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Who knew Microsoft could be funny?

Who knew Microsoft could be funny? Software 42 posts Apr 10, 2002 — Sep 27, 2004

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#1 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 11:34

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/office....asp&contonly=1

#2 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 12:10

That one blonde chick in there was quite attractive. i would paint Windows colored Apple logos with her anyday.

#3 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 12:16

Anyone have this in a QT format? I don't do windows...

#4 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 12:34

Quote:

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
Anyone have this in a QT format? I don't do windows...

I have a feeling that MS wouldn't push QuickTime on their own site.

#5 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 13:38

Yeah, but that's a web page for Mac users!
Anyhow, when it comes to unintentional humor, I've been laughing my @ss off at M$ for years!

#6 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 14:58

Jeez... The commercial was funny, but the experience of watching it was not.

Static in the audio, jerking picture, pixelation. A true testament to the quality of Streaming Windows Media. (Not that non-streaming is any better.) This on a T3 with an Athlon 1700! It's not my hardware giving the poor playback!

How is it that the superior choice in video has been overlooked for over a decade now??

[ 04-10-2002: Message edited by: RAzaRazor ]

#7 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 15:14

Yeesh. Am I the only one who felt dirty after watching it?

****, I'm gunna go take a shower.

#8 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 15:25

I have a sick feeling in my stomach...

I feel dirty too...

It was put together well... I did enjoy it...

I just feel dirty having watched it...

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� FERRO 2001-2002

[ 04-10-2002: Message edited by: FERRO ]

#9 Wed, 10 Apr 2002 - 15:39

Haha, pretty cool video, but god damn do I hate WMP. I can bare the actual file playing player, but the streaming player is horrendous, yech. When will the world learn that Quicktime is the one and only? I mean there is really no need for RealPlayer pr WMP when you have Quicktime.

[ 04-10-2002: Message edited by: sek929 ]

#10 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 07:55

Does anyone know how to save this off?

The actual video is located at this URL: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/about/...World2_300k.wvx
(And one can play it in a bigger window by going directly there.)

Yet ... I still am unable to save it off ... (Does this format even allow this?)

#11 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 08:10

Quote:

Originally posted by driven:

Yet ... I still am unable to save it off ... (Does this format even allow this?)

It is a stream so you can't save it.

#12 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 08:17

Quote:

It is a stream so you can't save it.

yeah...how about a quicktime movie?

small .mov

big .mov

i loove this movie! thank you kevin browne and microsoft...[did i just say "thanks" to microsoft?]...

[ 04-11-2002: Message edited by: Miami ]

#13 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 08:42

I've soiled my armor!

#14 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 10:05

Quote:

Originally posted by Miami:


yeah...how about a quicktime movie?

small .mov

big .mov

i loove this movie! thank you kevin browne and microsoft...[did i just say "thanks" to microsoft?]...

[ 04-11-2002: Message edited by: Miami ]

Miami,
You rock! Thank you!

#15 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 11:17

Quote:

Originally posted by RAzaRazor:
Jeez... The commercial was funny, but the experience of watching it was not.

Static in the audio, jerking picture, pixelation. A true testament to the quality of Streaming Windows Media. (Not that non-streaming is any better.) This on a T3 with an Athlon 1700! It's not my hardware giving the poor playback!

How is it that the superior choice in video has been overlooked for over a decade now??

That was good. As for Windows Streaming Media on a PC it looks really good. As for streaming Windows still kicks Quicktimes ass.

[ 04-11-2002: Message edited by: Orange Luna ]

#16 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 11:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Orange Luna:


That was good. As for Windows Streaming Media on a PC it looks really good. As for streaming Windows still kicks Quicktimes ass.

[ 04-11-2002: Message edited by: Orange Luna ]

Yeeeeeaaaaah, you keep telling yourself that...

To quote an earlier post:

Quote:

Static in the audio, jerking picture, pixelation. A true testament to the quality of Streaming Windows Media. (Not that non-streaming is any better.) This on a T3 with an Athlon 1700! It's not my hardware giving the poor playback!

#17 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 11:33

That's one creepy video.

#18 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 11:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Timo:
That's one creepy video.

I was thinking the same.

#19 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 11:45

Ending with M$ taking a bite out of Apple... Hmmm...

I also don't like the "Mac people are hippies"... Please...

Anyway, I can't stand WiMP... every time a "friend" sends me a little footage using it, I get sick... <JOKE> I wonder why they don't try to make a VERY good version for OSX so some people would start using it </JOKE>

#20 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 11:45

#21 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 12:15

Quote:

Originally posted by daimoni:
... where's RealPlayer for OS X?

AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Tell me you were just joking.

#22 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 12:26

Quote:

Originally posted by daimoni:
Yes. Creepy. Disturbing. And I wonder how much $ they spent on it? Could be more than Apple's broadcast advertising budget?

Regarding WMP vs. the world... I still prefer QT of course. But stop being whiny bitches... I've seen plenty of poorly produced/encoded QT movies. At least Microsoft released WMP for OS X... where's RealPlayer for OS X?

I really hope they don't unleash that dung on us ....

#23 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 - 13:08

the cool thing about the movie: it's available in quicktime from microsoft's server and it's really really funny! bill is so nerdy...

the bad thing: they screwed up badly with the compression. obviously done with the standard edition of sorenson 3 and no sound compression at all. if they would've taken the qdesign codec the movie could be four times smaller. or better yet: the aac codec from quicktime 6. now that would be a bitter sweet irony...ts ts...

but hey, it's microsoft

#24 Fri, 12 Apr 2002 - 00:15

Quote:

Originally posted by TNproud2b:


AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Tell me you were just joking.

We can only pray that he is.

Real Player = Bane of my existence

#25 Fri, 12 Apr 2002 - 00:55

Yech. Another stereotype of Mac users to be hippies.

I guess the good thing about it is that it's made by MS, so that when someone inevitably asks me about it, I can say: what do you expect? It's made by MS. They're idiots.

In general, I hate ass-kissing. However, MS insults you even when they're kissing your ass. Great...

#26 Thu, 23 Sep 2004 - 22:20

anyone still have a copy of this? i remember it being funny

#27 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 - 01:14

link dont work .. dagnabit

#28 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 - 04:11

#29 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 - 04:37

blimey no wonder the links didn't work - 2 years old!

#30 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 - 04:39

geez... that's pointless.