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Microsoft Uses "I'm a PC" Character In New Ads

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the straight-for-the-jobsular dept.

arcticstoat writes to tell us that in the wake of their largely unsuccessful Jerry Seinfeld ad campaign Microsoft is setting their sights directly on recent Apple ads by featuring the "I'm a PC" character in their new advertising campaign. "He then follows this with another phrase, such as 'and I've been made into a stereotype' before the advert shifts to a range of people performing a diverse assortment of jobs, all of which also say they're a PC. Among those featured are astronaut Bernard Harris, as well as religious author Deepak Chopra and 'Desperate Housewives' actress Eva Longoria. The ad also features a wide range of anonymous people, including a shark diver, a teacher and a guy with a beard."

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  1. Re:New ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think the ad was pretty good... much better than the Seinfeld ones, anyway.

  2. Re:New ads by anaesthetica · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Admit it, you would hate the Microsoft commercial no matter what its content was.

    I'm a Mac and I found it to be pretty decent, for a commercial about an operating system.

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  3. Re:"Hi, I'm a PC, and I run Linux" by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd love to see a Mac vs PC ad where PC gets attacked by an angry stuffed penguin and after a flash he gets up with completely new clothes saying:

    PC: Hey... that was... refreshing... I feel.... different!
    Mac: PC, watch out, there's a virus!
    PC: The power of GNU compells you! *hits virus*. I feel Powerful... I feel invincible... I feel... FREE!!!
    Mac: Want a performance race?
    PC: You betcha!
    *Mac and PC begin sprinting*

    Female voice: "Linux. Just like a Mac, but Free".