Faraway, So Close

Watch this:

And then watch some/one of these:

And then read this if you’re still not convinced that Microsoft doesn’t get it. John (Chairman) Gruber, writer of Daring Fireball.net, always manages to write what I think I’m thinking but I have no idea how to actually write it… or actually think it.

I don’t think the ‘Get a Mac’ ads are particularly brilliant either, but this definitely doesn’t help sell a Windows OS to me. I guess they might be building to something with this.

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This is a current Microsoft internal video designed to help their sales force be pumped to sell Windows Vista. This is terrible.
Via Houston Chronicle’s Tech Blog

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Via kottke.org

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I think this is one of the first ‘viral’ videos I remember going around. It says a lot for the creators of this ad that, aside from the fact that it’s not as funny because of repeated viewings, the commercial could come out today and be just as relevant and current.

I guess it’s youtube day here today. Someone slowed down this Apple commercial and the result is a drunken Jeff Goldblum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmK1CnwOUI

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Sound familiar? The song is the background music for Apple’s commercial for the MacBook Air. According to TUAW it’s by an Israeli musician named Yael Naim.

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