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Microsoft's Holiday Ad Spreads Message of Peace Outside Apple's 5th Avenue Store

Noble Actual said:
Not smoking. Sorry, never been to your town before.
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But wait. Didn't you say that you had been to "all of the Apple stores in the Silicon Valley/Bay Area"? The truth is that it's a well known fact that the Microsoft store is usually a sad, deserted place. Especially compared to the Apple store. I have been in malls were they are both located in cities all over the country. And the contrast is laughable.
 
Nunyabinez said:
I'm glad it was a time edit and not a political correctness one.
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Yes, wouldn't it be awful if they didn't want to make any of their atheist or agnostic employees feel uncomfortable? I for one am always happy to see etc etc etc.
 
Kaibelf said:
The point of the ad is simple and nice: It's Christmas. Give the fighting a rest.
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If only it were that simple. The point of this ad is that, no matter who you are you want to be associated with Apple right now, because it draws attention to you. Getting Apple on your front page, or in your commercials is gold. But their strategy last Christmas, going after the MacBook Air vs. the Surface Pro didn't play out so well, as it came off predictably snarky. So this year, let's be warm and fuzzy and still try to use Apple in our commercials.

Pretty smart marketing, if you ask me. But not simple and nice. Very calculated.
 
cmwade77 said:
Business is where Microsoft is still prominent, although it is loosing that category more and more now as well. I really do think Microsoft's days are numbered, at least in the OS business, unless it can turn things around and nothing they are doing is working right for them at this point in time.
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MS is only relevant in business because companies are pigeon holed into compatibility with a lot of software that hasn't converted. Where I work at my top 5 pharmaceutical company, the PC software applications we use are slow and extremely annoying to use. The iOS (iPad) applications we use which work very smoothly and are intuitive. If only we were able to port all the software over and use Macs and iPads. I think it'll eventually happen but contracts and a little company politics get in the way.
 
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rdlink said:
If only it were that simple. The point of this ad is that, no matter who you are you want to be associated with Apple right now, because it draws attention to you. Getting Apple on your front page, or in your commercials is gold. But their strategy last Christmas, going after the MacBook Air vs. the Surface Pro didn't play out so well, as it came off predictably snarky. So this year, let's be warm and fuzzy and still try to use Apple in our commercials.
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So true.

Microsoft employees could have walked a little further and ended up singing in Central Park. But this commercial isn't about singing for the sake of singing.

They ended up singing in front of an Apple Store. Because anything Apple-related gets attention.
 
Meanwhile at Apple.... :D

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rdlink said:
But wait. Didn't you say that you had been to "all of the Apple stores in the Silicon Valley/Bay Area"? The truth is that it's a well known fact that the Microsoft store is usually a sad, deserted place. Especially compared to the Apple store. I have been in malls were they are both located in cities all over the country. And the contrast is laughable.
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Congratz on going to malls around the country.
 
simonmet said:
Yep, they just opened one in Pitt St Mall in Sydney. First they had to bribe people to attend the opening by offering free tickets to a concert by some pop star being held nearby later that night (everyone who attended the opening could go) and then with deals like 50% off Skype credit.

So maybe they're busy because Microsoft has to bribe people to get them into their stores to make them look busy.
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To be fair, if I was in the market for a new Windows machine (and wasn't the type of person who'd build it myself) I'd rather but it in a MS shop than some high street chain where it's in behind the washing machines and where they'll try to sell me extra crap.
 
Noble Actual said:
If it was a joke, you wouldn't need to defend it. Its ok though.

Also congratz, you've been to three malls in dallas.
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*It's
*okay
*Also,
*congrats
*Dallas

You might want to investigate that MS spell/grammar check. ;)
 
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I doubt Apple considers Microsoft a rival anymore. They're more of a partner these days.
 
Sunday Ironfoot said:
Peace? Don't they mean surrender? :)
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I think the future is Surface pro rather than iPad pro. I have iPad, it is wonder for what it is. But iPad is slowing down, and Surface is moving fast. I would rather have a full computer with more power and storage at the similar size, weight, and price.
 
rdlink said:
But wait. Didn't you say that you had been to "all of the Apple stores in the Silicon Valley/Bay Area"? The truth is that it's a well known fact that the Microsoft store is usually a sad, deserted place. Especially compared to the Apple store. I have been in malls were they are both located in cities all over the country. And the contrast is laughable.
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I visited both of them in the same mall. Both of them were full of people.
 
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