Comments on: On second thought, Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' ads are still unbelievably lame

Now that we've had a few months to digest this, I think the verdict is clear: This is something straight out the "Stepford Wives"

[Sumatra-Bosch]

Why not an honest commercial? Like this:

"I'm the PC lawyer and I wrote the contract with the manufacturers to make sure you will never see a dual-boot or multi-boot PC from any manufacturer that builds Windows PCs. I own you. Whether you know it or not, I have always owed you. I could throw you over the fender of my Porsche and take you like a viking but you're too pathetic to even want to rape, at least any more."

[JuggerNaut]

True, true...

He Who Controls the Bootloader

http://www.birdhouse.org/beos/byte/30-bootloader/

[JuggerNaut]

I think Microsoft is quite arrogant with claiming that is defines the PC. Windows is not the only game in town. This is a slap in the face to Linux PC users who could also voice "I'm a PC"! Maybe Microsoft is admitting that it does in fact have an monopoly on the desktop PC?!

[JuggerNaut]

Hey, what about the Amiga...?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg6wrYCT9Q

[imacpwr]

You just gotta love them Mac ads.. subtle but to the point:

http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple_getamac_beancounter_20081019_480x272.mov

[bsharkey]

dear bitter hack,

maybe you really should be focusing on gay marriage and not technology issues after all. then again, I guess it's all about worshipping ads that effectively target 20-year old fanboys rather than make a bigger statement about products with more widespread appeal (read: sales)

[rtcreg]

In the Spring St station on the IRT east side local line in NYC, all of the iPod ads have disappeared and were replaced about 3 weeks ago by "I'm A PC"ads. Really big posters, too. The station is 3 blocks from the SoHo Apple Store and the streets of SoHo and the adjoining Greenwich Village are always thick with white ear buds. The placement of these posters suggests a campaign less about winning public hearts and minds and more about a kind of childish tagging contest. Just like the PC character's behavior in the latest Apple Christmas TV ads.

[HoracePManure]

Best part of that commercial is the man-geek who scoffs at the Mac having only 2MB of RAM.

Umm, dude. I've got 2MB of RAM that runs Windows XP and OSX simultaneously and flawlessly. As a matter of fact, I'm writing this as I'm waiting for all those annoying start up prompts to cycle through so that I can open Internet Explorer in 20 minutes.