What was the point of the BBC asking a Microsoft employee to test a Mac Plus against a modern-day Windows PC?
This rather silly experiment was undertaken by MSN technology editor Jane Douglas as part of the BBC's celebration of the Macintosh computer's 25th anniversary.
Douglas looked bemused by the older computer's reliance on floppy disks, and so came to the staggering conclusion that she prefers her Windows laptop.
Just to make the stunt even more pointless, the BBC could come up with only a Mac Plus - dating from 1986. That's 23 years ago, guys.
Perhaps the funniest thing that this exercise in squandering TV licence fees comes up with is the fact that Microsoft employee and top MSN tech journalist Douglas still uses Windows XP.
Not Windows Vista.
Not Windows 7.
But Windows XP, which is a mere 15 years younger than the Apple Mac Plus.
I suppose Jonathan Ross must be glad that the BBC has managed to out dimwit his own stupid stunt on the same day that he returns to the airwaves after a three-month suspension.
Comments
Jake said: Come on guys Give her a break She didnt have much to work with -- whats she going to do compare it to a 1986 PC running Windows 1 shudder
Tom said: I love how the 23-year-old computer still boots faster than a modern Windows laptop though Perhaps not such a bad comparison after all
simonjary said: Shes not a BBC editor - she works for Microsofts MSN She might be a very good journalist - just not in this instance
Droo said: I was wondering how a 25 year old got to be a BBC editor in the first placeI wonder whose daughter she isNow that is the real crime of the BBC Nepotism
MacWorld Reader said: Good article Well done
tricky said: Should have let Clarkson do it hed probably have tied them to the back of a Lambo or some equally useful test
Paul Urban said: I dont suppose that the test was any better or any worse than the pointless and inane test they do the gadget show Some of them are so ridiculous and I really do feel like putting my foot through the tv after watching them They recently done a ridiculous test of the apple air laptop against a netboook it was stupid and embarrasing to watch
anskyber said: Im speechless The BBC at its crass best