What if Microsoft redesigned Apple iPod packaging?
Direct link to video here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “bailey” for the heads up.]
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It’s funny because it’s true – sadly.
Sad but true.
http://musobs.blogspot.com/
Hilarious. Great music. Godawful design.
absolutely brilliant.
Fantastic ……great work
Very funny……..
And so true about MSFT…. a company run by a sales guy (Balmer)…
Microsoft is just so sad
LMAO!!!
great video. really funny
yep yep
LMAO
That. was. BRILLIANT.
Who has time to do this stuff?
MDN word: simple. No, really.
That was absolutely brilliant! I’m going to save a link to send to the marketing mgr at my company next time he puts his 2 cents in about my “simplistic package design”.
Me Approve. Looks just like MS packaging now.
Every major branding department in every company should be forced to study this video.
Actually, ummm, maybe not . . . let the rest of them continue to suck.
Apple will rule them all.
So true. So true.
OMG BEST POST EVAR!
Done using Motion?
That was BRILLIANT! The very best satire resonates because of how closely it strikes to the truth. Kudos to the creators for an instant classic.
LOL .. Too funny.
But the sad thing about it is that most clients we have are like that. Just want to fill up the white space.
The creator of the vid deserves a prize.
What about the ‘Grim Alternity’ Award?
Several people in the office didn’t get it. One guy thought the improvements made sense from a shopping experience. Says it ooks more like what he’s use to.
Sigh!
That is why Microsoft is still in business.
some of the final panels weren’t all that bad, but the front panel was horrible and totally true.
That’s freak’n hilarious.
Let me post this again… (Where’d the original go, MDN?).
I would laugh too much – Paul Mercer who was instrumental in the original design of the iPod (through Apple’s purchase of Pixo when it could roll it’s own) is working with Samsung to design a PlaysForSure player.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/technology/27mercer.html
This must be how they do everything from software (sorry, should be bugs!) to hardware
that’s very funny stuff.
how can I save this stuff? I desperately need this clip. Quicktime if possible
“Some of the side panels aren’t all that bad”
Aren’t all that bad? The current simple approach makes you just want to take it out of the box and hold it.
Is that it’s true.
I thought it was great. I showed it to my PC-using friend and he said “But Microsoft would never make an iPod.”
-_-
That was awesome.
Innovative packaging.
freaking brilliant. really well done.
so funny. so sad. so true.
Design usually suffers with big corporations. No negative space. Just fill it up fill it up fill it up!
Good thing there’s Apple
Huh? But the new packaging is WAAAY better! I mean now when I go to Bust Buy or Big-Box-Mart, I can see right away that this must be the best product on the shelves. After all, what other MP3 player has so much STUFF written all over its box. That means it’s the best, right? Right?
Moo (actually baa)
Just paste the “here” link into Safari’s Downloads window.
paste the link into safari’s DL window? there’s nowhere to paste in that window…
🙁 i pasted the link into the DLs window and it just DLed a file called “watch.html”. bummer
That characterizes the marketing and sales mentality to perfection!
funnies thing I have seen in a long time.
Funny…
But if they did it with Apple products – made fun of them-, Apple would sue the creator for copyright violation.
laughing my ass off.
This is so perfect. So perfect.
Yes, everyone agrees Apple has taste.
Gorgeous products, beautifully packaged. Sheer artwork.
Microsoft wouldn’t know good taste if it came and bit it’s monopolistic arse
Yet we all moan when Apple make ‘arty’ ads. Even MDN think they should make their ads more ‘Microsoft/PC’ like.
Psst… You can find it here:
http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=17U22RSAF1B262D9SPKIVRWQQB
Sshh!
Wow–hilarious!!
That was absolutely hilarious! Espcially liked the “expanded sys reqs” fold-out off the edge of the box… Actually, I’m surprised that made it through to “final” – I’m sure someone up the line would likely have suggested making just that side of the box bigger to accommodate the additional information.
But then again, if they did that they’d have had to start all over again with the other three sides, and who knows what else would need fixing, and then they’d probably just end up caught in, um, well, an infinite loop…
[ducks and covers]
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Very funny indeed.
As sad as some MS packaging is, Apple could stand to learn a thing or two about MS packaging as well.
You don’t have to over do it like MS does but it’d be nice if your Apple product packaging actually told you what you are buying. Or at least it’s supposed to do.
Funny none-the-less.
This Microsoft commercial has to bee seen to be believed:
http://www.youtube.com/?v=n4E6xLK_EIA
2 FUN KNEE ! ! !
(meanwhile, back at the ranch, MS executives are puzzled as to why this is a parody)
Nail right on the head!
IF Microsoft made the packaging for the Apple iPod, it would be very simplistic. It would have 12 words on it. “This is not an I-pod, it is a waste of space. Buying this product will not make you look cool or get girls without paying for them. Go but the Iriver e10-33995 2006_FEB_I-PodKiller edition.” All 12 words in black ink on black background. Instant classic.
I heard they are gonna release Vista in 6 different versions ? Whats up with that ? Just to make life more incompatible ? How many 10.4.4’s are there ?
Hidden Truth, i’m looking at my ipod box right now and I see everything I would want to see if I was considering purchasing it in a store. On the bottom, the full specs of it are listed. Same with the box for my Mac mini and Power Mac- all the BS just isnt on the front and it’s short and sweet and to the point.
Damn you YouTube! Damn you and your Non-Quicktime players
here’s a download
http://www.appletvads.com/2006/02/27/requested-what-if-microsoft-redesigned-apple-ipod-packaging/
Probably the best parody of the differences between Apple and Microsoft I’ve ever seen.
OMG.. That is the GREATEST!!! It totally reminds me of the idiotic comments/direction my marketing VP gives about the packaging my group does for our company. (someone kill me please) …if only they would have fully justified all the type, they could have completely eliminated ALL the white space
sucks that it’s in flash – that’s something I’d love to keep!
jee jee
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