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llama64 · 12-16-2009, 03:42 PM

I find Microsoft's "Windows 7 is MY idea" campaign to reak of laziness.

When I am buying a piece of high performance engineering (as you would expect a front line OS to be), I want to have confidence in the manufacturer/product. When I see a commercial with a 8' bigfoot explaining how re-sizing windows on his laptop was his idea, I begin to wonder why Microsoft's engineers couldn't figure that out themselves (is his wife seriously 4 feet tall?).

Basically it boils down to me wondering if Microsoft as a brand requires outside innovation just to make a viable product.

Apple's apparent "smugness" can also be interpreted as confidence. They believe that their product is superior in a direct way to Microsoft's so they attack it directly.

Comparatively:
Apple says: "My product is awesome, you are awesome, we should hook up

"
Microsoft says: "My product is awesome because you had to tell me how to be awesome"

Which one do you want to have sex with?

12-16-2009, 03:42 PM	#53
llama64 First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: /dev/null Exp:	I find Microsoft's "Windows 7 is MY idea" campaign to reak of laziness. When I am buying a piece of high performance engineering (as you would expect a front line OS to be), I want to have confidence in the manufacturer/product. When I see a commercial with a 8' bigfoot explaining how re-sizing windows on his laptop was his idea, I begin to wonder why Microsoft's engineers couldn't figure that out themselves (is his wife seriously 4 feet tall?). Basically it boils down to me wondering if Microsoft as a brand requires outside innovation just to make a viable product. Apple's apparent "smugness" can also be interpreted as confidence. They believe that their product is superior in a direct way to Microsoft's so they attack it directly. Comparatively: Apple says: "My product is awesome, you are awesome, we should hook up " Microsoft says: "My product is awesome because you had to tell me how to be awesome" Which one do you want to have sex with?