Stupid PC commercials.

[quote]Originally posted by JungleMan:
<strong>5 words:

"Dude, you're getting a DELL"

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I couldn't agree more, I hate those stinkin Dell commercials.

All of the AOL Platinum (or whatever their latest one is) where the kid says "Wow! I'm surfin' the net!"

"Wow!"
"Wow!"

I just wanna yell out "Wow! You're being paid to act like a doofus!"

[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>All of the AOL Platinum (or whatever their latest one is) where the kid says "Wow! I'm surfin' the net!"

"Wow!"
"Wow!"

I just wanna yell out "Wow! You're being paid to act like a doofus!"</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agreed...LOL..I just want to say "It's so easy to get disconnected!"

Oh yeah, and now CNN is constantly on due to the terrorism events, and guess who owns CNN :mad: :mad:

I think the worst is the IBM clone one. I don't want no pugly *** girl in my face sayin "NO WAY". And look what you get for that: It crap.

[quote]Originally posted by mahdi:
<strong>The new Windows XP commercials...come one, is XP suppose to make you fly now?</strong><hr></blockquote>

That commercial came on the TV just as I was reading this. That scared me.

And I'd say the worst commercial commercial is where... let me see if I can get all the incongruities... an oversized (at least 2/3 the screen) MacOS-style message box pops up and displays each word in sync with a text to speech along the lines of "You have come to the end of the Internet. You have seen all there is to see. Please recall now." Maybe it was 'redial' or something like that. But it was for DSL or cable or something. I lost interest in the product quickly. But let's recap... we have a MacOS message box telling someone (literally) they've 'finished' the Internet while using their wonderful always-on product... and now have to redial a phone? Now speaking hypothetically, this will somehow resolve their lack of new information?

The knowing mind boggles.

Oh, and I find the MSN commercial flat out saying it's "agood alternative to AOL" mildly amusing. On many levels.

The Dell comercials are the best. Sure they're stupid and they repeat everything you've heard before. But they are also very effective. Its fun to watch how these various companies cast for customers. Remember, of all the products we buy in our life a computer is "way out there." How do you sell something that almost no one understands? Its a hell of a challange.

I'd have to say that the stupidest PC commercials are Gateway commecials. Now with talking cows...

Can it get much worse?

Kenny P.
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I say dell rates right up there.
With that dude who is suppost to be cool. I think there in a major store. I'm really getting tired of those.


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[quote]Originally posted by formatc_:
<strong>

That commercial came on the TV just as I was reading this. That scared me.

And I'd say the worst commercial commercial is where... let me see if I can get all the incongruities... an oversized (at least 2/3 the screen) MacOS-style message box pops up and displays each word in sync with a text to speech along the lines of "You have come to the end of the Internet. You have seen all there is to see. Please recall now." Maybe it was 'redial' or something like that. But it was for DSL or cable or something. I lost interest in the product quickly. But let's recap... we have a MacOS message box telling someone (literally) they've 'finished' the Internet while using their wonderful always-on product... and now have to redial a phone? Now speaking hypothetically, this will somehow resolve their lack of new information?

The knowing mind boggles.

Oh, and I find the MSN commercial flat out saying it's "agood alternative to AOL" mildly amusing. On many levels.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I've seen that one; it is for Direct TV DSL. It is pretty stupid, he is surfing and gets an error message that he is done surfing the Internet. But while it is just dumber then sh*t to us, it is a very good commercial idea for the average home user. I can see how it would be very appealing to someone that has never used DSL and has always used dial-up. :cool:

ok, so it's not a PC commercial, but I HATE that damn "zoom zoom" kid in the Mazda commercials. AHH!!! everytime he says it I just want to hurt someone.

Um, yeah, I hate those Dell commercials too.

The two that are starting to bug the hell outta me is the AT&T commercial for their broadband service. It's a parody of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" where the guy calls up his friend as a life-line and his internet connection keeps dropping so he can't find the needed information.

The other is the new Intel commerical with the damn space aliens. How the hell do you go from the Blue Man Group to space aliens? I guess I'll never understand that company.

Those stupid Dell commercials featuring that hideously ugly "surfer dude" kid is pissing me off more than making me want to buy one of those craptastic PCs.

Gateway's latest commercial is really dumb too. A decent machine with Windows XP and a TFT display for $999? All that makes me want to do is buy it so I can scrap it for parts.

The Gateway Cow's are the wrost.

The radio commercials for Shaw cable are annoying. Where the kids are threatening to take over the library until they all get high speed cable internet.

My company just released a commercial for their retail side. I can't help but laugh, but only because I work here and I know what our techs do to systems.

I can't stand the dsl/cable adds down here as each tries to top the other with stupidity