i really don't have anything to say after watching that. indeed pass the brandy.

oh.. except.. what the hell were you thinking RICHARD KEYS?

I hope that isn't ALL Windows.....

If this doesn't drive people to Linux, I don't know what will...

I don't have the words anymore.

The dancers had very poor coordination so I suspected that it was a (well made) hoax video. However, it seems to be genuine. What this tells us about Windows-7 and its 'production values'......I have no idea.

The PDC is happy to provide you with a letter that will get you fired so fast your shirt will come off!

http://www.microsoftpdc.com/Letter.aspx

Wheres the mindbleach when you need it.

I'm sure someone thought this was funny, or ironic, or cool or something.

No, its just embarassing, everyone involved should be shot.

(too strong?)

I can't beleive you watched that twice, I gave up after 45 seconds.

Getting my coat & going to the pub to wipe that video from my mind.

You seriously need to offer brain-cleansing facilities after exposing your readers to that kind of content! Maybe one for the advertisers to get in on?

Paris because her videos are slightly better.

I think I need to be sick

Bill Hicks had the solution for this kind of thing...

send in MC Hammer on your way out!!

So... Much... Sarcasm... To... Post...

I'll stick with telling you that I hate you for inflicting that ad on us.

Mine's the one with the ear bandages in the pocket. Does anyone know when the bleeding will stop?

Please, dear Gods above & below, stop my eyes bleading and remove my memories of that, that that THING!!!!!!

Guess I picked the wrong week to stop drinking!

No doubt windows 7 will be much like the advert, crap.

I'm just waiting for linux 7

That video needs a health warning.

*Who* is the target audience for this tripe?

Still, thanks for the heads up on this - it provided my office with 5 minutes of hilarity...

I am disturbed beyond words.

mines the one hung up in the therapists office, on it's way to the pub.

I'm beginning to believe those who are saying that Microsoft is showing signs of desperation.

I lasted 10 seconds watching it, then my garbage can was full of barf

eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

They really do have no fucking clue at all do they?

Might it be too bold to suggest that Microsoft hire a marketing company that actually knows what it's doing along with a proven track record?

...having said that of course I am now aware that their conference attendees will get a 160Gb drive with Windows 7 on it, so I guess it worked in one respect.

Losing even more face however is another matter entirely.

it's such a good thing to have the Flashblock plugin for FireFox installed.

A giant-sized "Thank You" for the warnings from previous posters. Thanks to you, I don't have to spend the rest of the day looking for the most effective method for a cranial enema to get that video out of my head, since I didn't actually watch it.

Reg; how could you?! I am sure that the video breaches some European convention on torture. Now I need more than a stiff brandy to recover from that *shudder*

Was that a real ad? In whose world? I kept waiting for the "OK kids, this is all a joke" bit.

I think I might just... then again, I can't be bothered. I have been whipped up into a frenzy of apathy.

Look...The video is a parody...

It's so blatently obviously a parody (the same actors playing boyband membersand ad agency members, the really bad lighting, acting and production etc.) that anyone who is taken in by it really should get themselves checked over by a medical professional before they do themselves harm.

Thankfully, I read the comments and DIDN'T see the mindpr0n video which, I gather from the remarks, would have fully and completely destroyed my last working brain cell.

Paris, 'cos her videos i understand.

Just posted this video for all my friends on Facebook. They too can waste 4 minutes of their lives :-)

That'll teach them to use Windows!

Maybe Microsoft should give free hard drives to anyone brave enough to watch this video.

Rob

I went off to the site www.microsoftpdc.com for a good laugh and read this piece of crap:

PDC Buzz is amping up on the Blogosphere

I immediately saw that the proof reader must have seen that video, taken prozac with Cognac before going on with his work:

[...]

Amazon announced that their could platform will soon support Windows Server and other MS technologies.

[...]

So, apparently, the word "could" (most likely the truth) was supposed to be replaced with "will soon", their wet dream!, and they forgot to remove it ... hahahaha ... of course they rephrased a bit and that's why it ended up before the word "platform" ... damn idiots!

Microsoft, where are you heading???

>This is why Iran wants nukes.

This is why Iran *should have* nukes.

"A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but tactical thermonuclear weaponry is a man's best friend". Mine's the one with the Thorium bomb in the pocket. S'right.

'2 girls 1 cup' on infinite loop.

Mine's the one with chocolate mousse on it.

@ AC: "Good to know that you have such smart, intelligent readers who really understand the whole concept of parody........"

Parody != a free pass on any lame content, especially lame content that MAY have worked 15 years ago. You know, back when dinosaurs roamed and fagboy bands were "popular".

Missed it by ...that much.

Why are they selling Windows like Marmite? i.e. You hate it but you love it... hmmm....

The advertising agency needs to be sacked, they have no idea of the customer profiles in any MS market sector.

N.K.O.T.B.S.O.D.

oops, suddenly those 3 last letters get a life of their own.

Windows 7 will have touch

"The PDC is happy to provide you with a letter that will get you fired so fast your shirt will come off!

http://www.microsoftpdc.com/Letter.aspx" - Xander - 8th comment

Microsoft really seems to like composing letters for its partners to pass on...

http://syslab.com/blog/microsoft-influencing-partner-ngos-to-support

Didn't seem to work in India. I tend to agree with Xander.