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Microsoft Makes A Cheap Jibe At Apple Mouse
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:35 am Reply and quote this post
In an advert about Microsoft Windows Vista certified products the coach (he trains the products to become certified) congratulates a Microsoft mouse and gives the mouse a ‘certified’ sticker. Anyway he opens the door and props it open with an Apple Mighty Mouse, it doesn’t get much screen time but I’m sure the aim to take a cheap jibe at Apple for it’s unusable mouses - well it’s true I own a Mac and the first thing I did was change the mouse.  The advert is called ‘door stop’. The site is here (requires flash).

Anyway here’s a screenshot. Click here for a larger version.

From iforgotthemilk.com



A bit like this :wink:Microsoft's envy at Apple!
Another Microsoft Ad with a Mac
Microsoft Norway Features Vista on an iMac

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Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:12 am Reply and quote this post
I wouldn't exactly call it a cheap jibe, considering alot of blatant put downs by Apple in their ads. Bill Ga(y)tes himself said something along the lines of "Apple don't make their products look good, they just do their best to rubbish other companies" I think it's quite true and their form of marketing is bloody childish. I can see quite a few mac zealots up in arms about this after the whole Apple "PC and Mac" campaign of just rubbishing Windows PCs.
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:48 am Reply and quote this post
I agree. I wrote about it on my blog on www.iforgotthemilk.wordpress.com
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Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:33 pm Reply and quote this post
Sorry IMHO Apple mice generally stink compared to Microsoft mice....
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