What do you think of the new Gates, Seinfeld, Microsoft Ad?

Here is the latest from the guys over at Microsoft. As many of you have witnessed, the first ad was somewhat confusing, but had some relatively funny moments. I've always loved Jerry Seinfeld so I might be a little bit biased towards theses ads, but either way I really like this newest one, I see their message and they pretty much say flat out that they are "trying to get closer to people"

This ad is very different from the first one so if you didn't like the first one, give this second one a chance and let us know what you think. Here are both of the ads in case you missed the first one.

What do you think?

-Steve

Tags: ad, bill, commercial, gates, jerry, microsoft, seinfeld, television, vista, windows

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Naas on September 11, 2008 at 7:46pm: Bill Gates doing the Robot! Bwaaa ha haaa!!!

I'm bookmarking THAT one!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zeph on September 11, 2008 at 7:55pm: Entertainment value? Yes. Familiarity? Yes. Proving that your product is better? Meh.
This may be a good watch, but I really don't feel it was presented well. It really shows nothing about why to buy Window's products, other than, as you put it, "trying to get closer to people". Maybe instead of putting all this money into commercials to counter the "Mac" commercials, they should be putting their money into engineering a new operating system a bit faster, or even making the one they have out now better.

That being said, it was still fun to watch =P; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John on September 11, 2008 at 7:56pm: Nice man, this is awesome!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ian Walker on September 11, 2008 at 7:58pm: I get what it is about but they just seem too long and by the time it finishes no-one remembers it is about Windows at all. Even with Bill Gates in it :)

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Permalink Reply by Steveo75 on September 11, 2008 at 8:37pm: Keep in mind that this is the long version of the ad, they will probably only air the shorter version so it will be interesting to see what they take out.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kyle Potts on September 11, 2008 at 8:12pm: Are there monster in this story. Yes but there are firewalls Priceless. But still Doesn't talk anything about Vista. I don't see any message besides comedy. I can definitely see they are building up to something though something big; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steveo75 on September 11, 2008 at 8:25pm: Yeah I know what you mean, I think they will bring it all together eventually though.

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Permalink Reply by Scot on September 11, 2008 at 8:25pm: I think the ads are funny. I just don't understand the marketing strategy here. Granny doing the yard work and working on the car is hilarious. lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ian Walker on September 11, 2008 at 8:52pm: I think that Microsoft should have used The Mjave Experiment as their main ad campaign :)

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Permalink Reply by Scot on September 11, 2008 at 9:05pm: I agree. I think Microsoft could have countered some of the Vista negativity if they had used "Mojave" more.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bret on September 11, 2008 at 8:58pm: It is totally ineffective.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marco Esquandolas on September 11, 2008 at 9:26pm: I like the ads, especially because they don't bash Apple. After being silent for so long Microsoft can't just pop out and say " hey we're better, buy our products". So to start they need to rebuild their image. Right now everyone is going to have a laugh and associate it with Microsoft. I assume eventually they'll get some meat and potatoes in their ads and attempt to differentiate themselves.; ▶ Reply to This