Advertising OOPS

[deathboy]

This is actually Currys / Dixons / PCWorld's advert for the fact that Windows 7 is out!



Am I the only person who doesn't think the message here is "Windows 7 won't run on your existing PC, better throw it away and get a new one at great expense"?

Way to undermine an actually decent MS product in an attempt to shift your own overpriced hardware!

Classic!

Comments

[born-ruined.livejournal.com]

dont worry any one going in there will only be forced to buy one with vista on cause they got an excess of them

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

No, no. The message isn't, "Your existing hardware is inadequate and unsatisfying and just not up to the task at hand (and, incidentally, so is your computer)."

No, the REAL message is, "When you install Windows 7 on your machine, it will fuck things up so badly that you will have to throw away the entire machine and start over."

[smarriveurr.livejournal.com]

See, that's more the first impression I get. Though I admit there is still a hint of "Throw out your old machine, Vista was shit, 7 is better (but even more bloated)."

[pete23.livejournal.com]

time for a mac.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

Would be cheaper to buy two new PCs.

[pete23.livejournal.com]

yep.

[crm.livejournal.com]

would probably work twice as well :P

*dum dum tish*

[wrong1.livejournal.com]

There's always one.

[pete23.livejournal.com]

sorry. did think twice. failed.

[sideband.livejournal.com]

Screw that noise. Install Linux. Be happy.

[pete23.livejournal.com]

done. gf main box is unubtued. how can I say this...

too much hassle, disappointing. sorry.

[darkcryst.livejournal.com]

agreed. Linux is an annoying, frustrating, and mostly incomplete experience.

I love it for it's potential, but I've tried Ubuntu, Red Hat, Suse, Debian, and others... it's just not a replacement OS for anyone who isn't on the fringe of computer users.

and OH GOD the hardware issues...

It's a *GREAT* secondary OS tho.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

great to have on a CD or usb key for emergencies, but I don't use it for daily stuff.

[darkcryst.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. I have a knoppix and ubuntu live CD for exactly those situations.

[smarriveurr.livejournal.com]

Yes, this. Excellent for imaging, recovery, even troubleshooting. Not what I'd use 24/7.

[hippiegunnut.livejournal.com]

Weird. One thing that impressed me with Windows 7 is the fact it worked on my hardware without spending half a day downloading drivers (on a different machine and copying over with a usb key cause the networking doesn't work at all on a default install) which linux has done for years for me.

The thing that impressed me most though was the fact I didn't get the Fear & Loathing I normally get when I have to use Windows and in fact actually quite like it (I use Linux as my main OS at work and OS X at home)

[sideband.livejournal.com]

I said linux.. not pseudo-debian-almost-linux...

Try Fedora. You'll be much happier.

[shadowtherat.livejournal.com]

It's Currys/Dixons/PCWorld, they'd probably sell a computer that has slightly more power than a toaster just to get it off the floor and into some idiot's hands.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

trufax.

[megashrike.livejournal.com]

Apparently PC World are so desperate they'll knock £100 off any machine when you trade an old one in.

Totally ruins Microsofts 'this will run better on your current hardware than Vista' game plan.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

Totally ruins Microsofts 'this will run better on your current hardware than Vista' game plan.

that was largely my thinking.

[megashrike.livejournal.com]

Although I'll see that poor marketing campaign and raise you This one that I saw last time I was in London.

I understand the advert works in context, but poor tag line is poor.

[shadowtherat.livejournal.com]

I call that "truth in advertising."

[darkcryst.livejournal.com]

ahahahahahahahahaha! Oh my god. It's so true.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That's what it sounds like to me, too.

[dj-alexander.livejournal.com]

More a case of:

"You don't need a new PC, but we're hinting that you do as we like to sell expensive PCs, and we hope you're too stupid to understand that you don't. It's legally watertight as we can say that the advert is supposed to suggest that Windows 7 turns your existing PC into something new."

[robo-toda.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm currently installing a copy on to a 3 year old laptop that's been happily running 7 ultimate since the RC was first released.
Having said that, these adverts are for sheeple, and I echo most of the above.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

yip. it worked fine on my 4 year old box!

[sideband.livejournal.com]

It's reminiscent of the "Windows 95 Song" to my mind.

In other words, it says, "If you install this, you're GOING to need a new PC!"

[fengi.livejournal.com]

To me that translates as "...because, oops, the install goddamn destroyed your current one."

[danblood.livejournal.com]

Lowest Common Denominator: "but surely the process of getting a different kind of windows onto my pc would require wizards?"

[robo-toda.livejournal.com]

Only, apparently, if you're using the rc of ultimate, or, indeed,xp x64. Which is not a supported os for upgrading.

[buzz-chick.livejournal.com]

Belongs on failblog!!!