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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (54402)	7/12/2006 2:49:40 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213183

this guy Robert Scoble is a legend in the msft world, I'm not really sure what his background is actually, and now he is with a startup anyway. But he is a legend in the MSFT world So today is he contemplating buying a Macbook. Hahah. And then the comments are a lot of wintel people trying to defend Dull. dg >>> How shocking! LOL!! Robert Scoble From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Scoble (born January 18, 1965) is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. He currently works at PodTech.net, a video-podcast startup. He is married to Maryam Ghaemmaghami, and has a son, Patrick. His is also author of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Robert was born in New Jersey in 1965, and grew up about a mile from Apple Computer's headquarters in Silicon Valley.[1] Some of his favorite childhood memories are working in his own garage with electronic stuff that his dad (William Scoble, PhD from Rutgers University in Materials Engineering[2]) brought home from his jobs at Ampex or Lockheed Martin. His mother worked for Apple Computer, employed as a member of a group of women led by Hildy Licht who built Apple IIs at home, and Robert learned how to solder a motherboard together when he was 11, helping her to build several hundred Apple IIs [1]. He also had a summer job with Hewlett Packard, working on one of their production lines. [2] Robert attended Hyde Junior High School in Cupertino, California. In 1989 while studying in West Valley Community College he met Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, and persuaded him to donate $40,000 worth of Macintoshes to the college journalism department.[3] His teacher made him set them up and learn all about how they worked.[4] In 1993 he graduated with a degree in Journalism from San Jose State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communications. According to Steve Sloan (Information Technology Consultant at SJSU help desk) during his study in university "he was a Mac Evangelist and he was not afraid to install all kinds of buggy beta software and weird hacks on the old Apple computers other people used to get real work done". [3] Scoble has long been a prominent advocate of both RSS technology and the Tablet PC. Before joining Microsoft, he worked extensively with Microsoft technologies in a professional capacity at NEC Mobile Solutions, where he was sales support manager, and UserLand Software, where he was director of marketing. Microsoft Robert Scoble joined Microsoft in 2002. Scoble was part of the Channel9 MSDN Video team, where he produced videos that showcased Microsoft employees and products. Although Scoble often promoted Microsoft products like Tablet PCs and Windows Vista, he also frequently criticized his own employer and praised its competitors (such as Apple Computer and Google). However, some argue that the modest measure of criticism leveled at Microsoft and praise toward competitors serves only to give his Microsoft evangelism credibility.[citation needed] He was unusual in the level of access he offered to his users, which included publishing his cell phone number on his blog and urging people to contact him directly with issues, as well as accepting comments on his blog.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (54402)	7/12/2006 3:40:18 PM
From: John X	Respond to of 213183

this guy Robert Scoble is a legend in the msft world, I'm not really sure what his background is actually, and now he is with a startup anyway. But msft people read him religiously. Actually he is a legend in the blogging world. He mainly blogs about the blogging world and recently wrote a book about blogging. So of course when he announced that he was leaving Microsoft it was big news in the blogosphere. I would guess that a majority of Microsoft employees had never heard of him though.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (54402)	7/12/2006 6:30:40 PM
From: pyslent	Respond to of 213183

Just thought this board might appreciate an additional data point suggesting that Macs are expanding their audience. I'm a longtime Windows user, but I picked up a Macbook recently. I wouldn't call myself a switcher per se, since I run Windows on it at least half the time (via BootCamp). But I do think that with the MacBook, there are a number of factors that have made the Wintel world consider a Mac, which they hadn't before. 1) It's priced competitively. You can't really get a Core Duo laptop for any cheaper than the MacBook, with a similar feature set. The Sony Vaio SZ is probably the most comparable laptop in the PC world and to spec it out exactly like the low-end Macbook (hardware-wise), it comes out to $1550 (although the SZ weighs a full pound less and comes with both PCMCIA and ExpressCard slots). 2) The Intel switch makes it possible to make direct comparisons with PCs and see the value pricing. 3) Bootcamp. I never would have considered a Mac without the option of running Windows on it, full time. 4) Vista delay. As it was, there was a temptation to wait to buy a machine with Vista pre-installed, but alas...