I built mine, sport, and I can tell you, they are. Although to be fair, I have to acknowledge the 200% markup we seem to cop from Apple in Australia...
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Microsoft's "I'm a PC" Ad Airs
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I built mine, sport, and I can tell you, they are. Although to be fair, I have to acknowledge the 200% markup we seem to cop from Apple in Australia...
The obvious next move for Apple would be another 'I'm a Mac, I'm a PC' ad with Hodgman and Long in which we find PC on a movie set with cameras and back drops and high paid celebrities shooting a commercial for Vista. The possible set ups and punch lines are endless but one that would be really great is if they could get either Kramer or Newman to appear in the ad.
I think this one is far more effective than the Seinfeld ads. That said, I liked it better when it was the "I am Canadian" beer commercial...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg
...just saying...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg
...just saying...
I'm still trying to figure out why I need any windows if I am living a life without walls... Where do the windows go if you don't have any walls? I guess these ads are telling me I don't need windows?
So, "I'm a PC and I don't need windows for life." Is that what Microsoft is saying?
So, "I'm a PC and I don't need windows for life." Is that what Microsoft is saying?
No originality whatsoever. Once again Microsoft stumbles. I can't believe you guys think it's a good comeback. It basically takes Apple's idea and spins it around.
Lame. Just Lame.
Lame. Just Lame.
Even apple admits the hardware is cheaper than what they sell it at; you guys are talking about two different things.
For average users, a dell composed of similar things is not TOO dissimilar to an apple imac in price.
The iMac will last 2-3x longer, be more stable the whole time, and is a more elegant solution (less wires basically). It can now run windows as well, so there isn't a competition anymore.
For the custom builders, we spend as much as we want for the machine we want. The problem is, Apple doesnt have anything AS customizable for a comparable machine (IE the Mac Pro...but cheaper).
Person 1: (directed at Person 2) "You're a slow witted dullard"
(a few minutes pass)
Person 2: "No I'm not."
(a few minutes pass)
Person 2: "No I'm not."
How UNoriginal
"ok redmond, start your photocopiers"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emeidi/43356340/
strike one;
a failed "Mohave Experiment"
strike two;
stupid irrelevant seinfeld ads.
so as not to strike out, let's go with plan C....
just get into the whole "I'm a...." as a last resort! and copy Apple AGAIN.
gates during the ad, "and i wear glasses" and then a few others...
wtf! dodge the facts and MS does the real stereotyping with comments like those during the ad.
"I am a human being!!!"
RUFUKCINGKIDDINGME! we are all human beings you idiot so don't "cry wolf" that someone was saying bad mean things to you just for you to gain sympathy.
is this supposed; to make Mac users feel guilty for feeling safer with OSX and Windows users more real with all their imperfections and everyone calling them names.
btw...was that Bill Gates carrying his own brown bagged groceries to his car...oh God, i have been wrong all this time, Bill is such a "down to earth regular guy" ...who wears glasses!
"Windows: Life Without Walls"
the best liars & manipulators in the world are masters at the art of denial.
That goes for MS and it's users.
"ok redmond, start your photocopiers"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emeidi/43356340/
strike one;
a failed "Mohave Experiment"
strike two;
stupid irrelevant seinfeld ads.
so as not to strike out, let's go with plan C....
just get into the whole "I'm a...." as a last resort! and copy Apple AGAIN.
gates during the ad, "and i wear glasses" and then a few others...
wtf! dodge the facts and MS does the real stereotyping with comments like those during the ad.
"I am a human being!!!"
RUFUKCINGKIDDINGME! we are all human beings you idiot so don't "cry wolf" that someone was saying bad mean things to you just for you to gain sympathy.
is this supposed; to make Mac users feel guilty for feeling safer with OSX and Windows users more real with all their imperfections and everyone calling them names.
btw...was that Bill Gates carrying his own brown bagged groceries to his car...oh God, i have been wrong all this time, Bill is such a "down to earth regular guy" ...who wears glasses!
"Windows: Life Without Walls"
the best liars & manipulators in the world are masters at the art of denial.
That goes for MS and it's users.
This is a nice start.
Now Microsoft just needs to make the next version of Windows better then XP.
I take it you've never been around for all the Apple repair extensions that have been handed out over the years.
You should see some of the dust clogged Dells from 1999 that we have in working condition. Aside from the dust and age that is. Pentium II and 440BX are love.
shows the problem with micro$oft's lack of thinking things through
Yeah. If you *had* a life without walls, you wouldn't *need* windows. Well played, Bill.
I guess my mac gives me a life without walls... and, thankfully, windows!
Yeah. If you *had* a life without walls, you wouldn't *need* windows. Well played, Bill.
I guess my mac gives me a life without walls... and, thankfully, windows!
Ha!! That "I Am A Canadian" ad was awesome! Never seen that before! Cleaver post bud!
Good job figuring out the whole point of the commercial. Spinning around a stupid campaign and making their competitor look like a huge douche bag.
Not a good job for completely missing the point of the commercial.
But that is why they have to teach it again and again through the centuries to every new group of kids. Because the logical fallacy is so powerful and works well. We need to have it pointed out.
Remember Bill Gates got rich by making just one good observation -- There are a lot more people who know nothing about computers than there are experts, I'll sell to the larger group.
Seriously, how many here remember the industry before Microsoft? Back them computer companies only sold to computer professionals or a very few hobbyists. Mostly it was companies like DEC and IBM and CDC.
I think that was a very good spot... MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the Seinfeld ones that made no sense...
However did anyone hear the part "I'm a PC and I have three rings" and find any irony in it?
However did anyone hear the part "I'm a PC and I have three rings" and find any irony in it?
Well quite an ordinary ad by microsoft. But is it tackling the root cause of os migration to leopard? Please get vista in shape first. Ads don't convince people to switch to apple or vice versa. A good operating system does that. Kudos to Mac OS. Once you go mac, you ain't going back...
In my opinion, it finally gets to the point. The Seinfeld and Windows Mojave ads weren't getting to the point, but with these ads, it shows how the average Joe can use Windows. Apple's "Get A Mac" campaign has just brought some heavy stereotyping of the whole Windows OS in general.
And for all the people that think that these ads are horrible, that they're just copying Apple, seriously, don't you have better things to do other then bashing Microsoft every time they say "Hi!" ?
And for all the people that think that these ads are horrible, that they're just copying Apple, seriously, don't you have better things to do other then bashing Microsoft every time they say "Hi!" ?
Now, That's a great ad.
The "I'm a PC ad", while better than the Seinfeld ads, seemed pointless. Just what was the purpose? What did I learn? What am I supposed to do?
...Elevator music for the mind!
Yeah, alright, its better than the Seinfeld ads. I guess I could see it helping their image as a company... though not the image of their products, which was the problem in the first place. Use the $300 mil to hire some better programmers.