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Oops: Microsoft Photoshops Out Black Guy, Leaves White Macbook

By Damon Agnos, Tue., Aug. 25 2009 @ 4:12PM
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Categories: Business, Technology

It's like Where's Waldo?, only featuring bad decisions instead of Waldo. Check out the pictures from the English and Polish versions of this Microsoft page on IT products (via Engadget). Pics are after the jump:

Update: Microsoft apologizes, ineptly.

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reesha says:

Well I have a question: do they even HAVE black people in Poland? I think using the white dude in the polish one is about population demographics, not race. But I could be wrong. Discuss.

Posted On: Tuesday, Aug. 25 2009 @ 4:31PM
jackson says:

And the laptop in the image is a MacBook. Poor decision making on the stock photography. Microsoft's marketing and advertising strategies are awful.

Posted On: Tuesday, Aug. 25 2009 @ 4:31PM
Billy O. says:

He was just going to steal something anyway.

Posted On: Tuesday, Aug. 25 2009 @ 7:41PM
reesha says:

Billy O- oh that's messed up! ROFL bwahahaha

Posted On: Tuesday, Aug. 25 2009 @ 8:20PM
Craig says:

How do we know they didn't airbrush the white guy out in the American ad and add the black guy?

Posted On: Thursday, Aug. 27 2009 @ 10:31AM
Mr. Obvious says:

The god damn LCD monitor isn't even plugged in!!!! What's she looking at to load her precious PowerPoint presentation??? MIND CONTROL.

Posted On: Tuesday, Oct. 27 2009 @ 11:29AM

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