gizmodo.com - 9/18/2008
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From a trusted Crispin Porter source, we've learned that the internet has jumped the gun and that the Microsoft Gates/Seinfeld ads have not been axed. It's true, Microsoft apparently asked the agency to focus on the new " I'm a PC " spots. And it's true, the agency has gotten plenty of " I ...
Microsoft's Next Seinfeld Ad Airs: 'New Family'
macrumors.com 9/12/2008 —
Tonight, Microsoft aired the second of a series of new ads featuring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The long version of the ad (4m 30s) is embedded above via YouTube and a high quality version is available at Microsoft.com.
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Microsoft Dropping Seinfeld, Directly Targeting 'Get a Mac' Ads
macrumors.com 9/18/2008 — Valleywag was one of the first to report that Microsoft will be officially moving away from the use of Jerry Seinfeld in "phase two" of their $300 million ad campaign, though there appears to be some debate about whether or not this was part of the o...
Microsoft drops Seinfeld - now the REAL attack begins? —
Macenstein
When we heard those rumblings last month that Microsoft was launching a $300 million ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld to directly counter Apple’s Windows-bashing “Get A Mac” ads which had more or less run unchallenged for 3 years, we were intrigued. “How would they do ...
Microsoft revamps Vista ad campaign —
Macsimum News
Posted by Dennis Sellers Well, that didn’t last long. Microsoft’s mostly panned $300 million Vista ad campaign featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates has been ditched. Now the Big M will use ads with a Microsoft engineer who looks a little like John Hodgman, the ...
Microsoft Confronts Apple’s Mockery Head On —
Cult of Mac
Microsoft’s $300 million Vista ad campaign has ditched comedian Jerry Seinfeld in favor of a John Hodgman-alike Microsoft engineer who says: “Hello, I’m a PC, and I’ve been made into a stereotype.”
Microsoft on Thursday is set to air several new ads, according to the ...
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The Macalope
Microsoft to cancel Jerry Seinfeld ads (tip o’ the antlers to Daring Fireball ).
No, seriously.
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Can anyone explain ???
OK, the Macalope didn’t really get the ads. He chuckled a little bit at them and admired Gates’ willingness to make an ass out of himself. But as ...
Microsoft to Give Seinfeld the Axe —
TheAppleBlog
CrunchGear is reporting that after only 2 commercials, Microsoft is giving Jerry Seinfeld the boot.
The general consensus on the two ads that have shown has overwhelmingly been that people just straight out don’t get them. Both ads mention next to nothing about Microsoft or Windows. ...
Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s PC to Mac ads? (video) —
Macsimum News
Posted by Dave Merten Folks, have you seen any of the new Microsoft ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld? Are these ads supposed to help sell more PCs? It looks like someone at Microsoft’s marketing department may have taken a page out of the Zune’s playbook.
Counterpoint: Windows ads are sheer elegance in their simplicity —
MacUser
The first Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Windows ad left me just as puzzled as most: why were Seinfeld and Gates in a shoe store? What does it have to do with Windows? What does the churro mean ?
When I first heard that Microsoft was throwing millions into a new “hip” ad campaign, I ...
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