‘The Source’ (formerly known as Radio Shack) has hit on a unique way of selling Toshiba laptops that run Windows 7: show them with Ubuntu!
A recent promotional flyer put pout by the Canadian branch presents a Toshiba Satellite laptop PC — 4GB RAM, AMD Athlon P343 dual-core processor — with a (pretty cool looking) wallpaper showing what appears to be the Ubuntu logo on the screen:
Yeah, yeah; we know: this likely isn’t intentional – though I might be a cheeky nod from a Linux-loving fan asked to put a flyer design together with an ‘eye catching’ graphic on the laptop (rather than the boring Windows 7 background).
Technically, what’s superimposed on the screen isn’t explicitly Ubuntu’s logo. It’s a shape that resembles Ubuntu’s ‘circle of friends’ logo, but that’s it; it isn’t suggesting the laptop comes preloaded with Ubuntu (so not mis-selling it or getting peoples hopes up, either).
It is, however, a close enough mimic to amuse those who know.
Ubuntu runs on computer which is what makes it’s a curious choice. Were it appear on a TV set or the back of a lunchbox (not that Radio Shack sell those), it’d be a bit less fitting as ‘fluff’ to feature on this ‘ere blog.
But as Ubuntu fans, it make raise a snarky smirk this holiday season.
Fnarr!
See it @ boxingday.redflagdeals.com/index.php/flyers2010/image_full/90/ [link now dead]
Thanks to Charbs