Microsoft to Try "Going Hip" with Seinfeld Ads

Iria · Aug 21, 2008, 11:39 AM

Let's be honest: even if you use a PC you have to admit the Apple "Get a Mac" ads are hip, funny, and interesting. Despite my PVR I will stop a commercial skip and watch a new "Get a Mac" ad.
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Source: Tech-Ex

Judas · Aug 21, 2008, 11:44 AM

oh gaud no..

i won't even bother watching tv at all in hopes of avoiding the crap that is seinfeld...

Judas · Aug 21, 2008, 11:51 AM

heres a good ad..

produced way back in the 97/98 .....maybe earlier.. can't remember... but i remember watching them on tv...

one of the very first Computer related add i ever seen..

now THAT'S COOL

YouTube - VeryGood Commercials - 3DFX

BlueMak · Aug 21, 2008, 12:57 PM

That's just an awesome ad lol. (3DFX)

WaltC · Aug 21, 2008, 01:10 PM

It's stories like these that make me want to swear off words like "cool" and "hip" forever...

(hip? When did that word come back from the dead?)

I'm ever so grateful and glad that I never in my life bought a computer to be "cool" and "hip." I've just never been that shallow, I guess, which is probably why I've managed to learn a fair bit about them over the years. Good things happen when you judge a book by something more substantial than its cover.

For me, owning a computer that is "cool" and "hip" is owning a computer that runs an OS that is the most compatible with third-party software and hardware, because that allows me the most freedom of choice in the things I buy for that computer, to put in it and to run on it, and that in turn provides me with the highest degree of satisfaction. I'd agree that today's Mac, however, is a lot more cool and hip than at any time in its past, and I'd say that's because today's Mac runs Windows ROOB...

Judas · Aug 21, 2008, 02:14 PM

MAC is a PC.... PC is a MAC.. they are on in the same thing... the only difference, the MAC OS and the Windows OS..... today, the "mac" PC is capable of running both..... as far as any generic machine running MAC OS however, is up in the air due to MAC's lack of driver support.

Customgamer1 · Aug 21, 2008, 04:41 PM

I can't wait to see them!

I hope they are good

OmegaRED · Aug 21, 2008, 05:19 PM

If they had somehow used old clips from Seinfeld to make their ads I would be interested (though, didn't Jerry have a Mac in the background?), however, Jerry Seinfeld of Bee Movie is a total bore.

Iria · Aug 21, 2008, 08:20 PM

Yes, Seinfeld did have a Mac in several of his episodes, and he was also in the "Think Different" Apple ad (briefly).

Aug 21, 2008, 11:39 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Microsoft to Try "Going Hip" with Seinfeld Ads Let's be honest: even if you use a PC you have to admit the Apple "Get a Mac" ads are hip, funny, and interesting. Despite my PVR I will stop a commercial skip and watch a new "Get a Mac" ad. ____________ Source: Tech-Ex

Aug 21, 2008, 12:57 PM	#4
BlueMak DH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 8,239 Rep Power: 118 System Specs	That's just an awesome ad lol. (3DFX) __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Aug 21, 2008, 04:41 PM	#7
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,265 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	I can't wait to see them! I hope they are good __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Aug 21, 2008, 05:19 PM	#8
OmegaRED In Fedor We Trust Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 4,787 Rep Power: 84 System Specs	If they had somehow used old clips from Seinfeld to make their ads I would be interested (though, didn't Jerry have a Mac in the background?), however, Jerry Seinfeld of Bee Movie is a total bore. __________________

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WaltC DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Deep in Martian soil where it's warm and the air is good Posts: 250 Rep Power: 0	It's stories like these that make me want to swear off words like "cool" and "hip" forever... (hip? When did that word come back from the dead?) I'm ever so grateful and glad that I never in my life bought a computer to be "cool" and "hip." I've just never been that shallow, I guess, which is probably why I've managed to learn a fair bit about them over the years. Good things happen when you judge a book by something more substantial than its cover. For me, owning a computer that is "cool" and "hip" is owning a computer that runs an OS that is the most compatible with third-party software and hardware, because that allows me the most freedom of choice in the things I buy for that computer, to put in it and to run on it, and that in turn provides me with the highest degree of satisfaction. I'd agree that today's Mac, however, is a lot more cool and hip than at any time in its past, and I'd say that's because today's Mac runs Windows ROOB...

Aug 21, 2008, 08:20 PM	#9
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Yes, Seinfeld did have a Mac in several of his episodes, and he was also in the "Think Different" Apple ad (briefly).