Microsoft Commercials...

[pasithea]

Tired, so I'm watching a little TV and being bombarded by advertisements. Always likely to put me in a mood.

Anyhow. I'm really being struck by the Microsoft "I'm a PC" advertisements.

Let me see if I understand the premise... So... Microsoft finds some inbred rube and says, "We'll buy you a computer if you jabber inanely for a few minutes on camera"

... And somehow, bribing someone with a free computer equates to their OS not being a flaming pile of dog shit?

... I'm kinda confused. I mean... If you have to bribe someone to do your advertising, it seems like your product is full of fail.

But perhaps I'm merely basing my opinion on having used Windows. C'mon Microsoft, give me two grand to buy a computer. I'll get something way better than a stinking piece of crap Dell Boat Anchor and it won't even be a single-purpose machine. I'll be able to use it for just about anything.

Comments

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I think DV girl doesn't give Windows PCs a fair shake because she isn't used to the interface and is already indoctrinated to the Apple cult

Um, actually, she used Windows boxes for years. Switching to Macs was a "HOLY SHIT COMPUTERS ACTUALLY WORK NOW" kind of thing for her. If you dig back in her LJ a few years I think you'll find her first posts along the lines of "OH MY GOD IT JUST FUCKING WORKS THIS IS SO AWESOME".

I think she'd just recently switched when I moved in with her so she's only been using 'em since... 2005 I think? rather than being a freak of nature like me who went from the mind-shattering awesome coolness of the Amiga to the Mac and never had to deal with a MS-DOS/Windows box.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

This is true. I have the kind of hate for Windows that only comes from a scornful ex.