CES 2007: Apple iMac Rebadged 'XP' January 8, 2007

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At any big show, there’s going to be a certain amount of one-upmanship or, for a more appropriate word, sabotage. And at CES 2007, the biggest gadget-fest, there’s no shortage of dirty tricks on the go.

At last night’s Sony conference, there was a suspicious amount of hammering, drilling, crashing and even very loud movie demos that only seemed to kick off as the Sony execs opened their mouths. The fact that Sony’s big stand is surrounded by rivals might help you decide coincidence or foul play?.

And then we have those poor, unprotected Apple iMacs down in the South Hall which someone figured would look better with a littler decoration. No one is accusing a Microsoft employee of anything here but this is low-tech sabotage at its best/worst.

What I can’t figure out is why the culprit only rebadged one of the 8 there? My guess he was caught by some Macolytes and had the crap kicked out of him. After all, you know how psychotic er, passionate, those
Mac peeps are.-Martin Lynch

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