Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Wed 22nd Jul 2009 16:48 UTC
In honor of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, that adorable book some of you (or some of your kids) may be familiar with, we now have the If You Give Microsoft Toaster Tech episode. This isn't official Microsoft swag, but someone with spare time on his hands and a knack for tinkering designed this brave little toaster that brands bread with the Windows logo. Of course, I wouldn't buy one of these unless I had the Windows 7 upgrade coupon. This brings to mind: if Apple were to create a toaster, would you have to buy premium Apple bread for it to work? And would there be Psystar and Quo toasters for cheaper? How about a Linux toaster? Fill up the comments below with your wonderfully creative toaster/tech analogies. You could even bleed over into other kitchen appliances (an Ubuntu fridge, for instance, would be nearly good enough for anyone, but you'd have tinker and hack a bit before your ice would come out cubed).
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Because everyone still thinks you have to hack everything together yourself (which is no longer true).
Apple toaster: You cannot exchange the bread with this toaster. If you run out of bread, you have to ship it back to apple to replace the bread. But it looks nice and the toast is tasty.
Windows toaster: There are many vendors that sell this toaster. It makes palatable toast, even though it sometimes comes out black. Watch out for the Genuine Windows Toasting Advantage thing.
Linux toast: Makes very fine toast. You have to feed the bread in the toaster manually, but it comes out good most of the time. Can be disassebled and reassembled easily, and parts are easily interchangeable with other Linux toasters.