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Video: New Microsoft commercial makes Giampaolo happy for $1,500
CrunchGear —
... ) hit the shops for a bit of hardware shopping. The laptops they bought - both from HP - could have been running BeOS for all they cared. They were shopping based on price. As Harry McCracken points out, again: this isn’t about Windows. ...
Microsoft Laptop Hunters Ad: Round Three
Today @ PC World —
... , the third Microsoft ad does not mention Windows or make the operating system a selling point. So comparing only the specifications/price ratio with Macs and leaving aside the OS, so far led many into criticism of the campaign . But worth mentioning is how long it took Lisa and Jackson to shop around for their new laptop. At the beginning of the ad, the protagonists are in front of BestBuy in bright daylight while at the end they stand outside the shop in darkness. I guess choosing a PC didn't go so fast for these two... You can follow Daniel on Twitter at ...
Microsoft’s ‘Laptop Hunter’ Ads Made on Macs?
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... And pictured below is the surrounding office space of the ad agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Yup, those are Macs, too. That could suggest the advertisements bashing Mac computers and users were themselves created on Macs. We’re not judging: Since when are ad agencies obligated to use the products they’re helping sell? We just love the irony. ...
