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devo
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 Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: New Intel TV commercials |
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Have you guys seen this new Intel commercial on TV? I guess they are starting a new series or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqLPHrCQr2I
I think that's a cool commercial. It's not like they really need help over AMD though. |
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Yes, I saw it yesterday...not bad.
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I liked it, except the people singing the Intel chime. It sounded a little amateur. |
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I bet that guy secretly wishes that he invented firewire.  |
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devo
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Wedge wrote: | | I liked it, except the people singing the Intel chime. It sounded a little amateur. |
I thought that was a great ending. I'm corny that way for jingles though. |
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Bandit Bill
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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I thought it sucked overall. What message was it trying to get across? What action does this commercial make me want to take (other than grab the remote to change the channel). I'd be bored to have to watch it twice. The end did sound amateur.
Even if the message was just brand awareness. That still sucked. It wasn't strong. A coffee cup. A dude saying we are Intel, sponsors of tomorrow.
Gimme a break.
The only I liked about the commercial was the USB dude strutting across the office floor with the bad to the bone attitude. At the same time, I also wanted to smack that look off his face.
Those of you that liked the commercial, why did you like it? It certainly doesn't look like a series to me. If so, I'm glad I have a DVR. |
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Weee
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Bandit Bill wrote: | | What message was it trying to get across? |
I think it just puts the spotlight on some of the great technology the people at Intel have created. That's what I got from the USB spot. I guess it's also cool seeing the guy that actually invented USB. Maybe not as cool as seeing the person that invented FIREWIRE, but you get the point. |
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Bandit Bill
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| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Weee wrote: | | Bandit Bill wrote: | | What message was it trying to get across? |
I think it just puts the spotlight on some of the great technology the people at Intel have created. That's what I got from the USB spot. I guess it's also cool seeing the guy that actually invented USB. Maybe not as cool as seeing the person that invented FIREWIRE, but you get the point. |
okay. Did you guys happen to notice he is a co-inventor I wonder who else deserves recognition.
USB is the greatest thing ever invented on the PC side of things. IRQ conflicts are now a thing of the past. Before this was a nightmare.
When USB 1 was first introduced it did have a issues. Particularly with power output and speed. USB 2 has resolved this for the most part. USB 3 should be great.
Funny thing is firewire 400 is still better than USB 2.0 |
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No one seems to give credit to the co-inventor. Here's what Wiki says Bandit Bill.
| Quote: | USB was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Northern Telecom, and Microsoft. Intel produced the UHCI host controller and open software stack; Microsoft produced a USB software stack for Windows and co-authored the OHCI host controller specification with National Semiconductor and Compaq; Philips produced early USB-Audio; and TI produced the most widely used hub chips. One of the co-inventors of USB was Ajay Bhatt, who was later given credit in an Intel television advertisement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#USB_3.0 |
Yeah, USB 3.0 sounds like a huge improvement over 2.0 speed wise. I guess it's even faster than firewire 3200. I just don't see it coming to Macs for a while though. And who's really interested in buying a PC when you can run both operating systems on a Mac? |
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Slightly off topic - You guys know which computer company has been the only company to fully populate a USB bus to the maximum number of devices? 
I'll stick with FW over USB!
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| Smithcraft wrote: | | Slightly off topic - You guys know which computer company has been the only company to fully populate a USB bus to the maximum number of devices? |
Packard Bell?
Wait a second, that wasn't even the real guy in the Intel commercial? 
Thanks for posting the Conan interview Weee. It was pretty funny. |
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| devo wrote: | | Smithcraft wrote: | | Slightly off topic - You guys know which computer company has been the only company to fully populate a USB bus to the maximum number of devices? |
Packard Bell? |
Packard Bell. I laughed out loud about that one. I haven't heard that name in 10+ years. I remember when HP started producing computers for the home user, a lot of people got HP confused with Packard Bell. I think about the only place carrying Packard Bell around that time was Radio Shack. All I really remember about PB is that they were crap. If you loaded one up with USB devices it would probably catch on fire. |
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| Bandit Bill wrote: | | Packard Bell. I laughed out loud about that one. I haven't heard that name in 10+ years. I remember when HP started producing computers for the home user, a lot of people got HP confused with Packard Bell. |
Many years ago when my father was alive, he asked my advice about a PC that his friend was trying to sell him. "It's a Hewlett Packard", my father told me. When we got there to take a look, it was a Packard Bell. I told dad not to buy it, but being a stubborn Yorkshireman, he bought it anyway. 
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| JohnnyBoy wrote: | | Many years ago when my father was alive, he asked my advice about a PC that his friend was trying to sell him. "It's a Hewlett Packard", my father told me. When we got there to take a look, it was a Packard Bell. I told dad not to buy it, but being a stubborn Yorkshireman, he bought it anyway. |
I used to live next to the Packard Bell factory. That was when they made TV sets, along with RCA and Magna Vox on Olympic Blvd. This was before the personal computer obviously. I remember how all the American TV set makers slowly went out of business. |
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