Bring On The Creepy Windows Ads!
I agree that those Mac Guy-PC Guy ads are very clever. I have great respect for the advertising firm that came up with the ads, even though I feel that many of the charges are untrue. I actually like Vista and not particularly moved by OSX, so of course I have bias. Either way, I look forward to seeing Microsoft fight back.
The advertising firm developing the ads is Crispin Porter + Bogusky, a Miami-based ad shop which helped turn around Burger King's fortunes. While the firm's iconic King ads helped boost sales, the company also produced Miller Lite's "Man Laws" ads, which were a moderate flop, failing to boost sales.
Hmm, not really confidence-inspiring. Those Man Law ads were stupid. The Creepy King ads were nice, though. However, the article then goes on to say that Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates will be in the commercial. If this ad has Creepy King waking up Jerry and Bill in bed and showing them how to use Windows... I just don't know if that would work.
On a related note, to all you Vista haters:
The comic twist is that there is no "Mojave" and it wasn't a pre-release version of Windows 7. "Mojave" was simply a fictitious title applied to a standard Windows Vista install. Interestingly, the XP users seemed utterly unable to recognize Vista or its features, despite criticizing it. Remarked one user on the new features, "Oh wow!"
Exactly. That is how I feel when the majority of people tell me they hate Vista. Now, when Vista came out... it sucked. However, aside from slower file transfers I haven't really had any problems with Vista at all. UAC can be turned off (I like it on, personally), and most driver issues have been resolved. Most other issues can be fixed by getting a computer that isn't ancient =D. I feel the majority of Vista problems are really Windows problems.
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August 21st, 2008 - 15:25
While I agree that dislike for Vista is partly because of a bad rap sheet, the thing with the Mojave test was that the people tested never really had to deal with installation, or driver issues, or unsupported apps. The user never actually used the OS, a MS sales rep demo-ed it to them and knew exactly how to navigate and how to demo the best features.
August 21st, 2008 - 15:39
True, but to not be able to tell it was a standard Vista install means the person bad-mouthing Vista does not even know what it looks like. I’m not saying that the Mojave test proves that Vista is good/bad/whatever, just that it proves that you hear people bad-mouthing Vista when they clearly have never used/seen it before.
August 21st, 2008 - 19:34
I think one of the main reasons people hate Vista (according to some ease dropping =3) is because how much different it is from XP, or rather, how much they think its different from XP. They complain about how Microsoft Word (okay, thats not really part of Vista, but its all Microsoft so yea) is totally different. I’ll agree that I don’t really like how the new Word layout is, but its just something we have to get used to. I’m sure Microsoft knows how many people complained about this, so hopefully in the next iteration, they’ll at least add a “classic” layout option.
I really hate it when people don’t give anyone/anything a second chance! One bad product and its all hate and “OH I’M NEVER BUYING FROM THEM AGAIN!” The business world is a very scary place
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Oh, and with my Vista experience (well, my bro’s technically… the Ultimate version…we bought it… I SWEAR *runs from popo*), its been pretty well. Like you said, I think to fully appreciate Vista, you have to have a good computer, but its not so hard to get a good comp/parts now a days. Prices are dropping dramatically (well, you’ll probably only benefit if you build the comp yourself, but thats just me)