In front of 75 executives in Philly yesterday showing a 5 minute video. It crashed 4 minutes into it. Big Microsoft error window pops up saying that MediaPlayer had stopped working. Froze up everything – keyboard, control-alt-delete, video controls, mouse, etc. All I could say to the audience is “we’re filming an Apple commercial.” They laughed, and understood.
Everytime this happens, and it happens a lot, my Managing Director, Eileen, tells me to run to the Apple store. I’ve been avoiding it. But our new book releases soon, and audiences are going to enjoy clips from my co-author’s, Chris Warner, NBC Emmy-nominated special on the successful K2 summit. They’re not going to enjoy what they’ve been used to seeing – Microsoft system crashes. I’m afraid I might have to go over to the dark side again; leave Microsoft’s Eden by eating an Apple.
