Comments on: Mac Fans Freak Out Over Microsoft’s “Lauren” Ad

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:38:49 +0000

Did she even enter the Apple store?: http://tiny12.tv/0SK8M

By: Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:07:19 +0000

Joey: Comparing this to the I’m a Mac/PC ad isn’t an apt comparison, since those are obviously a farcical work of fiction, whereas the Microsoft ad purports to be “real-life”.

I’m just nitpicking though– I agree with you that it doesn’t matter if she’s a professional actress. Everybody buys computers.

By: Pete Forde

Pete Forde — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:42:56 +0000

On a similar, but unrelated note… someone in the Toronto LiveJournal community was asking to buy anyone’s used copy of “The Secret” as she “needed a new source of positivity in her life.”

I immediately offered her $25 or her choice of three books that would make her life better, if she would just promise not to read “The Secret.” In fact, I made it an open offer to anyone in the community that would promise not to waste their lives reading “The Secret.”

The books I offered were:

* The Dip by Seth Godin
* The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
* Influence by Robert Cialdini

I never heard from her, or anyone else. Conclusion: people on LiveJournal enjoy lying to themselves.

By: Alistair Morton

Alistair Morton — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:19:55 +0000

I will agree with the premise that Microsoft seems to have made an ad for people who were going to buy a PC anyway. Comparing apples with apples.

However it seems more like an ad for HP than it does Microsoft though.