Star Microsoft Launches Pro-Vista Ad Campaign
Linked by David Adams on Sat 6th Sep 2008 14:36 UTC
Windows Microsoft's absurdist TV ad starring the odd couple of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld is just the first volley in what promises to be a shock and awe campaign aiming to improve the public image of Windows Vista and position itself as a computing innovator.
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bnolsen
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2006-01-06

Umm...considering Microsofts virtual non showing on the top 500 super computers you actually think their products can be used for serious computing?

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daschmidty Member since:
2007-03-01

While I agree that I wouldn't be suggesting windows as a high-performance computing environment. The top 500 supercomputers reference should also be taken with a grain of salt considering most supercomputers are pretty exotic hardware that you likely couldn't even make windows boot on. Alas, the comment regarding the divergence is a scary thought, since the current trend for many large corporations in industry using such software for dynamic simulation is away from aging UNIX boxes and toward pc workstations.

Edited 2008-09-06 22:26 UTC

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jayson.knight Member since:
2005-07-06

Umm...considering Microsofts virtual non showing on the top 500 super computers you actually think their products can be used for serious computing?


MS practically owns the TPC list, which is a much more relevant benchmark for computers as they related to real world processing within the business realm, which is where the vast majority of computers are actually used. The giant multi-thousand core machines on the Top500 list are niche products.

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