PC “innovates,” too, right? Cheers to innovation!
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And, now, here’s another Great Moment in Bullshit™ from one of the all-time masters:
Bill Gates, in January 2007, listing Vista “innovations” that Apple had already been offering for years
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this was one during the game last night. it was great!!!
LOL……. too funny
Bubble wrapped guy looked like Bill Gates.
Is it me or do the first two guys look like Bill Gates and the third guy with the bald head represent Ballmer? Especially that they are the two guys who are always touting PC/Windows innovation. Hmmm just a thought.
Just the title is funny – PC innovation lab lol.
I thought it would feature a big a**ed photocopier. Giggling.
The title is an oxymoron.
I like that this ad pushed good things about Mac hardware instead of just another beat up on Vista or PC have viruses ad.
I love Ox curdled milk! long live Oxymorons!!!!!!
Deft. And daft. A nice combination.
Sorry I got over excited at the thought of drinking curdled Ox milk that I didn’t phrase my last statement correctly.
Now Apple REALLY are just taking the piss out of Microsoft!
@Macaday:
Since when does Microsoft care how Laptops are protected? Or makes power cables? Or cupholders?
No, this one is aimed at Dell, MSI and co, who desperately try to copy the MacBook Air … at a time when this development is already finished and no one cares anymore who has the thinnest and lightest.
I love the cup holder on my office PC.
This one is by far the best one. Look at the faces of these PCs! Where did they get these funny looking faces? Especially the one with the cup-holders. Classic! – and the straight faces!
The cup holders are great. But as with all MS innovations, they were copied, in this case from the US car makers who limit their innovations to installing 13 cup holders in their new cars.
This has to be the best one in a long time. The cup holders made me laugh out loud. Awesome!
“…that’s bubble wrap.” LOL!
Beautiful – I know people see “PC Innovation” and immediately think “haha Microsoft”, but as other commenters have noted this seems to be more of a jab at PC box assemblers. Plus it does a great job of touting the Mac’s own great hardware features.
As a side thought, they really ought to make one just to show how much better the MacBooks’ trackpads are. That’s another area where the Mac’s hardware can’t be matched by the PC hardware guys.
The only reason theses’ clips are so funny is the fact that there so honest!
Fact is Microsoft is so completely clueless when it comes to innovation!
They can’t even spell the word… let alone understand it’s meaning!
And in the Gates interview (can’t you just feel Gates annoyance when asked if he doesn’t think it mimics OSX) how ironic that the first two things he mention that he considers innovative were… tablet PCs and Media Centers. Was that guy EVER in touch?
Not sure how useful the bubble wrap would be, but the arm cup holders could come in handy while watching TV.
@macman
To be a true representation of Ballmer, the guy with the bald head would have to add 50pds, lose the jacket, and have pit stains.
Apologies in advance for the bad grammar. 🙁
@ Whatever,
too funny…you are right! I was thinking that Apple was being a little subtle and not too obvious with the characters.
haha bill gates.. going over the things its ahead of that no one else is doing……. hilarious!