Microsoft to pitch Windows 7 via home parties

***AppleInsider*** · 09-23-2009, 08:27 PM

Microsoft is promoting the release of Windows 7 by encouraging users to throw Tupperware-like house parties in celebration of the launch.

The new campaign encourages participants to print out Windows 7 advertising banners for their home along with "host notes" outlining how to talk about Windows 7 in glowing terms. There's even a question and answer pamphlet, of which the official launch party web site recommends, "download and print this fun activity to keep the party going!"

With the new security features in Windows 7, it's unlikely the parties will get too carried away. Interestingly, the quiz pamphlet has nothing to do with Windows 7; it's all trivia about Microsoft. One question asks, "Most of Microsoft employees are 29 years of age or younger…. FALSE. 16.8% are 29 or under, 45.0% are 30-39, and 38.2% are 40 and over."

For users still unsure about how to host their friends over for an ad pitch, Microsoft has developed a series of videos that portray a wide demographic of people all demonstrating how to excitedly talk about Microsoft's new software features.

In one spot, four model party hosts explain what users need to do to prepare to host a successful party "with Windows 7 as an honored guest." First, they recommend that users need to install Windows 7 and play with it before hosting their party, calling customer service for support if necessary.

After that, launch party hosts can pick from a variety of fun, Windows 7 related activities created for their home launch event by Microsoft. Each activity has a video demonstration to follow in order to ensure a successful party.

Windows 7 Party... Winner

Microsoft sponsored a contest to sign up a "very limited" number of official launch party hosts, each of whom will receive a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate signed by Bill Gates, along with an undisclosed "Windows 7 Party Pack."

This week, the company announced a list of "finalists" for potential parties. "Receiving the finalist email doesn't mean you've been accepted to host just yet. You will need to be among the first to respond via a link within your email to be confirmed as a host," wrote Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc in a blog posting on the party organizer site. "This extra step is needed due to the amazing response we've had from people interested in hosting a local Launch Party."

Despite the limited number of official party organizers that Microsoft will ultimately award with free software, LeBlanc assured everyone else, "you can still hold a Windows 7 gathering of your own."

Party on a budget

This spring, Microsoft launched a similar home party effort to sell its Xbox 360 gaming console to women. It awarded about a thousand women across the country a $150 "Xbox Party Pack" that included "microwaveable popcorn, the Xbox trivia game 'Scene It? Box Office Smash,' an Xbox universal media remote control, a three-month subscription to Xbox Live, and 1,600 Xbox Live points (used for game, movie and TV show purchases)," according to a report picked up by Silicon Alley insider.

The low budget party campaigns are a marked departure from the glitzy launch of Windows Vista, which spent millions on advertising but failed to achieve the desired result. The company has since spent $300 million on campaigns that ranged from the Mojave Experiment, which portrayed the problems of Windows Vista as being a big misunderstanding, to a short-lived set of ads that portrayed Bill Gates alongside Jerry Seinfeld, a series of spots reacting to Apple's Get a Mac ads, and most recently ads that present PC buyers explaining that they're not cool enough for an expensive Apple computer.

Microsoft has also ventured into criticism for low budget ads used in promoting its Songsmith title, and a commercial for Internet Explorer 8 that was considered so tasteless and offensive the company had it pulled.

[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]

Samnuva · 09-23-2009, 08:35 PM

Anybody else find this absolutely hysterical?

TheBestMan · 09-23-2009, 08:35 PM

I was going to highlight the things that made me either actually laugh out loud or had my mouth hanging open but it was nearly the whole thing. It's like an Onion article.

Print your own banners? Host a Windows 7 party yourself?

Thank you for providing me a much needed laugh, Microsoft. Or the pranksters who put this together if it indeed is a joke.

TheBestMan · 09-23-2009, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

Microsoft has also ventured into criticism for low budget ads used in promoting its Songsmith title, and a commercial for Internet Explorer 8 that was considered so tasteless and offensive the company had it pulled.

[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]

Holy smokes, I was oblivious to this as well and had to look it up. Yowza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB9fhjnJcB0

Their marketers are worth their weight in comedic awfulness gold.

al_bundy · 09-23-2009, 08:41 PM

i want these drugs as well

Ireland · 09-23-2009, 08:43 PM

This video is a joke. I don't care, that's the viewpoint I'm taking. Bye!

PaulMJohnson · 09-23-2009, 08:44 PM

Microsoft really are impressive at managing to balls things up.

With Windows 7, from my experience of the beta, they actually seem to have a very decent OS, yet still they manage to make themselves look like morons.

anantksundaram · 09-23-2009, 08:45 PM

C'mon, this is a joke right? I mean, seriously......

sheff · 09-23-2009, 08:51 PM

LOL like bring this to TV sooner ok, can't wait.

Talk about the most unlikely group of friends ever. A couple, an old lady and a black guy... I could not stop laughing. Dialogue is even cheesier then the Sinefeld ads.

Hope Lauren shows up as an uninvited guest and tells how she wasn't cool enough for the Mac launch party.

Admiralkymia · 09-23-2009, 08:52 PM

In the Words of Microsoft... "OMGIGP!" This is so ridiculous. The class and caliber of Apple's advertising and announcements are so far above Microsoft's that Microsoft should just show ads made by amateurs with handycams.

Speaking of cams... I'm a cinematographer, and whoever shot this thing, needs to be shot himself. The constant zooming in and out and back and forth motion is an attention stealing "no, no" in cinematography. It's very unsettling.

Microsoft needs to stop burning its cash on lame marketing and pointless R&D (i.e. SongSmith) and start investing in stable software. Windows 7 is a vast improvement to the previous versions and I will actually be using it (I actually already am in my VM). But, no kudos will go to their marketing department, who need to stop smokn the peyote.

Gazoobee · 09-23-2009, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samnuva

Anybody else find this absolutely hysterical?

Yah!

I thought it was a joke at first. I went straight to the video and thought it was an SNL skit or something.

And I must say ... what an extremely likely "family grouping" they have there!

There are many families on my block with a traditional, 70 year old white lady who's 55 year old business-type daughter still lives at home and who is married to a token 30 something black guy and have a cool 20 something hipster dude as their best friend.

They are not at all like a moving version of business clip art!

The only question I have is where is the "young asian lady laughing" and the "mixed race baby playing with toys." Do they show up at the party later with Jerry Seinfeld?

adamw · 09-23-2009, 09:06 PM

This advertisement, was commented on by News.com, with a title that reads: "New Windows 7 launch video breaks bizarre barrier." This ad is legit, and is not a parody or anything, as they have a Microsoft Windows 7 HouseParty web site promoting these parties featuring some of the same individuals in this video.

nagromme · 09-23-2009, 09:09 PM

No one has posted this re-editing yet?

http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/windows-7-party.html

The magic of a few simple bleeps

(Found this at Daring Fireball.)

What's comical is to go to your favorite haunt for Microsoft apologists (mine is Engadget) and see the Microsoft fans flailing to defend this concept, and throwing "fanboy" at anyone who makes fun of it

rbonner · 09-23-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samnuva

Anybody else find this absolutely hysterical?

I am onboard.

camroidv27 · 09-23-2009, 09:16 PM

I think the article forgot to mention the site in its entirety. Its an ad campaign that MANY different companies use, from Food companies, to MS, to Barbie to others. So don't give MS all the credit here folks. I find it really funny and tacky myself, but MS isn't hosting the ad, HouseParty.com is hosting the ad.

And in searching the site, I found some Apple parties too... not made by Apple, but made by Apple fans.

AI, I think you are scraping for "news" which really isn't news, its clearly poor sportsmanship. Its like Fox bashing Obama for ratings, or MSNBC bashing Bush for ratings. Just not good journalism.
I ask: HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO APPLE!?

Quadra 610 · 09-23-2009, 09:19 PM

Quadra 610 · 09-23-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camroidv27

AI, I think you are scraping for "news" which really isn't news, its clearly poor sportsmanship. Its like Fox bashing Obama for ratings, or MSNBC bashing Bush for ratings. Just not good journalism.
I ask: HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO APPLE!?

Ripping on a company that regularly gets showed up by smaller competition that is half its size with half its recources is fun.

delreyjones · 09-23-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camroidv27

I think the article forgot to mention the site in its entirety. Its an ad campaign that MANY different companies use, from Food companies, to MS, to Barbie to others. So don't give MS all the credit here folks. I find it really funny and tacky myself, but MS isn't hosting the ad, HouseParty.com is hosting the ad.

And in searching the site, I found some Apple parties too... not made by Apple, but made by Apple fans.

AI, I think you are scraping for "news" which really isn't news, its clearly poor sportsmanship. Its like Fox bashing Obama for ratings, or MSNBC bashing Bush for ratings. Just not good journalism.
I ask: HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO APPLE!?

How does it relate? Apple and Microsoft are direct competitors. Microsoft has a huge number of customers. Apple wants those customers. Simple.

Roos24 · 09-23-2009, 09:30 PM

Sad, very sad indeed.

jetlaw · 09-23-2009, 09:30 PM

I know this is probably a really obvious joke, but wouldn't there by a really high risk of Windows 7 "crashing the party!?"

Old Bob · 09-23-2009, 09:31 PM

This is really a classic example of "viral" marketing at its best.

NasserAE · 09-23-2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samnuva

Anybody else find this absolutely hysterical?

I couldn't stop laughing

This would make a hilarious "I'am Mac" ad if Apple knows how to use it

Jon T · 09-23-2009, 09:41 PM

Notice that NonVendorFan isn't around because he's run off to plan and prepare his Vista7 party for one..

Glad to see that Microsoft's marketing continues to be as bad as their products.

jpellino · 09-23-2009, 09:41 PM

Make sure you have drapes on your windows. No telling what silliness Mac aficionados will go to to "enhance" your party. For more details, bing "pressed ham". First result will suffice.

gearhunter · 09-23-2009, 09:47 PM

OMFG M$!

Cringe

camroidv27 · 09-23-2009, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delreyjones

How does it relate? Apple and Microsoft are direct competitors. Microsoft has a huge number of customers. Apple wants those customers. Simple.

Although I fail to see how a Win7 house party can affect Apple (which in itself says something about the MS side), maybe I should have rephrased this.

I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT APPLE, NOT MICROSOFT!

Quadra 610 · 09-23-2009, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetlaw

I know this is probably a really obvious joke, but wouldn't there by a really high risk of Windows 7 "crashing the party!?"

WELL D

NE!

jpellino · 09-23-2009, 09:56 PM

Cougar? Check.
Minority? Check.
Onion dip, balloons, loser of the Ted Allen lookalike contest flashing gang signs?
Check, check, check.
Thrown in some caffeine for the cameraman, some nitrous oxide for the talent, and voila!
You too can script your way through a spontaneous laff-a-minute evening.
How can this not succeed beyond all possible expectations?

technohermit · 09-23-2009, 09:57 PM

I cannot help but be unimpressed with the $300M budget for advertising their product, when they could have just subsidized the cost of the OS with that money. It would sell better if it were cheaper.

Aussie John · 09-23-2009, 10:00 PM

If this isnt a joke then it is a last gasp desperate strategy my Mircosoft to be hip.

Bilbo63 · 09-23-2009, 10:09 PM

Okay, I was having a pretty good day until I saw this!

This is freaking hilarious! I don't care if it's legit or not. It almost made me pee myself a little.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Abster2core · 09-23-2009, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

Microsoft is promoting the release of Windows 7 by encouraging users to throw Tupperware-like house parties in celebration of the launch.

The new campaign encourages participants to print out Windows 7 advertising banners for their home along with "host notes" outlining how to talk about Windows 7 in glowing terms. There's even a question and answer pamphlet, of which the official launch party web site recommends, "download and print this fun activity to keep the party going!"

Missing from Host Notes

Open all windows. Doorways may be crammed by folks trying to get out.

Rot'nApple · 09-23-2009, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

The new campaign encourages participants to print out Windows 7 advertising banners for their home along with "host notes" outlining how to talk about Windows 7 in glowing terms.

The year... 2009!

The OS... Windows 7!

The Launch... Party down with those cool "geriatric" cats from Redmond!

The Party Theme Song... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n...nce-1999_music

paxman · 09-23-2009, 10:27 PM

One word - squirmfest

Abster2core · 09-23-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

"This extra step is needed due to the amazing response we've had from people interested in hosting a local Launch Party."

Interesting use of a word

amazing |əˈmāzi ng |
adjective
causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing : an amazing number of people registered | it is amazing how short your memory is.
• informal startlingly impressive : she makes the most amazing cakes.

DERIVATIVES
amazingly adverb : [ sentence adverb ] amazingly, Alan escaped with a few cuts and bruises | [as submodifier ] an amazingly good idea.

amaze |əˈmāz|
verb [ trans. ] (often be amazed)
surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment : he was amazed at how modern everything was | [ trans. ] she was amazed that Paul should notice her | [as adj. ] ( amazed) she shook her head in amazed disbelief.

ORIGIN Old English āmasian, of unknown origin.

Must admit, the copywriter certainly did himself proud. However he better collect his bonus before Balmer reads the obits.

teckstud · 09-23-2009, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quadra 610

Wasn't he in Pan's Labyrinth?

backtomac · 09-23-2009, 10:45 PM

After watching that awesome video on how to throw a Windows 7 House party i can only conclude that MS doesn't want anyone under the age of 50 to willing use windows.

Bonus activities FTW!

Abster2core · 09-23-2009, 10:52 PM

In all seriousness folks, check out the parties already planned.

They even have a Launch Party World View. Maybe you will recognize a friend or two.

And check out the comments, e.g., sunmd said...

"Windows 7 will make snow leopard extinct. Going to be a sweet party." Amazing.

http://houseparty.com/windows7/details

DJRumpy · 09-23-2009, 11:11 PM

Even their parties have to be scripted? They have to outline how to talk about W7 in glowing terms?

Are they just afraid of spontaneity and originality?

That video was truly cringe worthy ^_^

Maybe they should ask that little girl who's so gifted in working with her PC's photo software how to have a little fun?

johnmcboston · 09-23-2009, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samnuva

Anybody else find this absolutely hysterical?

no. just sad

09-23-2009, 08:27 PM	#1
*AppleInsider* Kasper's Automated Slave Join Date: Nov 1997 Posts: 6,151	Microsoft to pitch Windows 7 via home parties Microsoft is promoting the release of Windows 7 by encouraging users to throw Tupperware-like house parties in celebration of the launch. The new campaign encourages participants to print out Windows 7 advertising banners for their home along with "host notes" outlining how to talk about Windows 7 in glowing terms. There's even a question and answer pamphlet, of which the official launch party web site recommends, "download and print this fun activity to keep the party going!" With the new security features in Windows 7, it's unlikely the parties will get too carried away. Interestingly, the quiz pamphlet has nothing to do with Windows 7; it's all trivia about Microsoft. One question asks, "Most of Microsoft employees are 29 years of age or younger…. FALSE. 16.8% are 29 or under, 45.0% are 30-39, and 38.2% are 40 and over." For users still unsure about how to host their friends over for an ad pitch, Microsoft has developed a series of videos that portray a wide demographic of people all demonstrating how to excitedly talk about Microsoft's new software features. In one spot, four model party hosts explain what users need to do to prepare to host a successful party "with Windows 7 as an honored guest." First, they recommend that users need to install Windows 7 and play with it before hosting their party, calling customer service for support if necessary. After that, launch party hosts can pick from a variety of fun, Windows 7 related activities created for their home launch event by Microsoft. Each activity has a video demonstration to follow in order to ensure a successful party. Windows 7 Party... Winner Microsoft sponsored a contest to sign up a "very limited" number of official launch party hosts, each of whom will receive a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate signed by Bill Gates, along with an undisclosed "Windows 7 Party Pack." This week, the company announced a list of "finalists" for potential parties. "Receiving the finalist email doesn't mean you've been accepted to host just yet. You will need to be among the first to respond via a link within your email to be confirmed as a host," wrote Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc in a blog posting on the party organizer site. "This extra step is needed due to the amazing response we've had from people interested in hosting a local Launch Party." Despite the limited number of official party organizers that Microsoft will ultimately award with free software, LeBlanc assured everyone else, "you can still hold a Windows 7 gathering of your own." Party on a budget This spring, Microsoft launched a similar home party effort to sell its Xbox 360 gaming console to women. It awarded about a thousand women across the country a $150 "Xbox Party Pack" that included "microwaveable popcorn, the Xbox trivia game 'Scene It? Box Office Smash,' an Xbox universal media remote control, a three-month subscription to Xbox Live, and 1,600 Xbox Live points (used for game, movie and TV show purchases)," according to a report picked up by Silicon Alley insider. The low budget party campaigns are a marked departure from the glitzy launch of Windows Vista, which spent millions on advertising but failed to achieve the desired result. The company has since spent $300 million on campaigns that ranged from the Mojave Experiment, which portrayed the problems of Windows Vista as being a big misunderstanding, to a short-lived set of ads that portrayed Bill Gates alongside Jerry Seinfeld, a series of spots reacting to Apple's Get a Mac ads, and most recently ads that present PC buyers explaining that they're not cool enough for an expensive Apple computer. Microsoft has also ventured into criticism for low budget ads used in promoting its Songsmith title, and a commercial for Internet Explorer 8 that was considered so tasteless and offensive the company had it pulled. [ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]

09-23-2009, 08:43 PM	#6
Ireland Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,558	This video is a joke. I don't care, that's the viewpoint I'm taking. Bye! Collecting my SSD iMac Fry-die. :D

09-23-2009, 08:51 PM	#9
sheff Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 121	Lol LOL like bring this to TV sooner ok, can't wait. Talk about the most unlikely group of friends ever. A couple, an old lady and a black guy... I could not stop laughing. Dialogue is even cheesier then the Sinefeld ads. Hope Lauren shows up as an uninvited guest and tells how she wasn't cool enough for the Mac launch party.

09-23-2009, 08:52 PM	#10
Admiralkymia Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	In the Words of Microsoft... In the Words of Microsoft... "OMGIGP!" This is so ridiculous. The class and caliber of Apple's advertising and announcements are so far above Microsoft's that Microsoft should just show ads made by amateurs with handycams. Speaking of cams... I'm a cinematographer, and whoever shot this thing, needs to be shot himself. The constant zooming in and out and back and forth motion is an attention stealing "no, no" in cinematography. It's very unsettling. Microsoft needs to stop burning its cash on lame marketing and pointless R&D (i.e. SongSmith) and start investing in stable software. Windows 7 is a vast improvement to the previous versions and I will actually be using it (I actually already am in my VM). But, no kudos will go to their marketing department, who need to stop smokn the peyote.

09-23-2009, 09:06 PM	#12
adamw Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 17	BIzarre says News.com This advertisement, was commented on by News.com, with a title that reads: "New Windows 7 launch video breaks bizarre barrier." This ad is legit, and is not a parody or anything, as they have a Microsoft Windows 7 HouseParty web site promoting these parties featuring some of the same individuals in this video. Last edited by adamw; 09-23-2009 at 09:25 PM..

09-23-2009, 08:35 PM	#2
Samnuva Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 223	Anybody else find this absolutely hysterical?

09-23-2009, 08:35 PM	#3
TheBestMan Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2	I was going to highlight the things that made me either actually laugh out loud or had my mouth hanging open but it was nearly the whole thing. It's like an Onion article. Print your own banners? Host a Windows 7 party yourself? Thank you for providing me a much needed laugh, Microsoft. Or the pranksters who put this together if it indeed is a joke.

09-23-2009, 08:41 PM	#5
al_bundy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 652	i want these drugs as well

09-23-2009, 08:44 PM	#7
PaulMJohnson Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 127	Microsoft really are impressive at managing to balls things up. With Windows 7, from my experience of the beta, they actually seem to have a very decent OS, yet still they manage to make themselves look like morons.

09-23-2009, 08:45 PM	#8
anantksundaram Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,218	C'mon, this is a joke right? I mean, seriously......

09-23-2009, 09:09 PM	#13
nagromme Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: No GPS signal. Posts: 1,169	No one has posted this re-editing yet? http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/windows-7-party.html The magic of a few simple bleeps (Found this at Daring Fireball.) What's comical is to go to your favorite haunt for Microsoft apologists (mine is Engadget) and see the Microsoft fans flailing to defend this concept, and throwing "fanboy" at anyone who makes fun of it nagromme Would you like a treatment?

09-23-2009, 09:16 PM	#15
camroidv27 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 329	I think the article forgot to mention the site in its entirety. Its an ad campaign that MANY different companies use, from Food companies, to MS, to Barbie to others. So don't give MS all the credit here folks. I find it really funny and tacky myself, but MS isn't hosting the ad, HouseParty.com is hosting the ad. And in searching the site, I found some Apple parties too... not made by Apple, but made by Apple fans. AI, I think you are scraping for "news" which really isn't news, its clearly poor sportsmanship. Its like Fox bashing Obama for ratings, or MSNBC bashing Bush for ratings. Just not good journalism. I ask: HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO APPLE!? openSuSe 11.2, 32 and 64 bit, for Mac and PC! "Shiny capt'n. Everything thing is A-Okay."

09-23-2009, 09:19 PM	#16
Quadra 610 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,056	(Formerly LTD on Neowin.net) (currently *LTD* on Macrumors.com) Mac OS users have made a conscious technology choice and are therefore typically better informed than their peers. -- Paul Thurrott, winsupersite.com, December 06, 2004

09-23-2009, 09:30 PM	#19
Roos24 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Plymouth, MI Posts: 76	Sad, very sad indeed.

09-23-2009, 09:30 PM	#20
jetlaw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 16	I know this is probably a really obvious joke, but wouldn't there by a really high risk of Windows 7 "crashing the party!?"

09-23-2009, 09:31 PM	#21
Old Bob Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	I Can't believe.... This is really a classic example of "viral" marketing at its best.

09-23-2009, 09:41 PM	#23
Jon T Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 39	Notice that NonVendorFan isn't around because he's run off to plan and prepare his Vista7 party for one.. Glad to see that Microsoft's marketing continues to be as bad as their products.

09-23-2009, 09:41 PM	#24
jpellino Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 259	Windows 7 Home Party Hint #57 Make sure you have drapes on your windows. No telling what silliness Mac aficionados will go to to "enhance" your party. For more details, bing "pressed ham". First result will suffice.

09-23-2009, 09:47 PM	#25
gearhunter Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: TheShadowlessUmbra Posts: 22	lmao! OMFG M$! Cringe

09-23-2009, 09:56 PM	#28
jpellino Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 259	Spiffy. Cougar? Check. Minority? Check. Onion dip, balloons, loser of the Ted Allen lookalike contest flashing gang signs? Check, check, check. Thrown in some caffeine for the cameraman, some nitrous oxide for the talent, and voila! You too can script your way through a spontaneous laff-a-minute evening. How can this not succeed beyond all possible expectations?

09-23-2009, 09:57 PM	#29
technohermit Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NY Posts: 186	I cannot help but be unimpressed with the $300M budget for advertising their product, when they could have just subsidized the cost of the OS with that money. It would sell better if it were cheaper. Shameless blog link.

09-23-2009, 10:00 PM	#30
Aussie John Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 165	If this isnt a joke then it is a last gasp desperate strategy my Mircosoft to be hip. ___ John

09-23-2009, 10:09 PM	#31
Bilbo63 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 6	This made my day! Okay, I was having a pretty good day until I saw this! This is freaking hilarious! I don't care if it's legit or not. It almost made me pee myself a little. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

09-23-2009, 10:27 PM	#34
paxman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 640	One word - squirmfest

09-23-2009, 10:45 PM	#37
backtomac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,929	After watching that awesome video on how to throw a Windows 7 House party i can only conclude that MS doesn't want anyone under the age of 50 to willing use windows. Bonus activities FTW!

09-23-2009, 10:52 PM	#38
Abster2core Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,066	In all seriousness folks, check out the parties already planned. They even have a Launch Party World View. Maybe you will recognize a friend or two. And check out the comments, e.g., sunmd said... "Windows 7 will make snow leopard extinct. Going to be a sweet party." Amazing. http://houseparty.com/windows7/details

09-23-2009, 11:11 PM	#39
DJRumpy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 317	Even their parties have to be scripted? They have to outline how to talk about W7 in glowing terms? Are they just afraid of spontaneity and originality? That video was truly cringe worthy ^_^ Maybe they should ask that little girl who's so gifted in working with her PC's photo software how to have a little fun?

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