Microsoft Enlists Jerry Seinfeld in Ad War Against Apple

[Macsterguy]

This should be fun to watch!

I love and use Mac's everyday but this should be FUN TO WATCH! The "I'm a Mac" campaign" has been fun but is getting a little stale for me...

Apple has been poking MS in the eye for sometime without a response... Now it's pay back time (if the ad campaign is any good). 10 Mil should be enough money to be good with a lot of air time...

Besides, a strong MS is good for the world in every way. Like it or not, we need MS to be good since every dollar in every countries economy depends on them. They outsell Mac's like 100:1 don't they?

Apple needs to focus and keep doing what they do best (not MobileMessing around). This leaves them wide open to get knocked their high horse.

Competition is good, there is room for everyone to play here....

 

[o9ski]

So much negativity form Apple fans suggests otherwise.
MS made a very good move and you guys are just scared.

As to MS Office for mac and running a bootcamp I can say the following.
Keep in mind that MS is primarily a software company, while Apple is hardware company.
In fact, Apple have been moving closer to PC, not other way around.
At the end, I think that Apple will become a fancy and overpriced PC running Windows and making MS even more rich.
Hello Bootcamp and Windows.


If Apple stuff was so good thay could have talked about it's good sides, not bash PC. I know negative advertising works, but having both PC and iMsc I know that my iMac freezes all the time and fans spin like helicopter.

Prove me wrong with facts not by your pro-apple religious emotions.

 

[tmelvin]

Actually, after seeing all the Seinfeld episodes, he was never really that funny. I think someone else mentioned that the show was successful because of the supporting cast, and that is sooooo true. Kramer, Newman, George, etc. are the characters that were actually funny. I laughed the hardest at Kramer and George, and Newman...Jerry's character really didn't do much for me...

 

[mustang_dvs]

...if Office were discontinued it makes business sense for someone to create an MS Office-like product that reads and writes files that open as MS Office files on a PC.

You mean like iWork 08? It could open Office 07 docs before Office 2008 was released.

 

[tmelvin]

So much negativity form Apple fans suggests otherwise.
MS made a very good move and you guys are just scared.

As to MS Office for mac and running a bootcamp I can say the following.
Keep in mind that MS is primarily a software company, while Apple is hardware company.
In fact, Apple have been moving closer to PC, not other way around.
At the end, I think that Apple will become a fancy and overpriced PC running Windows and making MS even more rich.
Hello Bootcamp and Windows.


If Apple stuff was so good thay could have talked about it's good sides, not bash PC. I know negative advertising works, but having both PC and iMsc I know that my iMac freezes all the time and fans spin like helicopter.

Prove me wrong with facts not by your pro-apple religious emotions.

Funny...you say "Prove me wrong with facts" yet you didn't do any of that in your post. I've had far greater lock ups and freezes with MS products than any Mac I've used [both iMac and Macbook at the moment].

Did you actually see the ads? They poke fun at MS, because their OS is a failure, and subjected to lock ups, freezes, viruses, etc. The ads also focus on the reason Mac is better, because they're not subjected to those failings, and they're generally easier to use.

Get your facts straight before posting...moron.

 

[BigD58]

Yea umm I dont know about you but personally if I saw Jerry Seinfeld in a commercial that would make me NOT want to buy the product. Jerry is just not popular anymore.

 

[ariza910]

http://www.youtube.com/v/vNDEwsIGJKI&hl=en&fs=1 (seinfeld in apple ad)

Yeah totally forgot about that Apple commercial with Seinfeld in it. It was the Think Different ad (here's to the crazy ones) and they added a clip of a young Seinfeld doing stand up at the very end. I think the ad only ran once during the very last Seinfeld episode and it was a tribute to Seinfeld and everything he had accomplished. Pretty damn cool of Apple to do that.

Not sure where Microsoft is going with this but it's hard to imagine Seinfeld as a good fit. Hes not really techy, a lot of what he says can be miss interpreted as sarcastic (hes a comedian after all) and hes been out of the spot light for a few years now so a lot of 25 and younger crowd wont really know why he's such a big deal. I think he even struggled on camera to sell his own Bee Movie/

 

[milo]

Seinfeld? After the overhyped and disappointing Bee Movie and practically nothing else over the last decade, isn't the guy pretty much washed up at this point?

I guess he's a perfect personification for Microsoft - once hugely dominant and relevant, but years later nobody cares.

 

[NAG]

So much negativity form Apple fans suggests otherwise.
MS made a very good move and you guys are just scared.

You have a very weird view of reality. Yes, you're not the only one with a weird view on reality but to call everyone scared over some people being weird is kind of childish. Shall I call you scared and say you're blindly defending MS before you've even seen the ad? Street goes both ways.

As to MS Office for mac and running a bootcamp I can say the following.
Keep in mind that MS is primarily a software company, while Apple is hardware company.
In fact, Apple have been moving closer to PC, not other way around.
At the end, I think that Apple will become a fancy and overpriced PC running Windows and making MS even more rich.
Hello Bootcamp and Windows.

You just proved you have no idea what Apple does. Is the iPhone a glorified Windows Mobile phone because it runs on the same network and uses a lot of the same chips?

You're basically taking a very very simplistic view of both companies by looking at what the end products have in common instead of how the different companies go about their business.

If Apple stuff was so good thay could have talked about it's good sides, not bash PC. I know negative advertising works, but having both PC and iMsc I know that my iMac freezes all the time and fans spin like helicopter.

So what better way than to lead by example? Oh wait, you're just bashing as well. And if you want help with your iMsc (sic) then feel free to post a thread in the tech help forum here or at Apple.com/support . There was an extended warranty for some iMacs due to faulty power supplies.

Prove me wrong with facts not by your pro-apple religious emotions.

I would ask the same of you. Set the example. (I await you to call me a pro-apple religious zealot while ignoring my post history.)

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Maybe play a switcher in reverse?

"I used to be Mac now I'm a Windows guy...."

Now THAT would be funny, I almost hope you're right!

 

[Full of Win]

I'm too lazy to read all this - but has anyone even addressed the central thesis that Microsoft has against Apple? It sounds as if they are going to hit at the weakest point in the OS X strategy, in making a point about their "our hardware or the highway" model, which might be very effective if done correctly.

 

[milo]

MS made a very good move and you guys are just scared.

What exactly is there to be scared about with a comedian who hasn't had anything that people paid any attention to in the last decade?

You're kidding, right?

 

[o9ski]

Funny...you say "Prove me wrong with facts" yet you didn't do any of that in your post. I've had far greater lock ups and freezes with MS products than any Mac I've used [both iMac and Macbook at the moment].

Did you actually see the ads? They poke fun at MS, because their OS is a failure, and subjected to lock ups, freezes, viruses, etc. The ads also focus on the reason Mac is better, because they're not subjected to those failings, and they're generally easier to use.

Get your facts straight before posting...moron.

I guess you don't have any facts if you insult me just because I disagree with you.
The fact is that I had:
1. iMac G4 that for the most time wouldnt wake up
2. then I bought Powerbook G4 in which slot loading combo drive failed.
3. then I had MDD Powermac G4 Dual. The one that had crazy heating and fan noise issue. That Apple finally acknowledged after 6 month outrage by consumers;
4. then I had Powerbook 12 inch. It's battery has died in two days and I had to get a replacement.
5. then I had PowerMac G5 dual that would shut down all the time because someone at factory put too much grease b/w the processor and heat sink
6. then I have witnessed my colleagues sending back all of their first edition iMac for motherboard replacement;
7. now I have intel iMac 24 inch that crashes everytime I am trying to update my iTunes library.

These are facts. I am not masochistic, my girlfriend is a graphic artist. this is why i have to keep buying this stuff.
I have nicely working and more powerful PC for a fraction of Mac's price for myself.
So please, be reasonable and stop calling names when somebody expresses ones opinion.

What exactly is there to be scared about with a comedian who hasn't had anything that people paid any attention to in the last decade?

You're kidding, right?

I don't know. But look at the ratings for the topic.

 

[macindork]

I can't think of any comedian who is less funny than Seinfeld is right now.

Norm MacDonald?

 

[Trajectory]

Jerry Seinfeld was very funny on Seinfeld (thanks in large part to Larry David). But since then, everything he has done has fallen flat. Plus, a friend of a friend in Los Angeles has worked with him, and apparently in real life he's a complete a**hole. So, the role of Microsoft's new spokesperson couldn't have been cast more perfectly (and he and Ballmer should get along swimmingly).

You are correct, he always had a Mac in his show. Of course that was just his character, not necessarily in real life - and plus, $10M might make someone consider changing their platform regardless.

Hell yea, I'd switch to Windows if Bill Gates gave me $10 million (while secretly using a Mac in private).

 

[tcphoto1]

A commercial about nothing?

Funny, during the first couple of seasons Jerry had an Anniversary Mac on his desk. Perhaps after the Bee Movie he is doing a Castanza and doing the opposite of what you thinks is correct. Isn't that when George got a job with the Yankee's, got engaged and his fiance died after licking the toxic envelopes

 

[(L)]

My 2 cents of elitism

I respect some people that like Seinfeld, but I find most of his viewers to be rather vulgar and regrettable people. Perhaps this is just a case of advertising, with a comedian who appeals to the not-so-discriminating masses, a product (Windows) accepted by the not-so-perspicacious masses. Most people are pathetically content with deluding themselves; they willfully laugh at what is not funny and work with tools that fail them.

 

[AppleNewton]

Jerry: It's an OS about Nothing

...nothing to offer...

Apple already did:

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Lol....apple sponsored? so hilarious.

 

[o9ski]

You just proved you have no idea what Apple does. Is the iPhone a glorified Windows Mobile phone because it runs on the same network and uses a lot of the same chips?

I do talk simplistic.
I agree Apple does great stuff (when it works).
And I think I know what I am talking about.
Apple is primary a hardware company. Check there revenue records.
It became even so when it finally made iTunes for MS and iPod sales skyrockeret after couple of years mac only version.
Am I being wrong here?
Check the AAPL shares price records.

 

[Trajectory]

So much negativity form Apple fans suggests otherwise. MS made a very good move and you guys are just scared.

Scared of what?? Why are you here if you love Windows so much??

Prove me wrong with facts not by your pro-apple religious emotions.

Prove who/what wrong? People are just posting their OPINIONS, not fact-based scientific studies like the Mohave Project.

 

[whooleytoo]

You'd never know, maybe if they poke fun at themselves in a playful manner, this might work for them.
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Nah, this is going to backfire badly. Not even Michael Phelps in a Xbox Live T-shirt could make a Microsoft commercial cool.

 

[o9ski]

I respect some people that like Seinfeld, but I find most of his viewers to be rather vulgar and regrettable people. Perhaps this is just a case of advertising, with a comedian who appeals to the not-so-discriminating masses, a product (Windows) accepted by the not-so-perspicacious masses. Most people are pathetically content with deluding themselves; they willfully laugh at what is not funny and work with tools that fail them.

I think this is not about liking Seinfeld.
It is about his celebrity status and that people know him.
When you see Seinfeld on the screen, you remember how show was funny, not just how Seinfeld funny himself.
He is a BRAND.

Scared of what?? Why are you here if you love Windows so much??

I see.
Are you suggesting this site is only for people who hates Windows.
Is that all about.
It makes me think that this is why Apple ads hitting home runs with people like you.

 

[Flowbee]

I think this is not about liking Seinfeld.
It is about his celebrity status and that people know him.
When you see Seinfeld on the screen, you remember how show was funny, not just how Seinfeld funny himself.
He is a BRAND.

Just like Ovaltine, Ex-Lax, and Depends.

 

[happydude]

This is a bit ironic since Seinfeld proudly displayed his latest Mac in practically every episode of his sitcom. I guess "B-Movie" didn't bring in the paycheck the way he wanted.

exactly. he even had the 20th anniversary super expensive monstrosity in the background of shows. i guess a little money goes a long way to realigning your allegiance . . .

 

[NAG]

I do talk simplistic.
I agree Apple does great stuff (when it works).
And I think I know what I am talking about.
Apple is primary a hardware company. Check there revenue records.
It became even so when it finally made iTunes for MS and iPod sales skyrockeret after couple of years mac only version.
Am I being wrong here?
Check the AAPL shares price records.

Again, simplistic thinking. You can twist around those numbers to say anything. How do you reconcile the iPod/iPhone OS not running Windows Mobile yet the intel Macs are able to run Windows (and actually having one of the best laptops to run Vista for a while - PCMag). Is it hardware? Is it software? How do you reconcile this completely arbitrary distinction? How do you reconcile services like iTunes Music store and MobileMe? Are they shipping hardware? Are they shipping software?

Oh, and a correction, the iPod gained Windows compatibility less than a year after launch. iTunes for Windows came just over a year after the original iPod launch. The later happened around the same time as the 3G iPod, which also introduced price cuts. But lets just ignore price cuts and a more mature device as being factors. It is all about windows users getting iTunes. That proves Apple is going to switch to Windows 7 for their main operating system and switch the iPhone to Windows Mobile.

Now, I understand you're just doing the normal Troll routine so I'm going to go back to the original topic, as stimulating as this talking point rehash is.

About Seinfeld. He was tired as a shill even 3 years ago. link All of the stars of Seinfeld haven't done too well after the show ended.