First Vista Ad: Boring
The first Vista ad. I don’t know about you guys, but an ad that vaguely promises to “connect with other partners to offer complete solutions” and “give consumers a spectrum of exciting capabilities” while a bunch of actors prance about with mindless smiles just doesn’t turn me on. It asks me to “see the difference” when all I see is corporatespeak. It certainly doesn’t show me any compelling reason to upgrade to Vista.
Hey, this reminds me of another silly video that shows Microsoft’s confusing marketing style.
What if Microsoft designed the iPod package?
(Via Gizmodo.)
Hey, as long as there is no serious alternative, Microsoft doesn’t really need to care about advertising for Vista.
I guess its more or less just the information:
“Hey, folks! Vista is comming up so take care that you all buy the new compatible hardware in time and yeah, sure, course things are gonna be better, faster, fatter and all. Peace. Eat it or die.”
Of course, we can’t expect hip from Microsoft.
Also, the BG music is annoying!
You mean you need an ad to give you a compelling reason to upgrade to a particular software? He he he.
The XP ad was better.
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