Worst. Marketing. Ever.

09/20/09 14:23

For the rollout of its campaign for Windows 7, Microsoft has abandoned their "clueless would-be hipsters and cheapskates" concept and turned their marketing over to a 7-year-old girl:

CEO Steve Ballmer, clad in a sweat-stained pink "Hello Kitty" t-shirt, proudly unveiled the new ads at a special Microsoft event at a Redmond, Washington assisted living center on Friday.

UPDATE: We almost forgot to mention that the music in the ad (Europe's "The Final Countdown") is the same theme used by hapless amateur magician Gob Bluth on "Arrested Development." And the ironies just keep on comin'!

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