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AppleInsider | Offbeat: Steve Ballmer signs MacBook Pro - running Windows, of course

AppleInsider | Offbeat: Steve Ballmer signs MacBook Pro - running Windows, of course: "Ballmer gained attention last September when a Microsoft employee at a private company meeting snapped a picture of him using an iPhone. Ballmer grabbed the phone and made lighthearted remarks while the onlooking audience booed. He then put the phone on the ground and pretended to stomp on it.

After the incident, one Microsoft employee said of the situation: 'You just don't pick up the CEO of Chevy in a BMW.'"

What a perhaps unwitting but good choice of car to use as an example. Cheap vs. High End.

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