Bill Gates Irate at Apple PC Guy Question, Storms Out of Interview

[aryayush]

Well, it surely seems to be helping them. Mac sales are continuously on the rise and these ads have become immensely popular. There are spoofs and knock-offs all over YouTube. Microsoft, Sony and Novell have made their own versions too.

They are very creative and most of them are laugh-out-loud funny. The latest one, titled 'Security', is the best of the lot.

When they were launched, I too thought that they would do more harm than good to the company. But they are very successful.

 

[tarey_g]

Microsoft, Sony and Novell have made their own versions too.

Correction , Sony, novell have made such ads but not Microsoft. The ones with MS taste are fan made. As i wrote before "because if they do, they are recognizing a OS as their competitor which holds a very little market compared to them. Any such ad campaign will put mac os in the place it wants to be."

Although , An ad, originally uploaded by ZuneBoards but 'allegedly' created by Microsoft itself, gently but openly praises the Zune over the iPod (not mac vs pc), criticizing the Apple player for its lack of WiFi music sharing and its easily-scratched front face.
So there is no official MS spoof ad out yet.

I suppose you have watched this ad already and criticized it . but still here is the link if you have not..
*www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQg0JNaKeVM

 

[aryayush]

It has been made by Microsoft. And I never criticised it, I just mentioned it to show you that the 'Get a Mac' ads have been garnering a lot of attention, which is precisely what they are intended to do.

 

[tarey_g]

How do you know it has been made by ms for sure? There is no official proof of it. Not even MS ever admitted making one. Sites use the words ' 'allegedly' created by Microsoft ' , means there was no official MS release of the ad. It may have come from MS or may be not , no one can be sure of neither should be you or me.

 

[aryayush]

Maybe I am mistaken but most sites I have read the news on have stated it matter-of-factly that it has been made by people at Microsoft and was played at an internal meeting.

Anyway, whether it has been made by Microsoft or not has little to do with the main point. The 'Get a Mac' campaign has indeed made an impact.

 

[tarey_g]

*www.macnn.com/articles/06/12/14/microsoft.get.a.mac.spoof/