Part Three of the Microsoft Ad Campaign. “I’m a PC and I sell fish!”

By Friday September 19, 2008

I’ve given up commenting on this.



52 Comments
  1. Esteban says:
    9/20/2008 at 8:30 am

    It’s not the greatest ad I’ve ever seen, but it sure as hell beats the Seinfeld/Gates S&M ads.

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  2. mthrnite says:
    9/20/2008 at 8:36 am

    #40, I think it was IBM and their blue suits that started that stereotype, not Apple. The “Apple = snobs and grandmas” stereotype is a load as well. I use a Mac, and I drink Maxwell House, have never owned a turtleneck, and only have a high school diploma, and even that’s a GED. I keep my Macs on average of four years before upgrading, so the “pricey” evens out. Clones have their place, lotsa vertical-market software demands them, but for me, a Mac is just a more intuitive system by and large. I remember fights breaking out in the old days concerning WordPerfect vs. Wordstar, and nowadays between PS3 and 360, not to mention Democrats and Republicans. It’s all just a bunch of name calling fanboys when all is said and done. Same goals, just different buttons you have to push to get there.

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  3. QB says:
    9/20/2008 at 8:48 am

    #40

    I don’t get that argument – change to what? If I look at Apple’s year on year growth, cash position, brand identity, price growth, and investor targets I’ve got to think they are doing something right. They are outgrowing most, if not all, of their industry.

    If I look at your (and others) comments in this blog the Apple brand draws a very strong reaction. That is worth money in my mind.

    BTW, if you think Steve Jobs is an arrogant worm you should see Larry Ellison or Steve Ballmer up close. ;-)

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  4. geofgibson says:
    9/20/2008 at 9:10 am

    I’m a PC and …

    A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01) + 00010E36. The current application will be terminated.

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  5. Nimby says:
    9/20/2008 at 9:46 am

    # 43 QB said : you should see Larry Ellison or Steve Ballmer up close.

    Bah. Balmer looks like the lovable monster played by Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein.

    Come to think of it, Ellison looks a bit like Frau Blucher.

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  6. Max Bell says:
    9/20/2008 at 10:17 am

    This PC has fish in it.

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  7. QB says:
    9/20/2008 at 10:18 am

    Nimby, ROTFLMAO

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  8. Paddy-O says:
    9/20/2008 at 10:27 am

    #31 “If OSX or it’s successors ever gain a substantial portion of the market (and I believe it’s currently only around 8%)”

    Not. No more than 5%, on a good day. You’d have to see it hit ~25% before much serious effort would go into making malware.

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  9. Chuzpah says:
    9/20/2008 at 1:57 pm

    I can see why you stopped commenting about this. I watched it twice and I fail to see the point of the ad. Watching this does not make me want to buy Windows Vista or anything that Microsoft sells for that matter. This ad is neither funny or innovative like the Apple ads. I want the 2 minutes back that I wasted watching this twice!

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  10. Mister Mustard says:
    9/20/2008 at 3:04 pm

    #49 – Chuzpah

    >>Watching this does not make me want to buy
    >>Windows Vista or anything that Microsoft
    >>sells for that matter.

    No, it doesn’t. That’s not the point. M$ST imagines themselves to be like General Electric, with their old “We bring good things to living, we bring good things to life” ads. No product being pimped, just trying to ingrain the M$FT brand in everyone’s brain.

    That way, when the come out with Window 7.0 (or whatever), people’s reaction will be “Oh, remember those Gates/ Seinfeld ads”.

    Not “Oh Christ, they’re the ones who put out that gawdawful Vista dog of and OS”.

    That will only work on people who have NOT USED Vista, though. I will remember this abortion of an operating system (and who was responsible for it) as long as I live.

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  11. QB says:
    9/20/2008 at 4:10 pm

    Hey, Ballmer’s back! And he’s a PC!

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  12. Lou Minatti says:
    9/20/2008 at 8:34 pm

    The first two ads were a waste. I think this ad is a good one.

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