Rahul Sood, the CTO of HP’s gaming systems division (formerly VoodooPC), has found a new use for the MacBook Air: slicing cake.
Handed a MacBook Air as a “present” at his birthday, he wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. So he tested its razor-thinness on the cake.
“It’s so damn sharp, it did a fine job,” he reports. Probably not what the folks at Apple had in mind. PhoneTag CEO James Siminoff was on hand to take this grainy photo.
My only question: Did Sood lick the MacBook afterwards, and can you send us that picture also?
I should say staff, anyway.
Random!
Not funny…
guys.. thats plain marketing.. phew
Unlike Vista, my apple actually allows me to work 168 hours a week without any down time. My corporate office just purchased 800 macs. Saying farewell to the PC…
If I am in that party, I just kill him.
@ #20: I believe it’s Ravi Sood, Rahul’s brother, that has the MBA. But why the negative comments? The guy got his birthday party TC’ed!!
Yes. But can it core apples?
This guy is a total loser.
If he is in such need to throw away money and get a moment of attention, sell the laptop and give the money to a children’s hospital.
The heartfelt thanks from the kids will feel a whole lot better and last a lot longer than the shallow laughs from fellow workers who quietly think he is just a rich tool.
This guy is a total and utter disgrace.
What a slap to apple!!… besides that.. this guy is an idiot, theres tons of people who need food and he is just wasting money.
-http://mikesmoneyclub.blogspot.com/
#20 said it right..
And they made him CTO!!!
This is like watching a blind homeless indian giving rats all he has, only he is rubbing it in the face of all his ppl who do not have (but give to rats what they do have). Its really sad.
6.1 Children Day….happy
What an obnoxious jerk. Someone could have really used that computer. Flashiness and consumerism at their worst…
This shocked me a little.
Discountlaptops.com > Voodoo
Some of the people commenting need to get a grip.. i’m sure the computer still works, it’s funny.. enough already.. you guys need to venture out of your startup offices once a year. geez lighten up.
The first sign of insanity…
publicity gimmick
good
would have been better for him to have eaten his cake (15 delicious mins of fame) and still had it (the delectable mac air). how? with cling film of course dummy!
All I see is that Rahul Sood, the CTO of HP’s gaming systems division doing some kinky stuff in front of a camera. What happens next ? … maybe some “American Pie” inspired performance ?!
What a fuckstain asshat.
UAU!!!!! Congratulations!!!!! Firt inspirations!!…
Abs,
Bianchi
brutal, indifferent, disdainful and self-centered…Truly, a GREAT american…
What a sad display of misplaced wealth. Most people on the planet would be thrilled beyond belief to even have the opportunity to own a laptop, never mind an Air (I have one and I LOVE it!). HP’s products must be pretty overpriced to show such disrespect for such a an expensive gift. Erick, I love techcrunch and Mike is an alright guy, but such tasteless displays of waste and ignorance is not why I click on your bookmark in the morning. I can see the picture being used in a lot of local newspapers to show the decadence of the valley these days. Anyway, I am rambling, I have work to do and other techcrunch articles to read
…and I bet he drives a Hummer and has a model girlfriend named Naomi or Heidi…
My god, sell the Notebook on ebay and give the money to a social project…Du beschissener Dummbolzen!!! Sorry for that.
Good thing “conspicuous consumption” isn’t one of the top Mortal Sins these days…
Why… ?
Like burning $100.00 bills to light a cigar…
How about some Earthquake relief instead? WTF
Can anyone say “Ampd Mobile”?
Keep strategically wasting those resources, bud.
I like to see somebody shave with it.
what a jackass…
User-driven innovation at its best!
what an ass this guy!!
what a douchebag…
can MacBook Air slice also an apple?
the dope could have at least used it to cut an apple pie! maybe he can google “knife and fork” after he licks the screen clean.
I partially agree with getagrip, no. 66: If the computer can be cleaned, which is probable considering it was closed, then the act was just a harmless publicity stunt.
I, as an Indian-American, think there has been stereotyping against Mr. Sood that because he’s of Indian ancestry, he should be more sensitive to the plight of the poor than others. There hundreds of non-Indian corporate leaders who perform more lavish “consumerist” acts with little or no criticism on their supposed “indifference to world poverty”.
Great Use for it
Mac the Knife?
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can’t imagine getting much battery life out of something that thin
there are also number of reported events that it has cut people skin. =O
Omg it’s almost a Portal cake!
The razor thin thickness is really not THAT useful :\ they should work to improve the notebook ITSELF
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