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Samsung? Lenovo? Sony? Dell? Nah. This was the favourite computer of Kim Jong-Il, the dead North Korean dictator, keen observer and purveyor of all things fattening: an Apple MacBook Pro 15.
Sophie Schmidt—daughter of Eric, Google’s president—had the unique opportunity to visit the Bigass Leader’s mausoleum, the heavily guarded building that used to be his office and now includes his body alongside his favourite things:
Also lying in state: the late Leaders’ cars, train compartments and even a yacht, all preserved in their former glory. Even Kim Jong Il’s platform shoes were on display. I was delighted to learn that he and I shared a taste in laptops: 15″ Macbook Pro.
Reading her account, I wonder how many people in North Korea know what a MacBook is. My guess is a dozen. If that. Somewhere in a dimension made of glass, aluminium and wood, Steve Jobs’ ghost is smiling and thinking “changing the world, one tyrant’s desktop at a time.” [Sophie In North Korea]
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Pity we didn’t know about this when both Kim Jong-Il and Steve Jobs were still alive. “The MacBook Pro – Made by Tyrants, for Tyrants” would have been a great advertising slogan.
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Good work with the .gif
Indeed! A gif that isn’t garish, doesn’t reduce my MacBook Air to a quivering wreck and fits rather well with the article. I think this is a first for Giz UK.
Subtly from JD, who’d a thunk it?
subtlety even.
He’s actually Gawker Media’s Creative Director, and does most of the Photoshops and creative stuff — so actually, your pitchfork-waving comment doesn’t make much sense. You could’ve discovered this fact with a simple google, but it’s far easier jumping on a bandwagon, right?
Believe me Kat, I know who he is. Please descend from the high horse as Tesco’s need it for burgers
Still not figured it out eh?
Figured what out, Darrell?
In all fairness, I think Diaz has changed a lot.
Does that suggest we should criticise less or more? I mean you could draw the conclusion that it’s beneficial.
I consider him half an idiot now. So we might as well cut the criticism by half.
Or double it if the information suggests we could get diminishing returns?
We could use more data points to get a decent graph going.
But then, Kat would probably go post-al on all of us.
It makes sense, both Kim Jong-Il and Apple shame the same ideology.
I suspect it was a gift from Steve to him for being such an inspiration.