Seen the latest Microsoft TV commercial? I won’t bore you with a YouTube link…visually, it’s not that different from the first one – you know…the one that was Microsoft’s lame answer to the brilliant “I’m a Mac…and I’m a PC” spots by Apple. The new spot is just different enough to be blog-worthy. In this spot, the John Hodgman clone (savor the irony there), say’s “I’m a PC…and I’m not alone.” He’s then joined by his minions of similarly-brainwashed Vista victims (we presume they’re victims of that craptacular BugFest that is Vista – they [wisely] never bother to mention their O/S affiliation). Their name is Legion say things like “I’m a PC.” “No…I’M a PC.” Nobody’s gonna confuse this tribe with Spartacus. No, but if you listen long enough (but if you don’t, I can’t says i blame you…Tivo away, campers!), the effect sounds more like an AA meeting than it does a product endorsement.
“My name is John Doe, and I’m a PC.”
“Hi, John!”
“And it’s been five hours since my last system crash.” Read the rest of this entry »
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