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- Twoism, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I like the "bootnote" at the bottom. Some of these reactionary diggers need to read that and stop flipping when they see a story that's already been around.
- Amplix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2just show me some boobies and I'll buy your product.. isn't that the way things are done nowadays?
- FoxHunter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"I am assuming they aren't using it here in the US because of all the student & teacher problems that have occured. Overseas countries always have the best ads :("
I think you have it wrong. The girl is sleeping with the geek to get her paper done, hence her unhappy look. I thought the same thing as you at first, but after much further review the new theory seems to work much better. :) - MacGyver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What's wrong with that? I'd rather see an MS ad like that than an apple ad with U2 or eminem dancing around like an ass.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I thought Apple's ads shouted "Look, dancing outlines! It makes no sense! Look at the silly monkey! >head asplode
- fourfive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When anybody thinks of microsoft sex is the first word that comes up.
- eviscerator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2all microsoft ads/commercials I've seen have been either annoying, or just plain uninteresting. I think this is one is great. It's aimed at a young audience and I don't think their traditional advertising works as well on young people as this might. I really don't see the problem with this. I guess people just wanna rant because it's microsoft.
- ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Because you agreed to use it with its bugs in the EULA.
- mancat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, umm... $199 is not student-freindly.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I am assuming they aren't using it here in the US because of all the student & teacher problems"
dude! that's not his teacher, the female is the student having sex with the nerdy dude so he would do her homework. They are both students... This is an antinerdy guy ad. The ad is saying that if she had MS office she could do it herself instead of having to pay the high price of being with the nerdy dude. - JayWright, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Finally! I have learned the perfect pickup line! Me to hot chick at bar: "Umm, I have Microsoft Office 2003... wanna go back to my place?"
Hell Yeah. Works every time - mrmontrose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is rad, although you really don't have to advertise to studens, most get or have office anyway at least the ones i know
- pixel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't forget this one from few years back:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/video/30sekdt01.mpeg - b04155, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you mean "EVERYONE uses sex to sell"
- hoowahman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I bet Bill got all the ladies just like that back in the day. Hey whatever works!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I can believe that he would have sex with her just so she would do his homework. I guess you have to do what you have to do...
/sarcasm - mcbesq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"You know... maybe this "sex" advertising would work on other products. How about beer and other alcoholic beverages? Maybe even soda. And snack foods. And diet foods. And cars. And cell phones. And tobacco. And travel destinations.
We could even put sexual content into movies. Then, people would go see the movies with the sex in them.
Maybe, we could even use sex to sell tech-related products. We could start describing gadgets and computers as "sexy." You know, I think Microsoft's ad company is really onto something.
GROW UP MORONS! - paleck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just fyi, Microsoft sells software, not cars.
- greerso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That guy looks like a young Bill Gates.
- spxiii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"So... where's the sex in this ad?"
Good point. If anything, seeing this dork-on-hot-chick situation is counter-sexual. This makes me want to buy MS Office for the girl out of pity...I guess the ad worked after all.
Microsoft uses guilt to sell! - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sex sells... enough said.
- babelfishi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Tsk tsk!
Microsoft needs to get rid of their dino heads and think more like Apple! - roxas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0HA!
- Livert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sex is useless to sell stuff. Microsoft should get Chuck Norris in their ads. I was one who got cheated into buying the "Total Gym".
- Quantic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0""There's nothing at all wrong with using sex to sell things.
At least your ads are worth watching. The only people who bitch are the conservative anti-sex prudes that seem to be dominant in this country.
I'd much rather watch smutty ads as opposed to come corny, "I'd like to teach the world.." ***** song. I'd also be more inclined to buy.
Imagine... seeing two lesbians going to town on each other, then seeing, "Drink Coke, Get Hoes." Holy *****.. while I know I won't get hoes, I'd certainly be inclined to buy a coke just because their ads are better than the rest!
I'm serious, too."
I agree. Excellent comment. I, too, would like to get my porn fix while watching car commercials."
Thats pretty pathetic. And just for your information I am hardly of a conservative if that's what you're thinking. I think its quite sad that now a days rather then selling a quality product for what it is, they have to use sex or something close to it, in order to attract attention. - PottsyNZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Old ad??! Hrm, that ad must be recent-ish. Teacher and Student has only recently come down from 299.
Oh yeh, I live in NZ and work in a computer store if you're wondering why I know that heh. - Tycho7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, I'm impressed. I can't tell which is better, the look on the girl's face, or the guy's face. Thanks wayjer!
- drbroccoli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice. What really bothers me is the "Student friendly $199". Student friendly? Are you implying that we should want to pay 200 dollars for a simple office suite? And what's up with those dinosaur heads? Microsoft has no right to use them. If anything, they are behind the times.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That guy looks just like Bill Gates...
- supergwiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0More Billy centerfold spread:
http://blog.monkeymethods.org/2005/01/bill-gates-strikes-pose-for-teen-beat.html - twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bill Gates was only 15 when that pic was taken. The model, unfortunately, looked to her right when she got out of the bed, promptly went to her dressing room, vomited and commited suicide. Sad, really.
- rstevens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just move to Linux and stop paying for Microsoft software.
- Mr.X, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's funny as hell :P
- mcbesq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"dunno, my favorite Apple ad has to be that one that is a blatant scene-for-scene rip off of a music video. With what they charge for their stuff, you'd think they could buy a new idea."
Which one? They ripped off the Postal Service and they ripped off the Lugz commercial (the Eminem ad) - JustMatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Dugg for the "and scaring small children" bit. Does no one else find that just completely hilarious?
- Dufresne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they aren't using sex to sell it. Their ad is just slightly sexual. Its not like it is something we haven't seen before.
- kolavar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"There's nothing at all wrong with using sex to sell things.
At least your ads are worth watching. The only people who bitch are the conservative anti-sex prudes that seem to be dominant in this country.
I'd much rather watch smutty ads as opposed to come corny, "I'd like to teach the world.." ***** song. I'd also be more inclined to buy.
Imagine... seeing two lesbians going to town on each other, then seeing, "Drink Coke, Get Hoes." Holy *****.. while I know I won't get hoes, I'd certainly be inclined to buy a coke just because their ads are better than the rest!
I'm serious, too."
I agree. Excellent comment. I, too, would like to get my porn fix while watching car commercials. - rmdl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There's nothing at all wrong with using sex to sell things.
At least your ads are worth watching. The only people who bitch are the conservative anti-sex prudes that seem to be dominant in this country.
I'd much rather watch smutty ads as opposed to come corny, "I'd like to teach the world.." ***** song. I'd also be more inclined to buy.
Imagine... seeing two lesbians going to town on each other, then seeing, "Drink Coke, Get Hoes." Holy *****.. while I know I won't get hoes, I'd certainly be inclined to buy a coke just because their ads are better than the rest!
I'm serious, too. - schrags, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's terrrrible... yet hillarious.
- rodbibeau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0thats awesome. i am glad microsoft can finally start to get rid of that dirty old man image.
- RickySan65, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So... where's the sex in this ad? all i see is a grinning geek and a bored looking girl in bed, if you regard that to be sex you really need to get out more..
- RobotCitizen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think that ad in the article is hilarious, but it definitely would not fly in the US after the several student/teacher sex scandals we've had in the news.
- biff198, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lol?
Correction: Microsoft USED sex to sell, since i haven't seen anything of the like recently.
I wonder how well it worked.
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http://www.crusaderflash.com/ - dipswitch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WALOC. OpenOffice.org SO turns me on! Ok back then I was probably still using StarOffice, but still...
- spxiii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, I don't get the ad in general or the line about Linux guys. Most hardcore dorks are hardcore gamers, too. Most hardcore games are NOT on Linux. Are there a lot of seriously dorky Linux guys around? All the major dorks I knew in college or have had the pleasure of meeting afterwards tend to be deeply rooted in Microsoft. I'm not flaming, I'm really just curious.
As for the ad...that is a REALLY bad picture to put on a "Student and Teacher Edition". They both appear to be students, but the ad makes you instantly assume one is a teacher...which is bad... - HydraulicToast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Everyone is using sex to sell. Sherman-Williams could use a paint soaked stripper to advertise, and it wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Its annoying. - itsmrdumass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0New Zealanders have it all! Hot girls to screw and do your homework.
- c0dek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0dunno, my favorite Apple ad has to be that one that is a blatant scene-for-scene rip off of a music video. With what they charge for their stuff, you'd think they could buy a new idea...
- solargroovy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is reverse marketing. The message is supposedly, "Hot Sorority Chick, you don't have to sleep with nasty geeks to get your term papers done!". It's real message is, "Nasty Geek, if you know MS Office there are still some Hot Sorority Chicks that will sleep with you"
Dream the big dream guys. You know you would do anything just to get the HSC to talk to you; they know it too. - Sabotage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0two words -- GODADDY
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