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Laptop Hunting Lauren Re-Emerges in HP Commercial on Hulu News Bryan Chaffin 5:52 PM, Aug. 13th ET, 2009 TMO Talk (8) Articles by Author Bryan Chaffin on Twitter Contact Author Bio Tweet Comments (8) Hey, she's back, and she's still not cool enough to be a Mac user: Lauren de Long has re-emerged from her brief notoriety as a Microsoft Laptop Hunter to appear in a new commercial from HP proclaiming her ongoing status as a proud HP user. Ms. de Long's Laptop Hunter ad for Microsoft featured her on a quest to find laptop for under $1,000. She chose an HP Pavilion, after quietly proclaiming herself to be "not cool enough to be a Mac person." The new HP-branded ad is currently appearing on Hulu, where HP and Microsoft are running a campaign as joint sponsors. Rather than looking for another new laptop, however, Ms. de Long instead proclaims her delight with her HP unit, which she said she used to finish her college degree, etc. In the end, she closes with, "I'm still Lauren, and I'm still a PC," while lovingly clutching her HP laptop to her chest. A screenshot from Lauren's new commercial where she immortalizes her Microsoft payoff Email This Tweet This Bryan Chaffin on Twitter 48902 Bryan Chaffin news 1250200338 Post A Comment or Log-in. Need an account? Register here. 8 Observer Comments Nemo said on August 13th, 2009 at 9:19 PM (Edited: 04/06/2011 11:14 AM): Is it just me, but it appears that the position of Lauren’s hands couldn’t be holding her notebook in the air. Holding the notebook, as she is holding it, it would fall on the floor, wouldn’t it? Brutno said on August 13th, 2009 at 9:35 PM: It’s on broadcast TV as well. Doesn’t matter where it plays, it’s still inane. Intruder said on August 13th, 2009 at 10:02 PM: “I’m still Lauren, and I’m still an actress.” seanieryan said on August 14th, 2009 at 7:58 AM: “i’m still Lauren and now I have x-men abilites so I can levitate this laptop” Man, Windows must really be THAT good…. geoduck said on August 14th, 2009 at 12:03 PM (Edited: 01/26/2012 2:46 PM): “I’m still Lauren, and I’m still an actress.” Exactly. These are parts she is getting paid to play. No bearing on reality. <rant>In a related vein the I’m a PC ads still bug me, because she is NOT a PC. She is a person who uses a PC. The I’m a Mac/I’m a PC ads were structured so the two actors were playing personifications of the respective platforms, so the statements were correct. In the Microsoft ads the statements are demonstrably false. </rant> acdc1174 said on August 14th, 2009 at 12:59 PM: heyHHey, good for her. At least she’s employed. dss said on August 15th, 2009 at 1:00 PM: The first thing I noticed was that we never see “Lauren”‘s face in this commercial. Any chance that this is an impersonator and not “still Lauren”? Maybe her beloved PC wasn’t so great after all and they had to find someone else to continue the Saga. I think they should have showed the replacement’s face and pretended that she was the same person just like they do on day-time television (read: soaps) when they change a character’s actor mid-story line. Bryan Chaffin said on August 15th, 2009 at 4:35 PM: You never see the face of the person in this series of ads. In the past, that’s been because they were celebrities, and their names in text were assumed to be enough—in other words, it’s part of the ad-technique. In this case, Lauren is not a celebrity, save amongst a few geeks, so we see her face in the form of clips from her Laptop Hunter ad to remind folks of who she was. Post A Comment or Log-in. Need an account? 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