Let’s help make those windows interactive while giving some excellent holiday shopping advice with a constant stream of “Get a Mac” tweets. Like we just did. Note: Just include the hashtag #holidaywindows in any tweet and “Get a Mac” along with any other holiday wishes (“right down the street, look under the glass cube,” etc.) that you wish to impart. 
– MacDailyNews, November 24, 2009, 4pm EST.
Our post that started the avalanche was simple and straightforward: “#holidaywindows Get a Mac!“
Well, shortly thereafter, our idea took off like wildfire, check out the #holidaywindows twitter stream.
For reference, the Saks Fifth Avenue’s shop windows displays look like this:
Direct link to video via YouTube here.
Some of the tweets shown in Saks’ #holidaywindows twitter stream windows, sponsored by Microsoft:
• Turn right, go to the Apple Store and enjoy computing again
• Stop the insanity! Get a Mac
• If you are buying a new computer with 7ista, why not get a Mac and relieve the holiday headaches?
• GET A MAC
• Want to make yourself look like a dumbass? Get Windows 7. If not, get a Mac, problem solved.
• This display is powered by an Apple Mac.
• Get a Mac – It’s perfect with your iPhone!
• Have a wonderful holiday season: walk down to columbus circle and get a Mac!
• Santa Claus is a Mac User…why aren’t you? HO! HO! HO! 5th Ave Apple Superstore open 24 hours NYNY
• this is how easy it is to hack a PC.
• When I managed Windows machines I was losing the will to live. Switched to Mac, Never looked back! Mac is Happiness.
This is yet another example of the total lack of attention-to-detail and forethought that is endemic to whatever Microsoft touches.
MacDailyNews Note: Microsoft astroturfers have since been dispatched to Twitter to try to cover the company’s ill-conceived marketing mistake with pro-Microsoft, pro-Windows tweets. You know what to do.
My, times have changed haven’t they?
Merry Christmas!
The difference is, microsoft will be paying their astroturfers. The get-a-Mac tweeters do it just because.
Childish, but classic! LOL
OMG!! that’s just priceless. lol
I have to say that this is really immature and reflects very poorly on the Mac user community. Really you think this is cool? It’ just makes you look like you have a huge chip on your shoulders.
@iSquidy Lighten up, Francis.
hahahha, this made my day.. classic!
@iSquidy
Yeah! Giant sourcream & onion chips on my shoulders and all over me. Wooooo!!!!
(put underwear on head and runs across room)
A moose bit my sister once.
@Desmond A dingo ate my baby!
As I said in my comment on this story yesterday: This has disaster written all over it.
MS ad people have to be some of the dumbest humans on earth. Don’t they think through their ideas and plan for what could go wrong. Wait, what am I thinking. MS never thinks about what could go wrong, they just do shit and then deal with the mess they create afterwards.
I got mine in early and often yesterday. It was a crack up.
PS– Why would anyone pay a barrel load of money to promote their product in the window of Saks and not control the message? It could have been a lot worse things than “Buy a Mac” posted and displayed via that live Twitter feed.
lmfao….this is hilarious!
Case in point – “I feel drunk with power” <http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windows7/imagegallery.aspx?contentId=Win7_printad_02>
These MS people are sure wizards when it comes to matching form with concept.
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Anyone outside of Ballmer’s office who does not think this is funny has a problem with life. *cough* Isquidy *cough*
“Michael
Childish, but classic! LOL”
” iSquidy
I have to say that this is really immature and reflects very poorly on the Mac user community. Really you think this is cool? It’ just makes you look like you have a huge chip on your shoulders.”
Okay, what planet you guys living on!?! iSquidy, get a Mac, you’ll understand all the fuss.
What makes this a brilliant idea was that it worked!!! An example of all the free marketing Apple gets from its fan[atic]s.
This has been found by the Windoze fanboys, but they are outnumber by the Apple acolytes.
The disturbing part is the language used by some louts, on both sides of the debate.
Also, some morons are posting URLs in their tweets – as if anyone is going to act on this from the display.
This almost has got me to be interested in getting a twitter account, almost. Very funny stuff. Careful though, G4Dualie is going to come post something about you all being childish or some other sort of ramble. The person doesn’t have a technological inclination about anything, but his opinion on your mental status is “spot” on.
Thank you
just too funny! Nice! My Pick-me-up for the day!
Maybe I’ll say it first, I don’t get it.
@MacDailyNews Webmaster
Classic. ROFL
@MacDailyNews Webmaster, love that movie. Classic indeed.
Please keep posting tweets so I can see what you guys look like. Winners. Nothing but winners.
Hilarious… And to iSquidly, seriously, get a funny bone.
@iSquidly. It may be little immature, but it’s also very funny. And yes, I do have a chip on my shoulder about WIndows. It was put there by my IT dept.