Comments on: The lonely kiosk that’s a part of Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign

By: drh

drh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:38:41 +0000

I don’t think this achieved what microsoft hoped!

I’m sure they thought they got one-up-man-ship putting an ad outside an Apple store, but because microsofts marketing is so bad these days with dated looking graphics & corny messages (a bit like the o/s actually), it has the opposite effect. You’ve got that huge iconic Apple logo in the background with a really naff poorly designed ms advert stuck on some hording in the center of a shopping precinct!?!?!?!

Where next for ms, those advertising boards you see whilst urinating in some horrible public toilets??

By: Greg Magarshak

Greg Magarshak — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:57:57 +0000

What’s with this “I am a PC stuff” … it’s not really THAT funny.

They can come up with something better.

I like the “I’m a Marvel and I’m a DC” spoofs on YouTube better than this. And that has a $5 budget.

By: Laugh All You Want, But The Microsoft Store Could Be Great | FocuSoft Tech Blog

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:44:37 +0000

[...] have they even done to put themselves out there lately? Their silly booths were too passive, Mojave was too obscure, and “I’m a PC” was capitulation, pure [...]

By: Laugh all you want, but the Microsoft Store could be great

Laugh all you want, but the Microsoft Store could be great — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:46:07 +0000

[...] have they even done to put themselves out there lately? Their silly booths were too passive, Mojave was too obscure, and “I’m a PC” was capitulation, pure [...]

By: abc

abc — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:36:41 +0000

Idiocy. This campaign is horrible.

By: uniqueGifts

uniqueGifts — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:37:19 +0000

Pretty bold of them to post right outside of apple stores. This thing seems to be turning into an ad war. Guess it really is time to choose sides.