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HP Exec Cuts Birthday Cake With MacBook Air

engadget.com — Those that know Rahul Sood, founder of VooDoo PC and CTO of HP's global gaming business, might not be so surprised to hear he used a working MacBook Air to cut his thick, rich, chocolatey birthday cake. While wearing an HP shirt. And then posted it to his site.

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  • AlexFinn, on 06/01/2008, -18/+561The heat from the processor also cooks the cake wile cutting it
  • EstT, on 06/01/2008, -8/+499I wish i could afford buying a laptop for cutting cakes =(
  • imjustabill, on 06/01/2008, -23/+339He had to use the Mac because he still hadn't gotten his HP back from its warranty service after 2 months.
  • mjhayter, on 06/01/2008, -46/+338FInally someones found a practical use for one.
  • ronaldhennessy, on 06/01/2008, -11/+200What a badass. Putting innovate tech products to other than it's intended use. Will someone use it to cut up coke next?
  • MMaguire, on 06/01/2008, -21/+181What a waste of a perfectly good cake.......
  • gemini8200, on 06/01/2008, -1/+157I always kinda wanted to grate cheese with a G5...
  • inactive, on 06/01/2008, -15/+156Wow the versatility of the MacBook Air is amazing! I think I will now go buy one. Should it not have been for the brilliant mind, Rahul Sood, I would not have known this.
  • wontstoptalking, on 06/01/2008, -6/+132I have a Macbook Air for shaving.
  • MikeonTV, on 06/01/2008, -21/+144I would use an HP notebook as the paper plate I serve the cake on. Good cutting knives are well taken care of.
  • Llanowar, on 06/02/2008, -3/+108I wish I could afford a cake. :(
  • penguin5201, on 06/01/2008, -24/+126Mirror in case.

    http://i25.tinypic.com/2ry4y10.jpg
  • BrendanSheehan, on 06/01/2008, -25/+120So HP are telling us how thin Apple's notebook computer is by cutting a cake with it, and Apple is getting free advertisement in the process. No news is bad news guys - Marketing 101. If HP are trying damage their competitor they are doing a bad job at it. Hence this story is about the MacBook Air.
  • inactive, on 06/01/2008, -5/+92I'll wash the utensils!
  • inactive, on 06/02/2008, -5/+89This is why we can't have nice things.
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  • Knobee, on 06/01/2008, -1/+72Well, there goes ever being able to take a Mac Air on an airliner... thin enough to be used as a knife, eh?
  • CaviMike, on 06/01/2008, -3/+62The iCut seems to be a big hit. Keep them coming Apple!
  • Fixadent, on 06/02/2008, -10/+68another thing a Mac can do that an HP can't!
  • WomensUnderwear, on 06/01/2008, -7/+61I'm waiting for Chris Crocker to slash his wrists with one live on webcam
  • Kallstar, on 06/02/2008, -3/+56This is quite possibly the first time I can say apple has created a 'cutting-edge' laptop.
  • mjhayter, on 06/02/2008, -14/+66A computer that charges a premium to give you less, forcing you to carry all kinds of accessories with you, totally defying its own purpose. Yea that's pretty impractical.
  • eliot2000, on 06/02/2008, -2/+46I'd also point out- that's the cake from Portal.
  • Dash-2, on 06/01/2008, -6/+46Buried for inaccurate:
    not an HP shirt, read the dang blog post:
    http://www.musicesp.com/images/esdjcoreinvent.jpg
  • dullnation, on 06/01/2008, -2/+37No, way way too late.
  • NSResponder, on 06/01/2008, -9/+41Some HP staffers have an inferiority complex regarding Apple. Carly Fiorina was known to wave a powerbook around and ask "why can't we build something like this?"

    -jcr
  • BrendanSheehan, on 06/01/2008, -3/+33Classic.
  • SPThom, on 06/02/2008, -3/+31Is this supposed to be an insult to Apple? If you tried this stunt with an HP laptop, you'd get a flat, mushed up cake.
  • rjc5056, on 06/01/2008, -3/+29Why do you think there are mirrored surfaces all over Mac products, man? I'm just hoping the next iteration of iPod comes with spoon/earbuds.
  • yensed, on 06/02/2008, -0/+25You shouldn't have bought the Macbook Air...
  • TSSaloic, on 06/01/2008, -8/+33It still likely works thanks to Steves decision to not put any vents on the Air. It likely just needs to be cleaned.
  • lamiaconfitor, on 06/01/2008, -2/+26Me and my buddies use the monitor to snort lines... (jk) Don't do drugs kids!
  • inkswamp, on 06/01/2008, -8/+32Well, let's be fair. They would have used an HP notebook but they're about as thick as a dictionary.
  • thebellmaster1x, on 06/02/2008, -0/+20You clever son of a bitch.
  • Niightwitch, on 06/01/2008, -4/+23Why would you even bother submitting a comment this long?
  • robrogan, on 06/01/2008, -18/+36If the image becomes popular, even with the negative connotation, people will be bound to consider, 'wow what a beautiful and slim product.' I mean, turn the tables and if Jobs was cutting a cake with a super thin "PC" notebook by HP or Dell or whomever, I'd laugh but also be amazed at how thin it is and probably want it if I could ever afford it.
  • jeo77, on 06/02/2008, -0/+17A Pepsi avatar, and you make a post like that?
  • estvir, on 06/02/2008, -2/+19Pretty much.
  • BZKyle, on 06/01/2008, -8/+24Moments later, Steve Jobs' secret ninjas assassinated him.
  • yogurtslinger, on 06/02/2008, -0/+16Gary Busey will, then he'll snort it off of a dog.
  • wontstoptalking, on 06/02/2008, -1/+16Sincerely sorry for double post, but for some reason firefox 3 RC freezes sometimes when I post a comment, and the comment doesn't get posted. I thought that happened this time. Can't wait for final release of FF3!
  • oxdeltaxo, on 06/01/2008, -3/+18Right you are a cloth and a lil soap water will clean it right up.
  • blorguehad, on 06/01/2008, -2/+16It's just THAT thin folks!
  • SubjectiveC, on 06/01/2008, -0/+14I hate it when they provide a link in the post, which makes you think goes to the source of the story, only to find out it's actually a link to the very same page you are on.
  • Khast, on 06/01/2008, -3/+17I am still waiting for someone to build a brick house using OQO-001s. Don't worry about installing a heater, the walls generate their own heat.
  • Micgee, on 06/01/2008, -5/+18I see what you did there.
  • sgtpppr, on 06/02/2008, -3/+16No, you still can't work for Apple marketing. Please submit another resume in a year.
  • BrendanSheehan, on 06/01/2008, -3/+15And here's me all along thinking eating your cake wasn't wasting it.
  • Vironex, on 06/02/2008, -0/+12That's not odd at all. It actually makes perfect sense.
  • Professr, on 06/01/2008, -6/+18Too soon?
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