Gothamist: Microsoft Vista Is So Off the Wall

George Christodoulou

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:11:59 -0500

Hello, I was just browsing through various Vista related blogs and cought this great post. I was wondering where exactly this stunt took place. I think it's a great advertising strategy. It may be a little over the top but with the money that company has, I guess they have some to throw to the wind. I have a blog, download-microsoft-vista(dot)com and I was wondering If I could post a link to this post with a little blurb about it. I don't want to get into any trouble with you, I just want to entertain my readers :) Please let me know if that's okay. BTW, whats with the first comment...a little over zealous and angry if you ask me. With all my research of all the problems Vista has, I could tlak like him but would rather keep my mouth shut for at least 6 months :) Thanks, George

Fruition

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:07:22 -0500

I wouldn't call Macs counter-intuitive but I will say this. I've been a windows user all of my life and have gotten pretty darn good at using it. Well, one day not too long ago I got the chance to use my friend's Macbook and initially I was helpless. It was really frustrating having to hold down control (or apple key, I don't recall which) and then click instead of simply right-clicking. Eventually I figured out the Mac-equivalents of windows features, but it took a while.

Karen Fuhrman

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:05:29 -0500

Just for the record--the aerial show was NOT Cirque du Soleil. The name of the company was GROUNDED Aerial. Choreographer, Karen Fuhrman.

b

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:07:06 -0500

I agree with Laura - buy a Mac. Most people are incompetent on computers and dumb in general. You're better off buying something simplistic like a Mac.

yoko

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:06:57 -0500

did anyone get a video of it? i'm stuck on the west coast.

David

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:50:30 -0500

@the retard, laura, & (somewhat) hernan: haha As for the republican thing, cool yr jets he has a point, retract the claws, callin someone retard is quite diffrent than callin someone a republican. @the article: bill gates should be dismembered and auctioned on ebay by 'cirque' clowns (or whatever)...yea an immature idea, but at least it furthers our economy, and its not healthy for one man to have so much of our money...it makes me uneasy.

jukeboxgraduate

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:56:55 -0500

Ah, launch day. Be glad it's just dancers on the side of a building. When XP came out, they hired sailboats with the logo on the sails to line up along the 520 bridge in Seattle -- the bridge everyone who lives in Seattle drives across to go to Microsoft. Since people in Seattle come to a complete halt on the bridge because of a wave, a sunny day, a rainy day, a day they can see Mt. rainier, a day they can't see Mt. Rainier, a seagull flying too close to the water - this caused a traffic jam and caused everyone heading to Microsoft to be late for work... because of the launch of a Microsoft project. corporate sellout who worked for msft and did very well doing so, thanks

laura

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:21:11 -0500

Aw, Hernan knows it all. He can say LOL and use belly-ache (and arche[!?]) as a verb. I'm not "belly-ach[ing]," Hernan, as I give approximately 1/345,352,628,627th of a fecal unit about what kind of computer anyone uses. I just found Ben's comment quite ridiculous, so I replied to it. Your tone reminds me of that of republicans circa 2005. It's quite a tone indeed.

Ace

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:19:22 -0500

That's a nifty ad.

Hernan

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:09:20 -0500

LOL. I am old enough to remember when the first Apple Computer came out, followed by the first PC, and then the Mac. As it turned out, all those computers were good (for their era), but all were simply stepping stones to the next platform (or upgrade). Nothing new about a new OS being released. ESPECIALLY not new is the predictable belly-aching by Mac-Aficionados. Does anybody expect them to say anything positive or concede anything? Not if you've been listening to their belly-aching for the past two decades. Alas, copy-cat flaws and all, Windows commands 95%+ of the market and will continue to do so. So let us leave the belly-archers to have their fun and do what they enjoy best (belly-ache). The rest of us, back to work. Thanks to Gothamist for the story on the Vista PR stunt. Oh yeah, thanks to Apple for those very cool Mac TV ads.

laura

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:54:27 -0500

I've no use for euphemisms, Eunice. Retarded he is.

Schadenfreudian Mensch

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:53:24 -0500

I second on the opinion that Vista is piece of crap full of DRMs. Why in the world would I spend my hard eared money on this downgrade, preventing me from listening/watching my legally purchased software and basically being the defacto arm of the music/movie industry. Ugh. I'm keeping XP for as long as I can.

wirc

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:53:12 -0500

Let's leave the stupid Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD/Solaris discussion to the people on Slashdot. No matter how 1337 you OS is, you shouldn't be a dick.

Ben

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:48:42 -0500

Somehow I think calling people retarded just because they find MacOS "frustrating" and "unintuitive" is not helping things. Let's just say he's OS-impaired.

laura

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:34:13 -0500

Anyone who actually finds the MacOS interface "frustrating" or "unintuitive," especially when compared to anything Microsoft offers, is likely retarded. Wow.

Matthew

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:05:12 -0500

I'll be waiting for the bugs to be worked out on this one. XP works more than well enough for me now. Vista looks pretty like OSX, without having the unintuitive frustrating interface of the Mac OS. Upgrades are in the future for me but I'm set for right now.

anomalous

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:02:26 -0500

When did gothamist become a gawker blog? Someone should get their facts straight before making accusations. Plus, the story is about the PR stunt, not the OS.

Jen

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:53:12 -0500

Well, we did extensively cover the opening of the Apple Store.

someone

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:38:26 -0500

what is wrong with you shills, the new MS operating system stinks! its just more DRM to lock you in and strip your privacy. anyone who knows anything about computers is not that excited about this dumb 'upgrade' (used very loosely). dont give in to the hype! are you guys being paid for this? this is the 2nd gawker blog i saw pimping this lame duck (consumerist being the other).