Comments on: ??? http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/ Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Finally, a good Microsoft ad » The Macalope http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-3878 Finally, a good Microsoft ad » The Macalope Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:08:34 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-3878 [...] First of all, you don’t scratch the antlers. Antlers don’t itch. Second, haha, it’s funny because the Macalope is just a Microsoft nay-sayer blah blah blah. Third, those ads — the “take back the ‘I’m a PC guy’!” ads — were truly horrible and the Macalope easily found something negative to say about them. [...] [...] First of all, you don’t scratch the antlers. Antlers don’t itch. Second, haha, it’s funny because the Macalope is just a Microsoft nay-sayer blah blah blah. Third, those ads — the “take back the ‘I’m a PC guy’!” ads — were truly horrible and the Macalope easily found something negative to say about them. [...]

]]> By: CMB http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2823 CMB Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:19:51 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2823 Am I the only one who can't wait to see Apples next ad? Am I the only one who can’t wait to see Apples next ad?

]]> By: Blain http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2813 Blain Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:23:33 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2813 Maybe if Microsoft opened up a line of shoe stores, and sold Vista with every pair of Conquistadors? Maybe if Microsoft opened up a line of shoe stores, and sold Vista with every pair of Conquistadors?

]]> By: TheFountainHead http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2819 TheFountainHead Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:07:10 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2819 The Macalope has become an elusive creature of late, but not nearly as elusive as the narrative thread in the MS marketing campaign. The Macalope has become an elusive creature of late, but not nearly as elusive as the narrative thread in the MS marketing campaign.

]]> By: tsweimer http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2810 tsweimer Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:37:21 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2810 Ok, "I'm a PC and I want to throw myself off a fucking building." Ok, “I’m a PC and I want to throw myself off a fucking building.”

]]> By: tsweimer http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2811 tsweimer Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:56:42 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2811 When I watched "Mohave" the first feeling I had from the ad was Microsoft implying "are you guys stupid, this IS Vista. Get with it!" Not sure thats how to reach potential customers. The Seinfeld ones, well what more can be said about those that haven't been said already. Confusing, pointless, funny and just plain dumb. I'm a PC...I've yet to see the actual ad so I'll leave impressions till I see it. When I watched “Mohave” the first feeling I had from the ad was Microsoft implying “are you guys stupid, this IS Vista. Get with it!” Not sure thats how to reach potential customers. The Seinfeld ones, well what more can be said about those that haven’t been said already. Confusing, pointless, funny and just plain dumb. I’m a PC…I’ve yet to see the actual ad so I’ll leave impressions till I see it.

]]> By: John Muir http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2822 John Muir Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:49:08 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2822 @Dick Barsky Very good point re: IBM. Old MS wouldn't have flailed around helplessly like this in public. Old MS was too busy choking competitors. @Dick Barsky

Very good point re: IBM. Old MS wouldn’t have flailed around helplessly like this in public. Old MS was too busy choking competitors.

]]> By: Jim http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2816 Jim Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:13:20 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2816 Welcome back to your home turf Macalope. Welcome back to your home turf Macalope.

]]> By: Church of Apple http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2815 Church of Apple Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:03:51 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2815 Vista's shortcomings aside, this third attempt is WAY better than the "Mohave" and Seinfeld rout. The first felt like special pleading and the second reinforced MS's disconnect with normal humans. Someone finally had the sense to take their shovel away. Vista’s shortcomings aside, this third attempt is WAY better than the “Mohave” and Seinfeld rout. The first felt like special pleading and the second reinforced MS’s disconnect with normal humans. Someone finally had the sense to take their shovel away.

]]> By: Dick Barsky http://www.macalope.com/2008/09/17/263/#comment-2814 Dick Barsky Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:20:19 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=263#comment-2814 The problem MS is having is that they're scared clueless. They keep jumping from thing to thing, because, let's be honest, it's been 2 years since Vista launched and it has yet to reach any meaningful altitude. Win XP is now being sold on netbooks and any new Win XP install is being counted as a Vista install. Again, though, let's be honest, the fine folks in Redmond know how many installs of Vista still exist; I'm sure they can get those numbers whenever XP or Vista phones home. I would bet the last dollars I have to my name that new XP installs outnumber new Vista installs and Redmond knows it. They should have stuck with the Seinfeld ads. They really were brilliant, they just needed some more time to fully flesh out the narrative. If MS is going to jump around like an angry monkey in a cage regarding their advertising, how are they going to react when they're next product launches and takes a nose dive? What happened to the MS of old, the one that stayed the course until they won the race? I believe that this is the point in history when MS becomes IBM. The problem MS is having is that they’re scared clueless. They keep jumping from thing to thing, because, let’s be honest, it’s been 2 years since Vista launched and it has yet to reach any meaningful altitude. Win XP is now being sold on netbooks and any new Win XP install is being counted as a Vista install. Again, though, let’s be honest, the fine folks in Redmond know how many installs of Vista still exist; I’m sure they can get those numbers whenever XP or Vista phones home. I would bet the last dollars I have to my name that new XP installs outnumber new Vista installs and Redmond knows it.

They should have stuck with the Seinfeld ads. They really were brilliant, they just needed some more time to fully flesh out the narrative. If MS is going to jump around like an angry monkey in a cage regarding their advertising, how are they going to react when they’re next product launches and takes a nose dive? What happened to the MS of old, the one that stayed the course until they won the race? I believe that this is the point in history when MS becomes IBM.

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