Video: Microsoft's Windows 7 ad punishes Kylie with Swedish "rock"

There's nothing we like better than putting on Europe's The Final Countdown and listening to it over and over and yes, over again. The 80's "rock" anthem is so damn catchy and just happens to be the theme music behind Microsoft's (first?) Windows 7 television commercial. The bit brings back Kylie who has cast aside Vista and other childish things for Microsoft's latest OS. It's "snappy and re-pon-ki-ser," says the 5 year old. Aww, shucks. Let the cute wash over you in the videos (new and old) after the break.

Windows 7


Vista

[pika2000 Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:02AM]

"Snappy and responsive".... LOL. Sure, it runs fairly well on lower spec hardware compared to Vista, but if you want snappiness, just get an SSD.

[pika2000 Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:04AM]

...and I'm sure HP and the likes will make sure to turn down that "snappiness and responsiveness" a notch by installing as much as "value added" software on their new PCs.

[Eggo Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:20AM]

Wait, so if I get an SSD I don't have to get an OS? The SSD just magically runs all the programs? What?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:22AM]

Yeah SSD rocks indeed!';)

[pika2000 Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:24AM]

@Amrosorma: Are you saying that I can just buy Windows 7 in a box without any computer, and it will magically run by itself? :P

[MarkAnderson Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:46AM]

Actually, pika, I'm not sure anyone knows what the hell you're trying to say.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 7:32AM]

Clearly the low rankings come from people who've never used SSD's.
Let the 1.8" 160Gb Atom crowd feater in their ignorance...

[Alan Strangis Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:20AM]

@ monteb: No, the low rankings come from people who know the difference between an OS and a storage device.

[Tiptup300 Posted Sep 11th 2009 1:12PM]

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!

[simbadogg Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:14PM]

oh jeeze...that girl is adorable. Just like Boo from monsters inc.

[Dillon Posted Sep 15th 2009 4:19PM]

you could get an ssd,
or you could buy 3 500gb 16mb cache 7200rpm sata 2 hard drives and put them in raid0 like i did ;) (64mb/s transfer)

[Fanman Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:04AM]

The second one was an excellent dose of reality to combat the nonsense in mac vs pc. The first one was cringe worthy.

[chrise524 Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:21AM]

The second one isn't bad, but I almost died laughing at the first one. I don't know what I would do if I saw it on tv. I probably would die laughing. But at least then I would expire in a jovial state... common M$ you can do it.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 10:24AM]

lolcats in microsoft ads...wow

Anyway, they were both awesome.

[MJGAMER 1991 XBL Posted Sep 11th 2009 11:33AM]

You realize the second one was for vista

[ytilanigiroon Posted Sep 11th 2009 12:24PM]

I first saw the ad on TV. I wasn't paying attention to it until I head Europe blasting from my speakers. Then I rewound the DVR...

I have a ton of nieces and nephews, the first commercial moves just like a kids mind works: abrupt and all over the place.

I thought it was brilliant!

[miquonranger03 Posted Sep 13th 2009 8:55PM]

@chrise524: Spelling Microsoft with a dollar sign for the "s". How very original of you.

[ShadowMaker SdR Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:12AM]

Of course Europe has a new album out - that like windows 7 builds on tradition, but updates it for 2009!
Check it out at

http://www.europetheband.com/homepage.html

[Pontro Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:13AM]

OMG

She is a 5yrs. who read Gizmodo, CNET, Maximum PC, ZDNet !!

[ipodman715 Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:28AM]

not Engadget? wtf

[fastolfe Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:14AM]

@ irdepesca
she's already smarter than us.

[MJGAMER 1991 XBL Posted Sep 11th 2009 11:34AM]

maybe shes smarter than you...

[Snake Robot Podium Posted Sep 11th 2009 12:27PM]

She doesn't read those sites, she just saw them when she hacked into her dad's computer. So her dad was running Windows 7, reading reviews, and cutting out the good bits.

...for some reason.

[baandoptager Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:18AM]

I´m a comp..... pc, and i´m four and a half. Awesome cute funny.

[tobeconfirmed Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:19AM]

I love that first ad... the best one I've seen come out of Microsoft. I guess it is easier to make good ads when you know people like the product.

[glenskey Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:20AM]

racists, depicting asian kids as low IQ

[NewL Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:25AM]

Oversensitive much?

[glenskey Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:33AM]

just so you know, it wasn't mean to sound like that. it sounded waaay better in my head.
BTW, its a stupid ad.

[Decoy Posted Sep 11th 2009 6:05AM]

The stereotype of asians being bad with computers must be overcome!

[EGOvoruhk Posted Sep 11th 2009 6:08AM]

YOU'RE A STUPID AD!

[thefourthheat Posted Sep 12th 2009 4:14PM]

lol oversensitive? I think he's just bad at trolling seeing as how 4 and a half year olds generally are not 31337 h4x0rs

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:21AM]

Rock or not, Final Countdown is a lot better than most American hip hop songs. And btw, Europe are much less uglyer than Jay-Z.

[Galley Posted Sep 11th 2009 7:21AM]

By definition, the world's worst rock song, is better than the world's best rap "song".

[smartmouth Posted Sep 11th 2009 12:13PM]

GOB used it, so therefore it must rock.(Arrested Development FTW)

[Tiptup300 Posted Sep 11th 2009 1:14PM]

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 2:57PM]

At first I was going to rank your comment negatively for bad grammar, until I remembered Europe is the name of the band, and realized you were saying the band is less ugly than Jay-Z, not the continent ^_^

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:22AM]

Rock or not, Final Countdown is a lot better than most American hip hop songs. And btw, Europe are much less ugly than Jay-Z.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:23AM]

awesomeness! this new one is a great response in the Mac vs PC series of ads. Europe may make it even better, anyone remember the windows 98 rock tune at their first launch screen? Think of Final Countdown on login...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:28AM]

(cue Gob Bluth)

[draftdubya Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:26AM]

She would have included Engadget but it is way too pro Mac
/Or too Mac Pro

[Gurrchan Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:41AM]

BING!

[Steveorevo Posted Sep 11th 2009 6:09AM]

But its readers aren't! All hail microsoft.

[Gad Get Posted Sep 11th 2009 7:12PM]

And Gizmodo is the exemplification of all neutrality and unbiased-ness.

[rento Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:28AM]

super-cute child exploitation

[DrDr Posted Sep 11th 2009 11:35AM]

I say we get INTERPOL on their asses.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 6:17AM]

Only as annoying as Mac commercials.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 10:14AM]

At least in these commercials, they show how their OS is good, and not how the other guy sucks.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2009 10:22AM]

No, there's 100% less smug here.

[Jon AU Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:35AM]

IMO the ad would be better if she didn't say I'm a PC and I'm 4 1/2.

[Ryan Trevisol Posted Sep 11th 2009 8:43AM]

The irony is if a PC were 4 1/2 years old, it wouldn't be able to run vista. (Nor would a mac more than 4 years old be able to run Snow Leopard)