Comments on: Gates! Seinfeld! Shoes! Churros! Same Old Windows Vista!

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» The 12 Biggest Tech Stories of 2008 Akshay Technologies — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:12:44 +0000

[...] began its massive Windows ad campaign by baffling the world with two pricey commercials which costarred recently-retired cofounder Bill Gates and 1990s sitcom icon Jerry Seinfeld–and [...]

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Tynan on Tech » Is Vista Capable? Maybe. Microsoft, not so much. — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:13:29 +0000

[...] Last February, we learned from internal Microsoft emails that the company’s own execs were teed off by Vista’s performance (or lack thereof). Former Windows czar Jim Allchin even worried that changing the labeling requirements would mislead consumers. (Microsoft mislead consumers? Next you’ll be telling me that Bill Gates hates churros.) [...]

By: Liquid Wolf

Liquid Wolf — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:44:01 +0000

An ad about nothing…

no one got it…

Very good, I’m glad to see their ad’s are seperating the people who get it from the one’s that don’t.

The whole “I’m a PC” campaign is really a punch in the face to the Mac stereotype campaign. Very good comeback.

but…. did it come too late?

By: Charles Forsythe

Charles Forsythe — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:13:06 +0000

It’s an ad about nothing.

Starring Jerry Seinfeld.

Another Microsoft innovation! Where do they get their ideas?!

By: Brenda Christensen

Brenda Christensen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:02:31 +0000

I haven’t seen it…I wouldn’t be able to stomach it…er, maybe if you paid me. What am I thinking…nope…not even if you paid me. Yuk.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:56:22 +0000

Jerry Seinfeld is 54 years-old and out of his prime.
Bill Gates is older and retired.

The ad was no funny or cool.

What does this have to say about Microsoft and Windows?

It doesn’t say anything good.

I’d rather have a churro and new shoes.

By: Ron Evry

Ron Evry — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:26:16 +0000

No doubt the big brains at MS thought they’d be reaching lots of hip young people with these ads featuring 54 year old Jerry Seinfeld…

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:03:56 +0000

If MSFT has 94% of all computer-using people using Microsoft products, why do they have to “reintroduce” us to MSFT? Fact: 94% of all computer users use MSFT products…and they like MSFT products! What’s the problem?

If one uses MSFT doesn’t one know???

I’m confused and it hurts!

By: KenC

KenC — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:12:52 +0000

Uhm, is this ad supposed to be cool, cause it’s so uncool? Or funny, cause it’s so unfunny? I mean, this is the same ad agency that brought us the King of Burger King ads that was supposedly popular cause it was so creepy. Maybe only tweens can get this logic, cause it passed right over my head. Are tweens the ones who are supposed to be buying Vista and MS products, or is it my demographic, 46 yr old male, cause if it’s my demographic, they lost me.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:37:37 +0000

What’s the message? “Vista is hard, let’s go shopping!”

I toldja, they shoulda gone with a tried and tested comedic genius. http://tinyurl.com/5c3r6y