Microsoft has hired comedian Jerry Seinfeld to spokesmodel in upcoming commercials for Vista reportedly to focus around the theme of “Windows, not walls” as a dig at Apple’s closed ecosystem. Now, personally I love Seinfeld’s humour, but some things are beyond even his talents. This is like getting a gig to make crabs attractive, but for a cool ten million dollars, perhaps Vista would start to look pretty good to me too. Oddly enough, and I am sure this will be played for much comedic value over the coming weeks, on his wildly popular sitcom Seinfeld, Jerry was known as a Macintosh user. In my ever so humble opinion, Microsoft set the bar too low with their new concept. Vista offers both windows and walls. When I use it, I either want to jump out a window or bang my head against a wall. Bill Gates is also slated to appear in these ads, no doubt appearing as cuddly as a Build-a-Bear.

UPDATE: Oh the humanity! Seinfeld previously appeared in one of Apple’s Think Different ads. Thanks to Don McAllister for pointing that out on Twitter. This raises some very interesting issues. First, is Microsoft aware of this? Second, what does this say for Seinfeld’s credibility? For sale to the highest bidder?