Top Five Things Jerry Seinfeld could say about Macs

by Alex Kidman on Aug 26, 2008

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What is the deal with Microsoft giving Seinfeld ten million bucks? We consider what Jerry might have to say...

Apple's gained a lot of market traction due to its sometimes-funny, sometimes-cringeworthy "Mac Vs PC" ads.

They're in the tradition of what's often referred to in political circles as an "attack" ad, in that they deliberately set out to make a competitor look bad.

Now reports are circulating, via the Wall Street Journal, that Microsoft is set to launch their own series of attack ads, utilising comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and a spare ten million bucks (allegedly) that they had lying around.

But what should Seinfeld say? Here's our best guess as to the start of some Seinfeld "PC vs Mac" routines, using the New Yorker's famous opening gambit:

1) What is the deal with Apple's naming strategy? OSX. Try saying that. oh.ss..cc. It sounds like an Albanian airport.

2) What is the deal with only one version of your operating system, Apple? I want choice, like I could get with all seven versions of Vista.

3) What's the deal with six models, Apple? I still want choice, and can buy millions of PC configurations, all of which will run Vista.

4) What is the deal with Blu-Ray, Apple? Your boss is on the Blu-Ray board, he runs Pixar... but Macs don't come with a Blu-Ray drive of any sort. Meanwhile, on Vista.

5) What is the deal with "It just works"?. I don't want to spend all day "just working!" I need some time to lie back while my computer grinds away. Remember folks, Vista bluescreening gives you more time to think!

(OK, maybe that last one won't get past Microsoft's ad board, true as it might be.)

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Tobysatch Aug 26, 2008 7:03 PM	I think this Seinfeld nonsense typifies the problem with Microsoft - and to an almost similar extent - Apple. Both had (past tense) very good operating systems that offered stable and reliable platforms with pretty good, intuitive interfaces that a huge chunk of the computing public spent time getting used to and comfortable with. But instead of paying attention to their customers by making their good systems better, they now ignore their customers and pay attention to each other instead, playing some purile, immature game of oneupmanship that drags them both into the class of "just being silly". Meanwhile Linux looks, and works, better and better. There's a paradigm shift coming, and it's coming sooner than they think. Comment made about the PC Authority article: Top Five Things Jerry Seinfeld could say about Macs? What is the deal with Microsoft giving Seinfeld ten million bucks? We consider what Jerry might have to say... What do you think? Join the discussion.
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. Aug 26, 2008 7:06 PM	No, Microsoft and Apple have a marketing team to do the job. Marketing team /= Programmers Also, Jerry wouldn't say a word about Macs. Microsoft don't want to attack Apple, it's part of their strategy to render the Mac vs PC ads ineffective. Edited by .:Cyb3rGlitch:.: 26/8/2008 10:15:29 PM
random78s Aug 26, 2008 10:00 PM	Well done Microsoft. Well done buying Jerry Seinfeld, an icon whose relevance and popularity peaked in the mid nineties...much like Microsoft's.
totoaus Aug 29, 2008 10:46 PM	Jerry Seinfeld? His show was a show about nothing, even he admits that. Now his ads will also be about nothing? Does anyone care that nothing is all that comes out of his mouth? Actually, on reflection: does anyone care at all?
malai5 Aug 30, 2008 4:23 PM	YOU'RE A MAC USER!!! Not that there's anything wrong with that.:shock: Cheers Malai5
Hobo_Joe Aug 31, 2008 7:14 PM	hehe I don't care what their strategy is.. I just want to hear some lame pun/joke that I can repeat when drunk! I'd like to hear the Seinfeld theme song play when I boot up the next Windows OS. Maybe even a complete Seinfeld windows theme so whenever I get an error it makes the mouth popping noise. Awesome.
Slatts Aug 31, 2008 9:34 PM	Once again, I'm only here to help.:cool:
ferndene Sep 1, 2008 9:58 AM	Microsoft spent over US$150 million to bail Apple out of financial trouble in August 1997, apart from the fact that Microsoft Office is available on the Mac so it may not be to their own interest if Microsoft starts to bag Mac's operating system. Having said that, it would be fun to hear what Jerry Seinfeld has to say.