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New Microsoft Ads are…GOOD!

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I was one of the few that actually liked the Seinfeld/Gates ads and when they announced they are canceling the Seinfeld ads in favor of a more direct approach this morning, I was thinking to myself, “oh no! this can’t be good.” But the new ads are actually very good. I’m impressed!

Here they are:


Microsoft’s new ad Campaign

Written by Hamid Shojaee

September 18, 2008 at 8:51 pm

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  1. Thanks for collecting the ads here, I was too lazy to search for them myself.

    And I need to confess I also liked the original ad. And I am a PC.. sometimes thinking about a mac :)

    Artem Marchenko

    September 19, 2008 at 6:34 am

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  2. Those are much better. I thought the Seinfeld ads were TERRIBLE. I’m a Mac AND a PC. Does that make me bi?

    magnanimouse

    September 19, 2008 at 9:45 am

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  3. These ads are actually very good. I was still undecided about the Seinfeld ads. PC may have something with these. I too am a PC.

    dj

    September 19, 2008 at 10:24 am

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  4. ah, these are some what better. Atleast better than WoW is now!
    By the way, Hi to all mac and PCs’, I am Linux.

    krish

    September 19, 2008 at 2:11 pm

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  5. Microsoft is getting pretty desperate.

    Fire On Your Head

    September 19, 2008 at 3:47 pm

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  6. As a lover of Apple, I must admit that these ads are good. I love the random appearances of Bill Gates.

    llofte

    September 20, 2008 at 11:18 am

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  7. [...] a PC” campaign.  No points for originality there.  The ads were kind of OK.  My boss thought they were good, in fact.  But, ultimately, they were uninspired — designed to steal a meme and not driven by [...]

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    January 5, 2009 at 6:26 pm

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  8. I was a PC, and I thought I had it good. I didn’t know any better. Now I’m an Ubuntu Linux, and now I know the difference. Now I have it great. I liked the Seinfeld ads much more than these. There was stuff to think about.

    RH

    January 24, 2009 at 8:19 pm

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  9. I don’t understand what a PC have anything to do with what this people say or do. I do many things and I am a PC … but I use OpenSuse instead.

    Anonymous

    January 25, 2009 at 12:04 am

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  10. photodrop.com doesn’t work? :s

    Anonymous

    April 5, 2009 at 2:30 pm

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