MacDailyNews: Couldn't you just buy a Mac and run Windows? Microsoft CEO Ballmer: 'No, we prefer real PCs' Steve Ballmer is clearly one of the main things that keeps Microsoft's collective mind in the latrine. He's to Bill Gates these days what Dick Cheney is to George W. (And that's giving George more credit than he deserves.) Like Cheney, Ballmer is constantly at war, and sees enemies behind every monitor. Here's another useful set of quotes from the dear Uncle Fester.