guy From Windows Office Promises Not To Say In The MacBU
10. "Where's the Start menu on this thing, again?"
9. "Wow, that Spotlight and Dashboard stuff sure looks a lot like Vista."
8. "So, why isn't there an Intel Inside sticker on this machine?"
7. "Man, I can't believe you can't use a two-button mouse on OS X."
6. "Anyone know why my Zune isn't being picked up by iTunes?"
5. "Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with my Mac. I think the registry got corrupted."
4. "We design for college kids and hipsters, right?"
3. "Oh, those guys can totally fail. Remember the Newton?"
2. "We make Office for MAC?"
1. "...and I'm a PC."

(Did I miss anything?)

Posted by Gavin Shearer at August 14, 2007 3:21 PM. Posted to MSFT.

Comments

11) We should really do Word 5.1+ (Nadyne REALLY loves that one)
12) If it wasn't for our $150 mil stock purchase, Apple would have gone under.
13) If we just rewrote all of this in Cocoa, we could have everything every one wants in a couple of months.
14) We should just drop Entourage for Mail and iCal integration.

Posted by: bynkii Author Profile Page at August 14, 2007 8:13 PM

15)It looks like you are trying to write a letter. Can I help you with inane suggestions you don't need?

Posted by: Cintra Pollack Author Profile Page at August 16, 2007 8:02 AM

16. Oh Ess Ex

Posted by: KenLoe at August 16, 2007 6:57 PM

16) ... but you just copy all your code into XCode and It Just Works.
17) To get an intel binary you just need to click the checkbox and recompile. Is it really taking Microsoft 18 months to find the checkbox?
18) You work for Microsoft? Then you can tell me why my Windows is slow and the hard drive keeps blinking.
19) Office works on the Mac? So I just have to put my WinOffice CD into my new Mac?

Posted by: mrichmon at August 17, 2007 3:39 PM

16) ... but you just copy all your code into XCode and It Just Works.
17) To get an intel binary you just need to click the checkbox and recompile. Is it really taking Microsoft 18 months to find the checkbox?
18) You work for Microsoft? Then you can tell me why my Windows is slow and the hard drive keeps blinking.
19) Office works on the Mac? So I just have to put my WinOffice CD into my new Mac?
20) Boy, you guys really got stomped by those Parallels guys.

Posted by: mrichmon at August 17, 2007 3:40 PM

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