Posted on 09/22/2008 6:38:59 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
That’s true, but I must agree with the anti-MSFT idiots on this one: The commercial is terrible. I’ve seen it several times now and it still makes me go, “HUH????”
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I was amazed these commercials ever got made in the first place.
Imagine the pitch:
Ad Agency Guy: “OK, Bill. Here’s the thing. Windows isn’t hip any more. It isn’t new, it isn’t WOW, it isn’t fresh. We need to bring the PC and Windows into the 21st century, man.”
Bill Gates: “Well, gee. OK, what do you suggest that would make us happening and stuff?”
Ad Agency Guy: “We need a hip, new spokesman. Those MAC folks got the Mr. MAC and Mr. PC... it’s hip it’s WOW, it’s now, baby.”
Bill Gates: “OK, then who would be a hip new spokesman for us?”
Ad Agency Guy: “I got just the guy. He’s way up there, ya know. All the kids love him.”
Bill Gates: “Yeah? Well, who?”
Ad Agency Guy: “Ready?”
Bill Gates: “Yeah, tell me already.”
Ad Agency Guy: “OK, picture this.... JERRY SEINFELD!”
Bill Gates: “Hey, I love that Seinfeld show of his... but didn’t that go off the air in the 90’s? How is he hip and fresh?”
Ad Agency Guy: “Did it? No, he is definitely a hip guy. Come on! Remember Kramer? Hilarious stuff.”
Bill Gates: “Um, didn’t that Kramer guy get in some scrape where he was calling Jews names?”
Ad Agency Guy: “Fageddabout Kramer. We’ve got SEINFELD!”
Bill Gates: “Well, OK. If you’re sure he’s hip?”
Ad Agency Guy: “Oh, yeah. Waaaaay hip. Count on it.”
Dork = non geek?
I use Vista because I started on Win 3.1, spent years teaching myself Win 98. Vista works pretty neat. Suits my purposes fine.
I know one Mac user. Nothing but problems and no one can help him.
yitbos
I thought it was a really funny ad campaign... referencing Gates with his home hovering over Seattle like another moon and Seinfeld owning so many cars he had his own traffic jam. My whole family giggled and gawked upon seeing them in some suburban family home raiding the fridge for grey poupon and cheese, vying with the teen over what was her room before their arrival.
Maybe they just pulled it to keep it fresh and pseudopoignant (if Seinfeld ever could be poignant!)
Actually I enjoyed the advert.
It was refreshing to see Gates in a context other than the "world's richest man."
Methinks that the intended message was just waaaaay too subtle for the MAC crowd.
Not enough tats and piercings, I suppose...
“What on EARTH can either of these I’ve Got Mine weenies say to the rest of us that we’d give a crap about?”
Rosebud.
I'd be interested in learning about business and finance from one, comedy and sitcom writing from the other.
What the hell planet are you on?
You’re right, I wish you continued well paying employment and job security.
Using XP Pro right now. Should I switch to 64 bit version? I want more ram.
Or as bad as your spelling.
Bret Farr = Brett Favre.
Have any software of peripherals older than two years?
Really? Could you fit more BS in a post trying to come across as knowledgeable?Microsoft is hamstrung because they're forced into keeping tons of old legacy code around. They have a good OS (singularity) that they can't roll out because its not compatible with the current stuff. A shame really.
Vista is a POS though.
I thought the commercial was funny as Hell.
I have several games that I have installed that are not very new. Battlefield 2 came out in 2005 and Tiger Woods golf in 2007 to name a couple. I also have a couple of programs that I use to make newsletters for my classroom that are a few years old too. I do realize that some programs are not compatible but running them in XP Compatibility Mode usually fixes the problem.
You know, Jerry has millions of dollars. He could go to Bosley Hair Restoration and they could make his hair look as full as it used to be. It would cost him hardly anything, relatively speaking.
Hell, they might do it for free if he did an ad for them.
hey I have an idea... get rid of Vista !!
It makes me wonder:
Is Bill Gates investing heavily in Apple and Unix? He knows these ads suck and will drive people to buy other software and PCs.
Good! The ads were horrible! Trying to bring back the whole Seinfeld humor was just weak.
I do not understand the Gates/Seinfeld commercials, but I imagine they are part of a clever capaign, and I was interested to see what they led to.
Those were ads?
I thought they were interrogation videos for Al Qaeda detainees.
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