@UTnick: Amen brother...

Though I do like Apple products. I just don't like AppleFanBoys/MSHaters...

I love my iPhone.

Polybius

Colbert didn't want to be killed from Apple's kill switch, so he switched to have a zune that can't kill him.... or do anything else!

goaliegeek

Bernie Mac?? No Way, they shouldn´t do that...

stopitnow54

i <3 vista. why does everyone like bashing microsoft so much. apple is turning out to be just like 'em. *ahem* MobileMe and 3G and Steve playing big brother.

it should also be known that i am republican (vote GOP) and don't believe in global warming or the tooth fairy. you know, full disclosure and all.

UTnick

I didn't think Jerry needed the money this badly.

bobdobbs

@whatnot22: Just because you have trouble operating Vista, doesn't mean its a disaster for everybody... I've been using since launch and the only problems I've had are ones that I know I've caused... (tweaking & tinkering...)

Hmmmm...

Polybius

yeah this was gonna be so intensly lame until i heard colbert. and i really hope they dont put bernie mac in. that would really ruin it.

jewsrock

@dhlt25: shaddup, im sure you have a pc anyway. :P

dysthymia

God I hate those Mac ads. They're a shining example of selling a brand on ignorance alone. They never told anyone anything useful about either OS. Just like the iPod commercials. Though, not like the iPhone commercials. They just lie in those.

I've got nothing against the products themselves (except the iPod), but their marketing schemes are awful. So I hope Microsoft at least has the decency to make a useful ad rather than a airwave pollution and cult management. I have my doubts.

justhesh

Do kids these days even know who Jerry Seinfeld is? I used to watch him, but he's not going to entice me to buy that disaster of an OS called VISTA. Sorry Microsoft, you should put the $300 million into fixing the product, not trying to convince us it's worth a shit.

whatnot22

in unrelated news, apple announced today the end of the "hi, Im a mac" campaign, a new one having 75 artists and 200 songwriters shot in b/w (gap style) showing why they like their old imacpodminibook, the budget was not revealed but a trustworthy source with goatee that works for the NYT calculates will cost 1 billion and will be paid in cash.

dysthymia

I don't think I would like to listen to Jerry's whining voice...

Noobs-R-Us

Bernie Mac died?? Shows how much I pay attention to the news...

Polybius

colbert? I'm sold already lol

dhlt25

stephen and nelson? wow, thats awesome, but i wonder if M$ understands that everyone can see that they're trying too hard.

Fused7

Why the hell is MS advertising? As a shareholder I'm kinda pissed. They know they have a captive audience, it's like advertising prison to people who are already in one.

mullingitover

@Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish: It's like I want to laugh, but it's just not there anymore...

Metkis

Um, Bernie Mac? Sorry, if they include him, they will likely get no positive reception whatsoever. However, G4 seems to have a rather nice take on the subject.

[www.g4tv.com]

I love the ad they write out for it.

SPOT ONE
INT. WHITE ROOM - DAY

JERRY STANDS NEXT TO BILL EQUIDISTANT FROM THE EDGE OF THE FRAME.

Jerry: Hello, I'm Jerry Seinfeld.
Bill: And I'm a PC.
Jerry: Ha, but seriously. What's the deal with Apple?
Bill: Yeah, it's almost like they want to make everything easy.
Jerry: Yeah, what's the deal with user-friendly interface, UNIX architecture, and not getting viruses, like ever?
Bill: I don't know Jerry. But check this out.

BILL REMOVES A ZUNE FROM HIS POCKET.

Jerry: What is the deal with that?
Bill: It's the new Zune and you can download all your favorite Black Eyed Peas, Insane Clown Posses, and Timbamans mp3s for 98 cents a download.
Jerry: 98 CENTS? What's the deal --

BILL PUNCHES JERRY IN THE LARYNX.

Bill (mocking): What's the deal with "the deal?" (turns to camera) zuneTunes. Get the hippest. Get the dopest. Get the zunes!

LOGO SPLASH WITH SLOGAN "Get the Zunes!" :: CUT TO BLOW

EXT. STREET - LATER ON

JERRY SLUMPS ON A CURB IN A SPRAY-PAINTED AND COOL-LOOKING URBAN AREA, HEAD IN HANDS. BILL APPROACHES.

Bill: It hurts me to hurt you, Gerald. Don't make me do it.
Jerry: I'm sorry, Billiam. I honestly just want to know the deal. No one ever tells me the deal!
Bill: I know. BILL SITS. We'll find the deal… (to camera) while America and select international markets find great deals at zuneTunes!

LOGO SPLASH :: FADE TO BLACK

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

Anyone who still watches commercials on TV is likely to be swayed by this.

mildretard

With so much cash to throw around, MS can buy anybody. hehe

Ken_Darrow

Oh no, not Colbert.....That will just ruin everything for me.

vgart

Why don't they recruit Lassie , or perhaps Herbie, or Howard the Duck?

Seriously - someone with talent and street cred....

MINI Driver

Why Seifeld when Jason Alexander (George) would be a perfect spokesman for Vista.

From wikipedia:
"George Costanza (Jason Alexander) ... He is cheap, dishonest, petty and often jealous of others' achievements. He is often portrayed as a loser who is insecure about his capabilities. He often complains and lies about his profession, relationship, and almost everything else, which usually creates trouble for him later. ... Despite these shortcomings, or perhaps because of them, George has managed to repeatedly achieve considerable success in his life, ... However, his aforementioned problems unfortunately tend to make these situations short-lived. ... He often does questionable things which others might also do but often gets caught in the act ..."

Bloodboiler

Cool. This should be fun to watch. I ain't mad at MS.

I have to agree though, it might not be a good move to have the late Mr. Mac in these adverts.

NagChampa

@bobdobbs: Who wouldn't need 300 mil?

The-Joker

I enjoyed seeing a Mac on Seinfeld's desk in his apartment on the show, they kept updating the it when new Macs were introduced, I guess Seinfeld is more of a comedian than being computer literate, it must of been the set designers idea to put a Mac on the set. Now he's on the dark side.

bobborries

@vgart:
Yea that's you and... oh wait no, that's just you.

x omega gold

Willie uses a mac

really

Shasta.Pete

Didn't Seinfeld use a Macintosh in the series?

rospaya

This will go down as Crispin Porter's biggest debacle! MS is famous for being a horrible client. It's huge account but also making a deal with the devil.

Still, they're bound to do a better job than Publicis would have.

cyclocrossmechanic

colbert would be strange since he seems to push apple products on his show...

fallenturtle

@The-Joker: I thought it was 300 dollars?

bobdobbs

I can't see Colbert doing it, or any celebrity cool among 18-20-somethings doing these ads because they risk seeming uncool by the 18-20-somethings that thought of them as cool to begin with.
The ad will probably go something like this: Jerry Seinfeld and Gates are in front of a screen and say how MS was gonna spend $300 million to market Vista but instead they're giving him (Seinfeld) $10 million and the rest is being used to improve Vista. Because MS cares etc etc. self depreciating humor, end of ad.

MrHaroHaro

@unibrow4o9: It was there for him to kick the crap out of if he got pissed.

ViperBorg

@mullingitover: Gives them something to do?

ViperBorg

Yeah I think it's funny that Seinfeld had a Mac on the show.

But I dare anyone to list an episode where he actually used it.

unibrow4o9

I think it's an awesome idea. I mean, who says "Cool" to the kids these days more than *Jerry Seinfeld*.

Well, other than Ralph Nader, obviously.

Dave!

they're going to bern a mac? what?

kevininstereo

Wow Microsoft, how cutting edge...
When did Seinfeld go off the air again?

lucky_you

@MrHaroHaro: Yes because the 20 somethings like "the flying tomato" wouldn't dream of doing a commercial for something that uses Vista.....

Oh wait...........

HP anyone?

Same for Seinfeld, he's done one already as well.

going from an HP using Vista commercial to a Microsoft Vista commercial isn't much of a stretch at all......

and that whole Bee Movie thing brought Seinfeld to a whole new group of people....

Buddha916

Trying to make us believe Vista is good with the use of stars most people don't think about probably is a good way to fail. They need to find a person that they can make into a star. Someone lovable with a good face. Bombarding us with semi-stars is probably going to make things worse.

hagrun

"Hi, I'm a "hip" younger gentleman who will be portraying a Mac today. I dress in a casual manner to show you that I am in touch with the youth of today, and my rolled up sleeves on my button down shirt -- which is untucked -- proves this."

"Hello, I am an older gentleman who will portray a PC running the Window's Vista Operating System. I am wearing a tie and sport coat to imply that I am out of touch with what is going on in the world, and that I have little style sense. I do not know much about Apple's iPodPhone, but I do know that I am disorganized and prone to crashing -- without adequate hardware."

I hate those fucking Mac commercials.

Ike_Skelton

I have nothing against Vista, but I really can't stand Seinfeld. That ad campaign would do nothing but piss me off.

jennyfur

(in room with white back ground, sitting on white recliner)
Bernie Mac: "Hello America, I'm Bernie Mac and even though Mac's have my namesake they don't have my level of virus protec..."
Horrible idea, I doubt the masses even understand what's going on in those commercials as it is.

Impetuous_Vigor

Colbert bashed the Zune pretty publicly, I doubt they'll bring him in.

FranklinTurtle

not only did seinfeld use a mac on the show, he ad the 20th anniversary mac which was like 6 grand back in the day. I think there was one episode where the scene cut to him at the desk but yeah, he didn't really use it.

dkoemans

Also: I hate Jerry Seinfeld. I love Seinfeld, but the man is a Douche.

Another also: Does anyone really like those I'm A Mac ads? Thankfully we don't get many / any aired where I live, so I can bury my head in the sand and pretend Sir Jobs never gave them the go-ahead. But really... they make me want to not be a mac user.

If MS can produce a celeb endorsement with some class and genuine humour they can at least win with the least patronising, offensive ad.

jbang

Actually, Jerry had a Macintosh Color Classic in the early episodes and later he got a TAM (Twentieth Anniversiary Macintosh).

Hackintosh