Family Guy takes a Jab at Windows 7, Mac OS X

November 23, 2009 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Humor, Microsoft Bashing 

Family Guy took a couple of geeky jabs at both Microsoft and Apple’s OS’s recently. One unforseen benefit for Apple in having under 10% of the computer market is that probably only about 10% of the Family Guy audience was familiar enough with OS X to even knew it was an Apple Jab, where EVERYONE understands Microsoft bashing. I also noticed that just like the two different brand philosophies, the Apple joke was more subtle, well designed, and “just worked”, while the Microsoft jab was obvious, clunky, and not all that well put together.
Enjoy.


Thanks to faithful Macenstein readers Justin and pimax for the tips!

[via and When Will Apple and Gizmodo]

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10 Comments on Family Guy takes a Jab at Windows 7, Mac OS X

  1. Min on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 9:29 am

    2. Oh~~~~Oh~~~~~ I guess we gonna just have to wait~~~~ LOL! love it. Good Joke!!!!

  2. sean on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 10:46 am

    3. Both are hysterical. :o)

    But I really love the ” …….. and the number 5″ comment. Too freaking funny.

  3. Jonro on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 1:51 pm

    4. Oh Spinning Beachball of Death, how you mock us!

  4. ObeyTheFist on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 2:15 pm

    5. I have a tiny little aneurism every time i see that damned beach ball.

  5. Tom B on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 2:55 pm

    6. At least the beach ball of death tends to disappear sooner than the hourglass of death– and it’s more colorful!

  6. Mark Kerrigan on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 6:01 pm

    7. Not even funny, at all, for neither.

  7. CJ on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 6:32 pm

    8. the best part of the Windoze 7 joke was that the first commercial to air during the break was a Windoze 7 commercial. I absolutely lost it.

  8. Partners in Grime on Mon, 23rd Nov 2009 8:03 pm

    9. Install more RAM!

  9. imajoebob on Wed, 25th Nov 2009 12:53 pm

    10. In all fairness, just having the Windows joke is impressive. They probably had about 24 hours to write and edit that joke into the show, since Microsoft was supposed to have an official sponsorship deal with Family Guy, and dumped them at the last minute. They have to write it, lay it out, send it to Korea, animate it, and dovetail it back into the show that was already complete. I’ll bet the next one is much better!

  10. Evan Hammerman on Tue, 1st Dec 2009 1:12 pm

    11. i was thrilled to see the spinning color wheel (that is what I call it). At first I had a disconnect; I know what that is, but what is it doing in a Family Guy episode?

    Then I realized: ninety percent of people watching are scratching their heads and going, Huh?

    Those wacky people at Family Guy!

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