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MacBook Air Ad Parody: How much fits in that envelope?
Apple has turned making fun of the competition into an art form through its “I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC” ads. Now this clip attracting thousands of views on YouTube today seeks a little revenge, promoting the ThinkPad X300 from Lenovo.
“Not funny, Lenovo” says Fake Steve. No official comment yet from Lenovo.
UPDATE - Wednesday, April 30, 2008:
The clip has now been viewed more than 270,000 times and Lenovo is answering questions:
“It’s not part of an ad campaign we’re planning to run,” spokesman Ray Gorman says. “But yes, we did create it. … We put this video together to show the differences between our new ThinkPad X300 and the competitive product, but basically it was produced by us for our annual employee kickoff meetings that we hold around the world and really was intended only for the use of our internal audience. Just for the amusement and enjoyment of employees.”
Hard to keep things internal these days.
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By Adele Shuart
April 29, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
I want to send a blog to Bill Husted. I could not find where I could blog to him. Anyway, if you can forward this to him, all I want to is what I do with the Dell 15” monitor that is still in good condition. I am getting a new 19” Dell monitor in place. What will Bill suggest?? Thanks. Adele Shuart PS I enjoy reading your columns, by the way.