What the hell are Windows thinking?

Sovereign · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:11 pm

So i was just chatting on Msn and i noticed this little add in the bottom corner, so i clicked on it and it came to this.
http://imapc.lifewithoutwalls.co.uk/#

This must be some sort of sad marketing scheme from Windows, how embarassing.

Go watch a few and post what you think ?

FireVortex · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2005 **Location:**

Um where is it am not seeing it.

Rainigul · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4490 **Location:**

Dude, we have these commercials all the time in the US, they're so gay.

jeansl10 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:42 pm

wtf that si the worst commercial ever!
i click on the link and i see a random girl that says : im a pc and i got wings!

bad commercial is bad

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

jeansl10 wrote:

bad commercial is bad

motivational right there

ImmortalKiller · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 675 **Location:** VA/CA

They are showing "average", stereotypically low intelligence people.

Why?

Because Mac's got much of their foothold in the computer business by being easy to operate. When Windows shows people "just like me, a computer illiterate" using Windows, they are trying to convey that Mac no longer holds this position.

I hate advertising.

strangelove · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1255 **Location:** no

http://andimapc.com/

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Disconn3cted · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3293 **Location:** WV, USA

ImmortalKiller wrote:

They are showing "average", stereotypically low intelligence people.

Why?

Because Mac's got much of their foothold in the computer business by being easy to operate. When Windows shows people "just like me, a computer illiterate" using Windows, they are trying to convey that Mac no longer holds this position.

I hate advertising.

its to show the versatility of windows by showing people using it for many different purposes although that really isn't the advertising scheme they should be going for right now

Sovereign · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:38 am

FireVortex wrote:

Um where is it am not seeing it.

Click the link and see >_> not hard

Midori · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3425 **Location:**

Disconn3cted wrote:

ImmortalKiller wrote:

They are showing "average", stereotypically low intelligence people.

Why?

Because Mac's got much of their foothold in the computer business by being easy to operate. When Windows shows people "just like me, a computer illiterate" using Windows, they are trying to convey that Mac no longer holds this position.

I hate advertising.

its to show the versatility of windows by showing people using it for many different purposes although that really isn't the advertising scheme they should be going for right now

I don't see why Microsoft even cares, they already make enough money and even own a chunk of Apple, still making money either way. I think they are only making this "advertising scheme" to keep up appearances.

I don't see Windows falling behind in the charts anytime soon.

"I'm a PC and I run OSX"

Theres a flaw in their advertising scheme, on both sides too.

Sharp324 · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4383 **Location:**

No worse than those gay ass Mac commercials. Specially when the guy for Mac looks like a stoner that sucks dick all the time

REBD · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 601 **Location:**

Sovereign wrote:

So i was just chatting on Msn and i noticed this little add in the bottom corner, so i clicked on it and it came to this.
http://imapc.lifewithoutwalls.co.uk/#

This must be some sort of sad marketing scheme from Windows, how embarassing.

Go watch a few and post what you think ?

I just wanted to say that Windows is a product and nothing else. Microsoft is the company.

Blurred · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 2894 **Location:**

It's not that serious people, just a commercial.

Priam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:14 am

They're brilliant.

Don't you see? They've been discussed on this forum only, about 5-6 times now. Try the rest of the world.

Creators of the commercials on both sides, (and i wouldn't be suprised if they're made by the same company) Know the commercials are annoying. They know too much exposure will piss people off, and that, is the desired effect. It's what makes people remember them, it's what makes people form an opinion as to which they like most.

Company's don't just spend millions on a commercial, to annoy people, they know what they're doing.

mike2007 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 1672 **Location:**

Fug_Dup wrote:

http://andimapc.com/

(click bold text to refresh)

epic win

FireVortex · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2005 **Location:**

Sovereign wrote:

FireVortex wrote:

Um where is it am not seeing it.

Click the link and see >_> not hard

Oh I meant on the msn window where you first found it. Thought I might have something like that on my one >_<.

Alterran · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:01 am

ok here is what happend..

windows exc. were watching the video from Gay test

and wernt paying attention when this little thing was brought to them and all they said was "yea sure just get out now we have some business"

SpeedFreak · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 39 **Location:** Vagina

All they are doing is appealing to every single person possible to say that they use a PC instead of a MAC thats all.

BlackFox898 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:16 am

i click on one and he was bragging about how good he is at graffiti?

heroo · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 6618 **Location:**

Priam wrote:

They're brilliant.

Don't you see? They've been discussed on this forum only, about 5-6 times now. Try the rest of the world.

Creators of the commercials on both sides, (and i wouldn't be suprised if they're made by the same company) Know the commercials are annoying. They know too much exposure will piss people off, and that, is the desired effect. It's what makes people remember them, it's what makes people form an opinion as to which they like most.

Company's don't just spend millions on a commercial, to annoy people, they know what they're doing.

+1, the fact that you're discussin it right now makes it a good commercial.

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

jeansl10 wrote:

wtf that si the worst commercial ever!
i click on the link and i see a random girl that says : im a pc and i got wings!

bad commercial is bad

At least that's better than the commercial on that website with the fashion model/snowboarder that babbles on and on about her modeling and her designer clothing brand and her snowboarding hobby.

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