What do you think about the new non-Seinfeld Microsoft commercial?
Sep.19, 2008 in
How is it..., Windows
We all have seen the Microsoft ads featuring Gates and Seinfeld right? Yea we’ve all seen them, its been the focus of a lot of criticize lately (if not look here and here). Last night I was watching a re-run of My Name Is Earl and what do you know? A new Microsoft commercial came on. I didn’t even know there were others in the makings but this one wasn’t with Gates and Seinfeld.
Im A PC
These ads look to be more of a counter as to the “Im a PC, Im a Mac” commercials Apple has been putting out for the past few years. It is an OK comercial, nothing special, But I do think that its about time they were made.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 4:36 am
Personally I thought that the non-Seinfeld Microsoft commercials are so much better that the other ones. The ones with Seinfeld were kind of lame. They still have some way to go if they want to beat the Mac ads.
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
I agree with Will - the non-Seinfeld microlost commercials are the better ones. Mac ads are *much* more imaginative, engaging and effective - I almost bought a Mac myself and I’m a dyed in the wool PC user since 1989…
September 24th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Now they look like professional
September 28th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I love this commercial. Very interesting.
September 28th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I like the seinfeld advert. I think it’s daft enough to actually work.
September 29th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
300 million well spent lol
October 4th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I think the Seinfeld ads were just an over the top way to grab the public’s attention so when they dropped their real ads they had as many eyes as possible. The Seinfeld ads started a buzz that had people talking about Microsoft without the mention of the stigmatized Vista.
The Seinfeld ads made no sense to me until the last one where they mentioned how Microsoft has connected tons of people.
I love the subsequent ads. They kind of just completely kill the Mac v. PC ads. It shows PCs in a light of being more inclusive & Macs as being more elitist.
October 7th, 2008 at 5:52 am
I didn’t like the Seinfeld ads either but these subsequent ads do connect more. Agree with 8thlight there… the ads do highlight PCs as “us” and Macs as “them”.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I love the new commercials. Mac people are very snobish. this is a nice blow to their inflated egos
November 5th, 2008 at 8:46 am
I think it was a light way at fighting back at the MAC commercials. It’s fun and friendly and I think it appealed to the windows people.
I’m a fan of the “Life without windows is just walls” new commercials they have myself.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Nice commercials. It’s creative way to make counter of Apple commercials.