Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S

~Darkseeker~ · 08-25-2011, 04:12 PM

Those adverts, where they take a person who more than likely just uses email and facebook on a reasonably old computer, then force a mid-range looking laptop on them, so they can use facebook at a million fps.

The most recent one is the worst, that PC is only 4 years old, probably not a bad PC.

clacker · 08-26-2011, 08:10 AM

It doesn't make any sense, what do they mean when they say "I'm a PC".

foothead · 08-26-2011, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clacker

It doesn't make any sense, what do they mean when they say "I'm a PC".

It's from the old mac commercials.

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~Darkseeker~ · 08-26-2011, 09:47 AM

^ yeah, like some middle-aged woman being forced to upgrade their probably perfectly ample computers lol

clacker · 08-27-2011, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Darkseeker~

Those adverts, where they take a person who more than likely just uses email and facebook on a reasonably old computer, then force a mid-range looking laptop on them, so they can use facebook at a million fps.

The most recent one is the worst, that PC is only 4 years old, probably not a bad PC.

They're just trying to make people think that they have to upgrade their computer every four years, quite a good idea really.

**berry120** · 08-28-2011, 10:03 AM

It's not just PC advertising. Most advertising in general works by trying to force stuff on people that they don't need... it's how the world works these days!

**David Lindon** · 08-28-2011, 04:29 PM

Yeah, the one on the radio with the school kid saying how word art is going to make their essays look much better. Word out for essays? I certainly don't remember being encouraged to do anything like that, you should be more focused on the grammar and spelling etc

~Darkseeker~ · 08-28-2011, 04:44 PM

If i'd used the tacky crap in Word Art in anything i did in high/secondary school, i'd probably have it thrown back at me D:

**berry120** · 08-28-2011, 06:01 PM

Word art has been available since office 95 (I can confess to using it back when I didn't know better...) not sure why they're suddenly pushing it for essays though - it was bad enough watching tacky year 7 powerpoint presentations using wordart on every slide...

dorfman · 08-29-2011, 09:38 AM

Are we really complaining about people probably getting free P.C's from a commercial?

At any rate: Those people probably had XP (which Microsoft does not support anymore) or the God awful Vista...

It could be like Apple who releases a new product every year so you HAVE to go buy it. Iphone 5?... Ipad 2? exactly.

08-25-2011, 04:12 PM	#1
~Darkseeker~ Fully Optimized Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,974	Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S Those adverts, where they take a person who more than likely just uses email and facebook on a reasonably old computer, then force a mid-range looking laptop on them, so they can use facebook at a million fps. The most recent one is the worst, that PC is only 4 years old, probably not a bad PC. __________________ Customised Packard-Bell iPower:- AMD Athlon X2 4600+, 2GB DDR, 2x7600GT (SLI) Steam+XBL: ReincarnHATE925, Blizzard RealID: Ibanezjunkie94@hotmail.co.uk

08-26-2011, 08:10 AM	#2
clacker BSOD Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 584	Re: Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S It doesn't make any sense, what do they mean when they say "I'm a PC".

08-26-2011, 09:47 AM	#4
~Darkseeker~ Fully Optimized Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,974	Re: Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S ^ yeah, like some middle-aged woman being forced to upgrade their probably perfectly ample computers lol __________________ Customised Packard-Bell iPower:- AMD Athlon X2 4600+, 2GB DDR, 2x7600GT (SLI) Steam+XBL: ReincarnHATE925, Blizzard RealID: Ibanezjunkie94@hotmail.co.uk

08-28-2011, 10:03 AM	#6
berry120 Site Team Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,629	Re: Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S It's not just PC advertising. Most advertising in general works by trying to force stuff on people that they don't need... it's how the world works these days! __________________ Save the whales, feed the hungry, free the mallocs.

08-28-2011, 04:29 PM	#7
David Lindon Site Team Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 15,209	Re: Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S Yeah, the one on the radio with the school kid saying how word art is going to make their essays look much better. Word out for essays? I certainly don't remember being encouraged to do anything like that, you should be more focused on the grammar and spelling etc __________________ www.ComputerForums.org

08-28-2011, 04:44 PM	#8
~Darkseeker~ Fully Optimized Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,974	Re: Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S If i'd used the tacky crap in Word Art in anything i did in high/secondary school, i'd probably have it thrown back at me D: __________________ Customised Packard-Bell iPower:- AMD Athlon X2 4600+, 2GB DDR, 2x7600GT (SLI) Steam+XBL: ReincarnHATE925, Blizzard RealID: Ibanezjunkie94@hotmail.co.uk

08-28-2011, 06:01 PM	#9
berry120 Site Team Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,629	Re: Windows 7 Adverts (UK ones atleast) - do the annoy anyone else? :S Word art has been available since office 95 (I can confess to using it back when I didn't know better...) not sure why they're suddenly pushing it for essays though - it was bad enough watching tacky year 7 powerpoint presentations using wordart on every slide... __________________ Save the whales, feed the hungry, free the mallocs.

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