Microsoft's Giampolo decides to check out a Mac during his shopping spree Microsoft’s new ad campaign continues with a second installment of an average Joe - or, I guess, an average Giampolo, in this case - looking for a laptop. Unlike previous candidate Lauren, Giampolo bills himself as “technically savvy,” so Microsoft offers to buy him whatever laptop he finds for $1,500 or less. Where does it end, Microsoft? Will you buy a laptop for everyone in the world?