iPad could be Bill Gates' ultimate wish

[agkm800]

It's no secret that Bill Gates has been the biggest fan of tablet PC. I am sure he's been testing the prototype of Courier. He can compare the two now. I wonder what his verdict would be.

 

[flopticalcube]

He'll be happy he no longer runs Microsoft.

 

[greygray]

He'll buy every of his family member one, sell all his MS shares and become the typical fanboy.

 

[t0mat0]

He'll buy every of his family member one, sell all his MS shares and become the typical fanboy.

There are very few things that are on the banned list in our [Gates] household. But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our kids.

There you have it. Los Apple prohibidos. I can imagine them sneaking iPods and iPhones into their house the same way I used to sneak porn magazines in mine. I wonder if the PlayStation 3 or the Wii are banned from their home too or if this is just some kind of particular hatred towards Apple and the iPod and iPhone—since the first was the thing that made Apple the renewed icon it is today, and the second obliterated Microsoft's Windows Mobile efforts in one sweep.

Every now and then I look at my friends and say 'Ooh, I wouldn't mind having that iPhone'

Bill might not get one, but Melinda and their family might!

 

[rdowns]

Bill might not get one, but Melinda and their family might!

Or not.

"There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household," Melinda Gates said. "But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our kids."

 

[miles01110]

"There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household," Melinda Gates said. "But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our kids."

To be fair this doesn't mean they don't have iPods or iPhones. They might have had to buy one themselves.

 

[flopticalcube]

Sounds extremely petty for the richest man in the world. Must be something more to it than Apple-hate.

 

[0dev]

I feel sorry for Bill Gates' kids... Imagine having to use a Zune and Windows Mobile... Seriously, just think how unfortunate and horrible that is...

 

[CylonGlitch]

To be fair this doesn't mean they don't have iPods or iPhones. They might have had to buy one themselves.

Actually, I just watched an interview with him yesterday and he was asked if it was true that they aren't allowed to have iPods and iPhones and his response was, "We are a Microsoft family through and through." Meaning, yes, it's true.

Poor kids, have to suffer with ZuneHD's and maybe a Droid, and billions of dollars to sleep on. For some reason, I don't feel TOO bad for them.

 

[agkm800]

Now, I feel bad for Bill Gates. I didn't expect all these puerile shots at him and his family. What was I thinking.

 

[chewietobbacca]

Sounds extremely petty for the richest man in the world. Must be something more to it than Apple-hate.

If donating most of his fortune to charity is extremely petty then he can keep being petty