Could Microsoft Answer Bar Jockies be using XP?

Seth Weintraub
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November 03, 2009
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It is hard to make out but it looks like these guys are using XP on their machines.  Is there any possible way Microsoft would let their front facing employees use XP?

By the way, that looks like the guy from our caption contest. 

Comments (6)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 03, 2009 - 12:37pm

too bad you cannot see the computer screen.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 03, 2009 - 12:56pm

It would make sense for the answer guys to have laptops with whatever their customers most are using currently and for now that would be XP, though they should obviously have some 7 machines too.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 03, 2009 - 1:06pm

Wow....why did you even post this.  You can't even make out the screen, and if you could, who cares that they use XP?  It's a reliable, low demand OS that most of its users (not to mention the vast majority of computer owners) are running.  This site can be such a fanboy parade sometimes, I had to speak up.  Sorry, Seth!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 03, 2009 - 1:10pm

ironic?  there is no irony in this video.  get this asshole a dictionary and some video recording classes.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 03, 2009 - 2:11pm

Fanboys should know that Apple does not roll the latest version of OS X on most of its machines that aren't customer facing. I know that for a fact, so don't dispute it. For the Microsoft store it's not a matter of if or want, it's a matter of IT people making decisions on how they're managed, policies, etc. Fanboys are so damn annoying!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 03, 2009 - 3:47pm

"Fanboys should know that Apple does not roll the latest version of OS X on most of its machines that aren't customer facing. I know that for a fact, so don't dispute it."

I used to work internally at apple, and we were using Snow Leopard from the day it came out…. hundreds of us.. and no, no customers were looking at our screens… I guess someone can dispute it… from personal experience… 

Even if they didn't, a few months is one thing, but XP is 8… yes 8 years old… its a little different. You'd never find apple using 10.1 "Puma"…. yep that came out about the same time as XP. I'd be ashamed to even see internal apple using Tiger (10.4).

If you hate fanboys so much stay away from sites where they tend to be…. simpler solution.