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Someone Found Microsoft's Lauren! And She's an Actress. [Advertising]
Gizmodo —
We were hoping to catch up with Microsoft's "Lauren," a regular gal who Microsoft surprised with $1,000 to buy a laptop...in a national commercial. And it ends up she's an LA-based, SAG-eligible actress. Tracked down by TechFlash, "Lauren" (who is really Lauren De Long) says on her site "[she] booked what she thought was a "Market and Research" job regarding laptops. But that's not all she booked...actually Lauren found out they were shooting a national commercial! Tears, laughter and excitement greeted this new development." The ...
We Found Microsoft's Lauren! And She's an Actress. [Advertising]
Gizmodo —
... actress AND a cheerleader AND a stage combatant, but she's STILL not cool enough to use a Mac? No way. We just don't buy it. We were unable to reach Lauren De Long, but we did leave her a message mentioning one of our readers' offers to give her a free 17-inch Apple PowerBook. When site TechFlash called, apparently De Long said she had signed an NDA restricting her from speaking about her experiences with the HP laptop. [Lauren's Site and Lauren's Bio via TechFlash] ...
Who is this sassy Lauren, she of the cheap HP?
CrunchGear —
Lauren AKA the girl from the Windows commercial is really Lauren De Long, a SAG-eligble actor with special skills including cheerleading, stage combat, and ear prompting. Giz and TechFlash tracked her down and she informed them that she is under NDA for her involvement in Microsoft’s laptop taste test. So she wasn’t an average girl picked up off the street, BangBus-style [Editor's Note: DO NOT DO A SEARCH ON THIS], to purchase a laptop for the Redmond marketing department. Who knew?
Hell hath no fury like a fanboi scorned so a ...
Lauren aka Lauren De Long of Laptop Hunters; Next-up 7-Eleven ads
D' Technology Weblog —
... phone to ask what she actually thinks about her HP laptop — which one critic describes as “the epitome of what people dislike about PCs.” She declined to comment, saying she had signed a confidentiality agreement and wanted to check first to see if she was allowed to speak to the press. According to her site, the 7-Eleven videos are for a new ad campaign to appear on flat-panel screens inside the convenience stores, promoting its products, reports TechFlash. ...
Diga “Oi!” para Lauren De Long, atriz de Los Angeles
MacMagazine —
... , uma espécie de sindicato), descoberta do TechFlash! E adivinhem: ela já foi chamada para aparecer num comercial a ser veiculado internamente nas lojas 7-Eleven, nos Estados Unidos. O que ela diz dessa oportunidade? “É uma tomada perfeita pra mim, pois eu AMO junk food!” E pelo que vimos, se for tudo verdade o que tinha no filme que lhe deu fama, ...
