June 21, 2007

Microsoft Surface Parody Video

Michael Arrington

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Great parody video of the recently announced Microsoft Surface Computer. “One day, your computer will be a big-ass table.”

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  1. nitsuj

    that deserves a ROFLCOPTER

  2. Lance Bailey

    One day your computer will be a little phone with pictures of your kids on vacation by themselves
    lol

  3. Alaska Miller

    it’s a BIG ASS TABLE for 10 grand. wait till Apple trumps MS with a BIG ASS HOUSE for 1 million dollars.

  4. BigDeal

    Big is the new Small

  5. Jason Alba

    This is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long time!!

    Jason Alba
    CEO - JibberJobber.com
    .. because getting laid off might be one day away ..

  6. Markus

    Nice work. Very funny.

  7. mike

    The guy kiiiiiiind of sounds like the main guy from Office Space.

  8. Brad

    Jason, if that’s the funniest thing you’ve seen in a long time, you lead a sheltered life. Personally I found it mildly amusing, in an clueless sort of way.

  9. Howard Rauscher

    you misspelled microsoft in the title

  10. RemoteMethod

    That was funny indeed!

    Howard, would you like to take up a QA job in my company!

    You have got a keen eyeQ man!

    ~Accidents Lead to Patterns!
    http://accidentpatterns.wordpress.com/

  11. carl

    That’s microsoft innovation for you! Lots of people are making things smaller. they can make it bigger!

  12. Paul

    I like this table a whole lot more than the iPhone.

  13. Amy Wilsch

    I saw that table (not by MSFT though) at Wired’s NextFest 3 years ago. It was very cool, but not as cool as the “see-through” coat made of millions of mirrors.

  14. Larry Chiang

    I am buying MSFT stock at $30.22. Anyone who’s sold won’t sell now right? Oh wait, Bill’s unloading $200mm a qtr… nevermind

  15. DinoHorse

    Very funny.. really.. BUT everybody is missing the point… this is NOT for a consumer, the Surface is for commercial use… so….

  16. Ian Bell

    Love it, too funny!

    You have to admit though, that table looks pretty sweet!

  17. Anyonomous

    Hmm, wasn’t really funny on engadget yesterday, not really funny here today. Sorry guys.

  18. Dan Grossman

    Nah, not funny.

  19. bonnie

    BRILLIANT! Sadly, I don’t think Microsoft will get the joke.

  20. Nick

    Didn’t we learn our lesson about table top interfaces with those Pac Man video game tables back in the day?

  21. Sean

    Haha, Microsoft has made me so mad with all this XBOX 360 stuff that something like this I now find funny, even though I would have scorned it a year ago.

  22. Niklas

    @DinoHorse: Yes, but I think it’s mostly Microsoft’s silly marketing this is making fun of. For example the first shot looks totally like some mom just Surfacin’ it away at home.

  23. Aki

    Didn’t find it funny

  24. Kevin L.

    How great would it be to make ‘love’ on that table and not really have to look at the girl you’re hooking up with? Just put on a porn in the background and pretend you’re hooking up with someone much hotter.

  25. Nathan Weinberg

    You misspelled Microsoft in the title.

  26. Jason Jenkins

    People can say whatever, THAT TABLE IS TIGHT! I see these showing up in many places like waiting rooms, doctors offices, ect. So instead of magazines being the item that passes time in that situation, I see the microsoft table being a great distribution outlet for content providers. The table is nothing without content!
    Jason Jenkins
    The Abstract Surrealist
    http://www.abstract10.com

  27. dave

    200 thousand a month in revenue and you can’t spell microsoft in the title line of a post? come on…at any rate, mock as you will but msft is enjoying hefty free publicity thanks to you and your readers!

  28. Adam

    Hey, but I bet the table will have 3G access

  29. Allen Stern

    everyone picks on microsoft.

  30. Anonymous Coward

    YEAH!! TAKE THAT APPLE!!

  31. James

    Microsoft will be lucky if they sell one of those things.

    I can’t wait to order my drink on a blue screen of death.

  32. phoenix

    That has to be the best thing I’ve seen in a very VERY long time.

    “The future is here! And it’s a big ass table.”

  33. Jason

    Next thing you know, they will invent a mainframe, so that people have larger computers with lots and lots of expansion slots.

    If you liked this parody you might like watching Andy Rooney (of 60 minutes fame) reviewing the Zune:

    http://www.dovetail.tv/app.html?contentId=1556

  34. Rachel

    I don’t think it was laugh-out-loud funny, but it did make a valid point. It’s great technology, but it hasn’t been marketed very well by Microsoft.

  35. Raj

    microsft is a loser///thats all i know

  36. Elliott Back

    This is hilarious. LOL.

  37. branson

    Great work. lol

  38. Tony E

    That was absolutely hilarious, although the Surface is really initially intended for Hotels and Casinos, etc. Very funny!

  39. John Wooton

    That was freakin’ hilarious. A must share!

  40. Concrete Stain

    This is funny /

    - Not amazingly funny; just funny.

    - funny is Demetri Martin, Rb

  41. Jean Witter

    Lol but just funny enough

  42. Scott Schiller

    On the other hand, MSFT (or the creative ad agency they’re working with) did a good job on this dating/relationship spoof between advertiser and consumer:

    http://bringtheloveback.com/20.....as_europe/

    Quite well done.

  43. jose

    I really loved it. I think it was published on Techcrunch, but I didn´t pay attention. This table is very promising. Take that Apple!

  44. Jose Hernandez

    Klass! The VO sounds like Ron Livingston.

  45. jignush

    microsoft rocks for coming up with this… its a wicked concept thats executed superbly.

  46. Nashferatu

    The mere idea that I have to lean over to use the thing makes my back ache.
    I can see these things all over Vegas (or any casino) as gambling machines in the next couple of years.
    Big funny ass video!