{"id":742,"date":"2002-10-11T00:36:16","date_gmt":"2002-10-11T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/11\/imac-caught-with-pc-in-illicit-love-nest\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T23:42:20","slug":"imac-caught-with-pc-in-illicit-love-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/11\/imac-caught-with-pc-in-illicit-love-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"iMac caught with PC in illicit love nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6280,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260308081928\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 23:56:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 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src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2002\/10\/graphics\/msad-thumb.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"82\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>In a surprise development that has rocked the computing world today, paparazzi have made public a photograph of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" title=\"Apple Computer\">Apple<\/a>&#8216;s popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/imac\/\" title=\"iMac\">iMac<\/a> computer cavorting poolside with what appears to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\" title=\"Microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/default.mspx\" title=\"Windows Family Home Page\">Windows<\/a>-based PC. The photograph in question shows the two models of computer &#8212; who have been publicly embroiled in bitter enmity for nearly two decades &#8212; lounging beside a swimming pool and playing chess, both of them entirely in the buff. The iMac&#8217;s towel is draped coyly over the back of its lounger, while the PC is sitting on its towel.<\/p>\n<p>Spokespersons for the two computers have angrily denied any implications of a hidden relationship between the long-feuding enemies. &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s amazing what can be done with Photoshop these days,&#8221; fumed a Microsoft spokesman, speaking under condition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/billgates\/default.asp\" title=\"So much for anonymity...\">anonymity<\/a>. &#8220;Now, why don&#8217;t you just go bother Britney Spears or something?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise development that has rocked the computing world today, paparazzi have made public a photograph of Apple&#8217;s popular iMac computer cavorting poolside with what appears to be a Microsoft Windows-based PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2039],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","tag-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}