The New Seinfeld-Vista Ad

In a previous blog, kingdaved made clear his distain for all things Microsoft and their new ad campaign with huge comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Well, that new ad has been released and to say the least: it sucks. 

I have to give it to them, they definitely play off of Seinfeld’s strengths by making the ad about nothing. But, that is the main problem of the ad in itself, you are expecting something. When you get nothing you feel disappointed, especially when you aren’t even laughing. Seinfeld sadly acts like a big goof, and Bill Gates tries his best at acting. While this is a huge ad campaign for Vista, it is never mentioned in the ad and only a small Windows symbol is shown at the end for five seconds. Personally, I think it failed and miserably. If they wanted to bring a war to Apple, they showed up with knives to a tank fight and got blowed up….real quick. The one thing that I definitely noticed about the ad was how old Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld have become. It doesn’t help Windows much when big red letters keep flashing “Windows is an old, out-dated pile of trash.” Ok, that didn’t happen, but that is what I saw when I see Bill Gates looking like Father Time. They even show his age even more when they slip in a small id picture of him when he was a teenager. 

Here’s the real kicker, they spent millions on Jerry Seinfeld, for this? How depressing. They should really consider getting better writers and getting rid of Bill Gates. The best case scenario would be if they did some kind of Seinfeld stand up bit attacking Apple, but Microsoft knows they don’t have to go on the offensive because they already own the market, but doing ads like this is just pathetic. I hope the next one is better, because this was just awful. Awful. 

 

…awful

Posted by Alcamadus

Google Chrome

For those who have not heard the current buzz, Google has decided to make its own web browser in

Can Google Chrome compete?

 direct competition to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. This, to me, was rather curious considering that there is already heavy competition out there with Firefox, Safari, and even Opera (and if you use Opera, I am really sorry). Firefox just released their latest model and I personally love it. Internet Explorer has so many problems, and I just can’t stand Microsoft, that I only have it on my computer as a backup, but even then I would use Safari over IE. Anyway, back on topic, Google is releasing what they are calling “Chrome“.

I researched into this and found out why Google has decided to jump into the web browser par-tay. Microsoft apparently is going to integrate some kind of redirection to other search engines in defiance of Google’s search engine dominance. Why am I not surprised? Like a classic Rockefellar, Microsoft is using its strong arm to fight back against Google’s overwhelming dominance on the internet. Thus, Google, in retaliation, has developed its own browser which touts a faster, more secure experience.

I welcome the contribution, and to be honest, I don’t think Google has to be worried about Microsoft snubbing them out of the fold. But, it’s really smart for Google to be proactive and not idly sit by while Gates tries to take over the internet.

In the meantime, Chrome’s beta version is available today. Unfortunately, it is only available for Windows. OSX and Linux versions are in development and on their way.

Posted by Alcamadus

Microsoft’s Fails Again

“I get knocked down, but I get up again. You’re never gonna keep me down.” 

What a great song, one that microsoft has apparently taken to heart.  Sadly, they should stay down.  After a miserable attempt at dethroning the iPhone (see “Zune” in the dictionary, or also under “failure,” “worthless,” and “stupid pile of junk that nobody is going to buy,” in your thesaurus) they decided that their saving grace must be Windows;  the operating system we all love to hate.  It has screwed us over for years now, and with every “upgrade” it gets slower and less reliable.  They released Vista as their new OS, rushing it out to try and beat the release of Mac’s new OS Leapord. Apparently they decided to follow Sony’s lead in putting out an inferior product thinking people won’t notice, and thus losing tons and tons of money.

It’s almost like they don’t realize that people are not stupid when it comes to computers anymore.  We understand much more than we did in 1995, so you can’t give us a crappy system and expect us to use it.  Stupid Microsoft.

So, now Apple is leading all laptop sales on college campuses, have the leading mp3 product, the most popular phone in the world, and what is microsoft doing?  Shelving out 300 million dollars in an ad campaign for their already worthless Windows Vista.  Instead of using that money to update Vista to stand up to Leapard, they have decided to turn to Jerry Seinfeld to save them (with a 10 million dollar paycheck, I might add).  I don’t understand their thinking.  They are losing the young people’s business, so they get a comedian that appeals to the baby boomer generation.  Jerry Seinfeld is amazing, don’t get me wrong.  He is one of my top 3 favorite comedians of all time.  But it just doesn’t make sense to try and get college students to want your product using a comedian that their parents love.

It is just like Microsoft to attempt to copy Mac in everything they do, but instead they make a pile of steaming trash.  Apple puts out the iPod, Microsoft tries the Zune and fails.  Apple puts out their extremely popular OSX operating system, Microsoft answers with Vista which is a pile of trash.  Now they are copying Mac’s add campaign, using Seinfeld as a “PC”…. however Bill Gates will also be a PC.  So, apparently college students will buy this because old people and nerdy thieves like it.  Stupid.  I guess the thievery makes sense seeing as Gates stole the idea for Windows in the first place.

Finally, to quote the article on FoxNews.com:

“The new ad effort is expected to use some variation of the slogan “Windows, Not Walls,” according to several people familiar with the matter. Those people say the point is to stress breaking down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting.”

Does microsoft really think that they are “breaking down barriers?” No, they do not, but they think the average consumer is that stupid, which should be insulting.  What they are really saying is, “Hey, our product is inferior, and you will hate it and waste a ton of money and space on your pc to have it, but we know you are idiots and will do whatever (fill in celebrity name here) tells you to do; so, we don’t actually have to make a good OS for you, have a nice day.

Posted by kingdaved

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407702,00.html