The Vista Ad About Nothing

Microsoft recently announced that they have enlisted the aide of Jerry Seinfeld to help move a few more units of their Windows Vista operating system. This move is intended to counteract the line of successful commercials from Apple featuring Justin Long playing the literal personification of a Mac, as he smugly demonstrates his superiority over a middle-aged, malady-ridden gentleman playing the role of a PC. If Microsoft pulls this off, we'll start equating the PC with jokes about airline food and a strong revulsion towards chubby mailmen.

It seems unfair that the buzz surrounding this celebrity endorsement has reached insane levels. I don't remember any ticker-tape parades when Nancy Walker started shilling for Bounty paper towels. Yeah, you might think I just dated myself there but in actually I like to pretend I'm thirty years older than I really am. Remember "Winky Dink"? Of course you don't you ungrateful ragamuffins with the loud music.

Anyways...

Seinfeld's involvement with Vista ads is a bold attempt to boost the image and lackluster acceptance for the new operating system. It has been determined to be the more cost-effective solution over actually creating an OS that's a step-up from Windows XP. With the insane system requirements, over-eager security that hinders the work of legitimate users and poor support for legacy apps and peripherals, it's no wonder Microsoft was forced to keep XP on the market longer than they planned. But Vista has the "Windows Flip 3-D" visualization! Ooh, seconds of fun!

Woo-Hoo! Look at 'em flip!

Unless Jerry's going to promise to come to our homes and personally figure out that workaround to get an old software program running on Vista, this new venture will appear as shallow as an old Coleco swimming pool. (See, I can date myself appropriately sometimes too.) Not to sound like some insufferable Microsoft fanboy with microchips in my excrement, but XP to me is the perfect Windows OS. I've never gotten the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" unless I did it on purpose and almost all of my legacy software works on it. Conversely, when they rolled out Vista at my job, I noticed a significant decrease in reliability, due in no small part to the probable compatibility issues with their proprietary software. But I can perform that "3-D Windows Flip" without even thinking now. It's all I can do to pass the time while I wait for the server to catch up to my mouse clicks.