Remember the Seinfeld ads for Microsoft? Getting tired of random people popping up on your TV screen decreeing that they are a PC? Well, it seems Apple has had their fill of this new advertising blitz by the makers of Windows, and they are ready to fire back.
JR Raphael of The Inquisitr pointed these new ads today and made that comment that it seemed odd that Apple was mentinoing how much money Microsoft spent on ads that barely mention their products… in ads that barely mention the Apple products. Well, yes and no.
- This is a well established campaign that pretty much everyone knows.
- “Mac” still introduced himself.
- The still show an iMac with the Mac logo at the end.
This is all ins tark contrast to the Seinfeld ads which no one had any idea where they were going or what they were really about. Whatever your take, I love these new ads!
Categories: Opinion
jgoto
October 20th, 2008 at 5:37 pm #
While Apple has every right to poke fun at its competitors they shouldn’t make up stuff. Vista had problems at launch, and by the way so did Leopard and the iPhone (also MobileMe). Microsoft has been working to resolve the problems with Vista and they are largely fixed. Just like Apple had been fixing all the issue with Leopard and the iPhone. Microsoft spent 300 million on ads, how much does apple spend? At least the Microsoft ads were positive ads.
Sean Aune
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:39 pm #
Yes, Leopard, iPhone and MobileMe all had problems, and all were quickly fixed. Microsoft is still working on fixing their problems with Vista, and that was after 5 years of development and nearly two years to the day of wide release. I am NOT an Apple fan boy (I don’t even own a Mac), but Microsoft blew Vista, badly, and they expected the world to just go, “Oh well, it’s Windows, we have to have it”.
No, no we really don’t.
jgoto
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm #
@Sean Aune Which vista problems are you referring to that have not been fixed?