http://slyoyster.com/cheap-thrills/2008/the-tron-guy-is-a-pc/ Culture, entertainment, liberal arts and shenanigans Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://slyoyster.com/cheap-thrills/2008/the-tron-guy-is-a-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32957 Leopold Stotch Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:26 +0000 http://slyoyster.com/?p=3486#comment-32957 Heh, Microsoft's new commercials only reinforce Apple's latest one about Microsoft's budget vs. Vista wherein instead of spending their budget on fixing their problems they just pour it all into advertising. And being in advertising, I can tell you, those are some shitty ads. MS should have come up with something original and non-Apple referencing. All they do is bolster that old Shakespeare line 'Doth protest too much'.<br>In some way the MS commercials also smack of the Republicans vs Democrats argument.<br>Democrats/Apple users are a small 'elitist' minority, while the majority, PC users, are the 'Real' Americans. Heh, Microsoft's new commercials only reinforce Apple's latest one about Microsoft's budget vs. Vista wherein instead of spending their budget on fixing their problems they just pour it all into advertising. And being in advertising, I can tell you, those are some shitty ads. MS should have come up with something original and non-Apple referencing. All they do is bolster that old Shakespeare line 'Doth protest too much'.
In some way the MS commercials also smack of the Republicans vs Democrats argument.
Democrats/Apple users are a small 'elitist' minority, while the majority, PC users, are the 'Real' Americans.

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