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Slide of the day: Laptop Hunter ads working?

Slide of the day: Laptop Hunter ads working?The graph shows what they THOUGHT, not what they BOUGHTBased on the latest quarterly financials, I can't see that ANYTHING has hurt Apple's Mac sales very much! And how much was Windows revenue up? Whoops.RE: Slide of the day: Laptop Hunter ads working?AND...Microsoft...

Tags: Notebooks, Laptop Hunter ad, Laptop Hunter, laptop computer, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

How will Microsoft fix Windows Mobile? The Softies still aren't saying

How will Microsoft fix Windows Mobile? The Softies still aren't sayingIt won't slip . . .there's absolutely too much at stake. The mobile marketplace will depend on WM7 being released in a timely fashion. I for one would like to see this pink device come to fruition. There are legions...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Mobile applications, laptop hunter, Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile, WM7, phone, Microsoft Windows, Softies, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

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Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?

Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Snow Leopard might crash your apps

This just has to be a Microsoft plot.LOL...LOL. :DRE: Snow Leopard might crash your appsNonsense, the latest mac hunter ad said we didn't have to worry about that and that a mac just works. Are you calling them liars?How did Apple phrase it in their commercials?That sure sounds like [i]a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Operating systems, OS X., Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

PC vs. Mac: 'If you're ready to compromise, you call me'

Every Cult has to have someone to hate....If they didn't have Windows to bash they would just be an over priced office tool. They have to keep the anger alive in order to keep the minions buying.If you step back and look at a Laptop/PC as a tool to get...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Goodbye myTouch 3G and hello HTC Touch Pro2

I got my TP2 on release dayI can understand why you got the mytouch, because everyone at tmobile hears "touch pro 2" and thinks, "oh you mean the mytouch?" ... that happened to me like 3 times.But I didn't want that big brother stuff... I was coming off of the...

Tags: Operating systems, HTC Touch, operating system, High Tech Computer Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

News to know: Microsoft; Motorola; BIOS 'rootkit'

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2009: Mary...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Researcher, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Rootkits, Microsoft Windows 7, BIOS, Microsoft Windows, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Slide of the day: Laptop Hunter ads working?

Microsoft spent a lot of time talking about Apple today and one of the more notable slides was focused on the software giant's Windows ads. You know the ones that caused such a ruckus touting how Windows PCs were more of a value. Here's...

Tags: Advertisement, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

The Wintel blue light special

Attention MSmart shoppers. Wintel's results are in the toilet and Apple's surpassed estimates. Despite Microsoft's sassy Laptop Hunter ads, Apple sold more Macs than anyone expected. Want to know why? Win on price, lose on price Behind the engaging little customer stories in the...

Tags: Wintel, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Price, Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-26

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed ad

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed adI am reminded of a Ron White joke"You can ride the donkey to the top of the mountain, or you can take the tram, it's the same price"Funny you mention that price comparison[i]when custom-configuring a Studio XPS 13 to roughly match the 13"...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, KARMA, advertisement, battery, virus, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Microsoft removes Mac price reference from Apple-aimed ad

Advertising Age is reporting that Microsoft has edited one of its Laptop Hunter ads so that it no longer specifically mentions Apple's Mac pricing. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advertising Age, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Microsoft and the 'premium mix' dilemma

Microsoft and the 'premium mix' dilemmaNo need to worry..."Lauren" is already getting geared up for a new PC. My rep told me that Lauren offered to purchase another cheap notebook computer, but this time she wants to go all out and also buy a Zune and Windows Mobile phone. So...

Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Obviously IT, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Inc., integration, Win7

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Microsoft is switching from defense back to offense

Microsoft is switching from defense back to offenseThis is just a repeat of...Larry's "Edge" article. A huge waste of time and money?[i]I still think Bing was a huge waste of time and money[/i]Why? It has you talking. And Ed, And Christopher. And even Paul Murphy![i]drew praise from tech pundits and...

Tags: Corporate law, Office 2010, Bing, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Microsoft: Apple lawyers tried to stop ads

According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Apple lawyers tried to get Microsoft to pull one of the Laptop Hunter ads: by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Advertisement, Lawyer, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Should Vista users get a Windows 7 upgrade for $29?

Should Vista users get a Windows 7 upgrade for $29?Snow Leopard is like XP SP2The changes it makes to OS X are almost identical to what SP2 did for XP. It's a security service pack. Comparing that to the price of an actual new OS is crazy. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 2, Snow Leopard, Vista Users, Apple Inc., Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco

Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiascoPlus OS X is complete OS for one price.Not only is the price for the various Win 7 crippleware still outrageous compared to OS X, but with OS X you get the entire OS for that much lower price. It's a double-strike against...

Tags: Pricing, Operating systems, Vista-to-7, Win 7, pricing fiasco, service pack, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

No Apple-like attack ads for Microsoft's big-bucks Bing campaign

On June 3, Microsoft kicked off its multi-million-dollar ad campaign designed to promote its rebranded Bing search engine. But there are no "Laptop Hunter" type ads -- via which Microsoft would directly target and call out Google the way it has been doing on the PC front with Apple --...

Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Bing vs. Bing: Pitching To Be Its Pitchman?

You had to expect it. The personage who writes the Bing blog and column for Fortune is "moderately outraged" by Microsoft's use of his pen name as the name of its latest search engine. Gil Schwartz, the executive vice...

Tags: Advertisement, Search Engine, Blog, Microsoft Corp., Search, Marketing Research, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-29

Pop quiz - Which would you choose?

Watching all those Microsoft "Laptop Hunter" ads got me thinking - if I offered you $2,000 to spend on either a Windows based or Mac OSX based notebook (don't get all excited, it's a hypothetical question!), which would you choose? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Mac OS X, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-21