What the hell, Microsoft?
April 5th, 2009
Microsoft, the company we all hate, finally began fighting with Apple. The company that brought us iPod, has been since years publishing Mac vs. PC videos, where they been have openly laughing at PCs and mostly its OS, which is, in most cases – Windows, of course. Microsoft didn’t give a crap about that – they still made everything they own way, without any response to these ads, until now. Now they decided to shot themselves an own goal. Great move, Microsoft!
That’s the second ad of the newest Microsoft campaign, where they are giving people some money, following them with cameras, and waiting to buy a PC. Of course, this wouldn’t make any sense without visiting Apple Store. Sounds pretty fair – young people buying laptops, and chosing PCs as a perfect piece of hardware for their need. But Microsoft did something terrible – they are saying, that Macs are sexy. We all know they are – but shouldn’t concurency deny that? I don’t think that admitting that your product is worse (less sexy, less cool equals in general opinion worse) can gain you some users.
But at least that’s doing something and finally getting an official statement – Macs are better, cooler, but more expensive. Buy a PC.
Not forceful at all, isn’t?
4 Responses to “What the hell, Microsoft?”
Paweł Wolak says:
I totally agree with you, Microsoft is shooting to it’s own leg. What do they think?
April 5, 2009 at 9:17 pm #vojski says:
I am not a MS fan, Windows is probably their only product I use, however… You shouldn’t assume that every person visiting Your blog hates them. Actually, I find that ad pretty convincing – take a look around at people, for example, in Your country to see what they really expect from a computer.
April 5, 2009 at 9:23 pm #But honestly – I liked the first ad even more. The one with redhead Lauren… Dude, that chick is hot…
Paweł Wolak says:
vojski – what are u talking about? I’m Windows user too and I think that ad is crap. And this ad says “Windows is less cool than Mac”, so..
April 6, 2009 at 1:17 pm #vojski says:
So? I’m just saying that not everybody needs computer and OS to be ‘cool’ or ’sexy’, most of people just want it to work. Some will probably say “if you really want it to work fine, you should buy a Mac, OS X is hell of a more stable and ass-kicking OS than Windows!”
April 7, 2009 at 10:57 am #Well maybe it is – too bad Apple doesn’t sell it as a separate product for a price comparable to Windows’, so I could use it on my PC and benefit from its awesomeness… In my humble opinion, Macs may be good and stylish hardware, but for a regular guys’ pocket – they are just too expensive. You can find plenty of decent, reliable gear on the market – and much more affordable than Macs
Back to the ad – maybe it’s not very forceful, but still I don’t think it’s a shoot in the leg.