How to sell Windows Vista to white people

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How to sell Windows Vista to white people

Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to buff the image of its startingly unpopular operating system, Windows Vista. Nothing so far has worked. Don't worry, Apple and Linux fans -- Microsoft is not doing anything threatening, such as actually improving the software.

Instead, the company is paying aging comedian and (reformed?) Mac enthusiast Jerry Seinfeld :barf: $10 million to be the product's spokesmonkey. :roflmao: At least one of the ads looks like it was shot against a Brooklyn backdrop by Michel Gondry, the french auteur beloved by white people. Who's responsible for this sudden rush to be hip?

This sounds like the work of Alex Bogusky, the studvertiser at Mac-worshiping ad firm Crispin Porter & Bogusky. Guess Gondry won't be touring Apple stores to promote his next film. (Photo by AP/Franka Bruns)
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Microsoft's ad agency says it "exists because of the Mac"

Before it landed Microsoft's $300 million account and hired Jerry Seinfeld as a spokesperson, the admen of agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky met with Fast Company's Danielle Sacks in April 2007. That's when Alex Bogusky explained exactly what kind of computers it uses, and why:

Crispin sort of exists because of the revolution in desktop publishing that the Mac brought about. You could be a small shop and compete against Madison Avenue for the first time because all the tools were in your computer.

Sacks then asked if CP&B plans to force employees off their Macs now that it's Microsoft's agency. Rob Reilly, Bogusky's executive on the Microsoft account, answered: "It's not a matter of forcing people. It's getting them to want to use it. If you can't, you're not going to do great advertising."
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Ooo SNAP :duel:
 
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Oh Goody, I hate Vista and I hate Jerry Seinfeld. Just can't wait. :bigwhoop:
 
GopherM

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Darwin was right
I get a weekly Microsoft newsletter and this past week they had an imbedded video that told the virtues of Vista and why people liked it so much. Funny that the product has been out for almost 2 years and they still can't convince us that it is the best operating system to have on our PCs.

I bought an HP laptop that came with XP and a certificate for free upgrade to Vista when it became available. Foolishly I loaded it on and after running it for one full year and having my computer getting slower and more balky and crash prone, I finally did a clean re-install of XP. That has been running flawlessly now for about 4 months.

There were several features I liked with Vista, but not well enough to put up with the inherent problems and frustration.
 
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Well unfortunately due to the technology of the touchscreen on my HP I can't wipe and go back to XP. I HATE VISTA! But it seems I am stuck with it. Not unless one of you geniuses can come up with a way for me to go back to XP and keep my touch screen. :popcorn:
 
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Mousebaby said:
Well unfortunately due to the technology of the touchscreen on my HP I can't wipe and go back to XP. I HATE VISTA! But it seems I am stuck with it. Not unless one of you geniuses can come up with a way for me to go back to XP and keep my touch screen. :popcorn:
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Sorry cracker, you are stuck with it. :roflmao:
 
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turd_ferguson

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nice marmot
Mousebaby said:
Oh Goody, I hate Vista and I hate Jerry Seinfeld. Just can't wait. :bigwhoop:
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Yea no kidding. I used to like Seinfeld show but after seeing each episode 20 times I am completely sick of :jerry:.

Cannot wait for Jerry shoved down our throats. Whaaaaaaaaaats the deeeeeeeeeeeal with control alt delete? There's no control at all!
 
GWguy

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Have you seen the new Mac ads ? I guess they're trying to get the "return to school" sales. My favorite is PC guy in a pizza box.
 
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