czachorski
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I too was wondering what looks different between his type-cast Apple fanboy blinded by hate, and AS's own POV which appears to be blinded by love.
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Microsoft's Next Seinfeld Ad Airs: 'New Family'
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I too was wondering what looks different between his type-cast Apple fanboy blinded by hate, and AS's own POV which appears to be blinded by love.
Don't panic
macrumors 603
that 'article' is hilarious.
talk about a reality distortion field! the guy is obsessed with apple (in an unhealthy way).
kaiwai
macrumors 6502a
And like a typical Windows zealot you ignore this part:
"What is the storyline Microsoft is trying to say to the public."
(should have been: That is the storyline Microsoft is trying to say to the public. - mind you, anyone with IQ above dog **** should have seen the obvious mistake and what it should have been).
Microsoft said that in the Mojave experiment that peoples perceptions were based on the RTM version when it was first released; they (the experimenters) showed Windows Vista after SP1 had been released along with better drivers. All it proves is that these issues HAVE been addressed - and Microsoft need to push out the message that these issues, these problems that some saw have been addressed. It is about showing a degree of humility.
As for your 'MacOS X' problems - sorry, I don't run dog **** quality applications, I don't run hackware and other bits of software which stuff around with the MacOS X internals, using private frameworks which they shouldn't be using. I've been running Mac OS X 10.5 from day one without a single problem. Maybe because I use my computer instead of ****ing around with it.
kaiwai
macrumors 6502a
Who the hell said you had a problem - take a reading class. I said, "Lets analyse the problem" meaning, "lets analyse the problem with Microsoft faces" - it is pretty damn obvious by the following sentence when I started talking about the issues which Microsoft is facing.
marbles
macrumors 68000
chewbaccapits
macrumors 6502a
If these commercials suck so much (they do), who the hell is voting "positive" its like 548 Positives; 799 Negatives...Wtf!
Syrus28
macrumors 6502a
sushi
Moderator emeritus
Some folks like these commercials it would seem.
What I find interesting, is that I am not a Seinfeld fan in the least. Never liked his show.
However, he's okay in these commercials. Go figure.
AidenShaw
macrumors P6
Again, you show the naïve misconception that suddenly Vista was "fixed" with SP1.
People's "perceptions" were not based on the RTM version at all - anyone who ran the RTM version since November 2006 knows that. There were some rough edges, with frequent automatic updates to improve the experience. By the time of consumer release at the end of Jan 2007, most of the common issues were cleared up.
People's "perceptions" were based on the lies and misleading ads from Apple, which developed into a "common knowledge" that Vista was crap.
Have you noticed that some of the worst Vista apps come from a music player company in Cupertino, CA? Don't install Itunes on Vista, it won't work. (In spite of Vista being in public beta forever, in spite of the business RTM release in November 2006 - somehow this music player company didn't get around to testing stuff by the January consumer release.)
Even Itunes 8 comes out, and Apple ships faulty kernel drivers that blue-screen Vista. (Vista must be so stable that Apple has to sabotage it so that people don't realize that the Mac/PC ads are a bunch of lies....)
Maybe you think that Microsoft should start an ad campaign comparing Vista to Mac OS9? Apple's Mac/PC ads constantly bring up old Vista RTM issues -- seems reasonable that Microsoft should point out that the Mac OS doesn't have memory protection or pre-emptive multitasking.
I suggest that you go to the OSX 10.5.5 (five updates to Leopard already - I keep hearing that it's perfect) thread and look at some of the problems that people are having.
How about this one:
It's nice that you've never had a problem with OSX. It's also not the norm.
DMann
macrumors 601
Sure, perhaps some folks like them for what they're not, and others enjoy the fact that they suck so badly. Now that Bill and Jerry have all of this time on their hands, they ought to consider something a bit more productive, along the lines of "Bill & Jerry's" Ice Cream - yeah, that ought to help Window's image.
Syrus28
macrumors 6502a
Or maybe we don't have some deep down inside hate of all things Microsoft, and actually enjoyed the commercial for what it is -- a commercial...? It's at least better than the last Mac vs PC ad. 😀
Image?
The problem isn't image - It's incompetence. THAT can't be solved by a "funny" show. Seriously, anyone know a good engineer that has gone to MS in the past seven years?
The problem isn't image - It's incompetence. THAT can't be solved by a "funny" show. Seriously, anyone know a good engineer that has gone to MS in the past seven years?
sushi
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DMann
macrumors 601
DMann
macrumors 601
DMann
macrumors 601
Syrus28
macrumors 6502a
DMann
macrumors 601
In an amusing way............... this commercial directs attention from a product which requires calming teas and bath salts, to tolerate it, toward a product which does not. Most Windows PC users of the last decade will easily relate to this. Because Vista is perceived as more perplexing than XP, and rightfully so, this ad will likely be effective. Although one is entitled to one's own opinion, this "Calming Tea" commercial does indeed function as a commercial in that it clearly directs attention toward a specific product. The 'sitcom reality' (call it what you want) starring Bill & Jerry, however, hardly qualifies as an advertisement, as it does not advertise anything.
Little Tramp exits
I don't understand the commercials. Seems to be much ado about nothing.
But did anyone notice the resemblance to the movie "Modern Times", especially at the end where the Little Tramp and his girl walk off slowly into the background?
Could this be copied?
I don't understand the commercials. Seems to be much ado about nothing.
But did anyone notice the resemblance to the movie "Modern Times", especially at the end where the Little Tramp and his girl walk off slowly into the background?
Could this be copied?
DMann
macrumors 601
AidenShaw
macrumors P6
First of all, the guy who said Vista's sterling reputation was based on lies....come on now. The issues with poorly made graphic drivers were a well known problem, and that can be traced right back to Microsoft and how they communicate with their partners when it comes to major changes. Do a little reading on Creative's experiences when they found out very late in the game that Vista was going to have a completely redone audio stack and they'd have to start over from the beginning.
Now combine that with a fairly resource-heavy OS with useless interface features like flip3d, annoying interface decisions like UAC (which has a place but is so overblown that it quickly loses all relevance boy who cried wolf style), and a system that until recently was markedly SLOWER than its predecessor at most apps. You're offering a product that runs far more sluggish on equal hardware with relatively few improvements over its mature predecessor. There's a word for this: WinME.
Vista HAS been fixed, but SP1 wasn't the only thing, it had to do with NVIDIA and ATI getting their drivers up to speed, and so on. And I do like XP SP3 (after it's tiny-ized by eXPerience) but to act like MS has been lying about Vista is ignorant. They rushed out a product with very little apparent upside to the consumer that was not ready for primetime, and played right into Apple's hands.
Now combine that with a fairly resource-heavy OS with useless interface features like flip3d, annoying interface decisions like UAC (which has a place but is so overblown that it quickly loses all relevance boy who cried wolf style), and a system that until recently was markedly SLOWER than its predecessor at most apps. You're offering a product that runs far more sluggish on equal hardware with relatively few improvements over its mature predecessor. There's a word for this: WinME.
Vista HAS been fixed, but SP1 wasn't the only thing, it had to do with NVIDIA and ATI getting their drivers up to speed, and so on. And I do like XP SP3 (after it's tiny-ized by eXPerience) but to act like MS has been lying about Vista is ignorant. They rushed out a product with very little apparent upside to the consumer that was not ready for primetime, and played right into Apple's hands.
