Update (2010-04-05) It appears the CPB Group has a winner with the Crystal and Charline Windows 7 commercials. Googling Windows 7 Charline is now the main way people get to my blog.
I am now convinced that Crystal and Charline are the same actress, that both commercials were filmed in London and that the British version is a voice over. CPB Group is known for trying to generate Internet buzz for their clients. I suspect that was the idea behind using the same actress for the London and Paris versions of these commercials. Both were aired in their respective countries at Windows 7 launch, but now air in North America concurrently.
For kicks, here is some positive reaction to the commercials (and the mysterious actress that plays Crystal and Charline):
-"I like Crystal. She's cheeky". "I hate Windows, but I love their commercials. The one featuring that french chick is great too".
-ButlerGeorge These Windows 7 ads would be much more interesting if Charline (French) & Crystal (British) were in the same commercial. Pillowfighting.
-Altavistagoogle http://twitpic.com/1cjjet - Someone in the US Senate has a fixation with Charline (aka Crystal), from the Windows 7 was my idea, I'm a PC ad.
-stoltenow: Which Windows 7 girl is hotter? Charline: http://bit.ly/beCJQi or Crystal: http://bit.ly/27qoQc
-mphyunleashed: I think I want to bang the British and French chicks from theWindows 7 ads... just saying...
-dominicbarry: thank you microsoft for the hot french chick in the windows 7commercial.
--hot (forum gets vulgar)
-Glamourgirl_MO: This French windows 7 commercial is always so interesting to me
-owenowenowen: I still have yet to read any of the subtitles in that FrenchWindows 7 commercial.
-kidKappy: Just saw a French Windows 7 commercial, and I knew what she was saying without the subtitles. F*** YEAH!
-raul_america: Man that windows 7 French girl is H.O.T !!!!!!
-JNIX_LA: This Woman on the Windows 7 commercial is so beautiful. And the fact that she speaks French is just enhancing her beauty.
-bourbonjimbo: I wanna do incredibly dirty things to that French chick in thatWindows 7 commercial
-tiffany323: just saw this windows 7 commercial w/ this french girl. Made me want 2 be french.."meecrosoft vindowz siet"
-JayTLSHAWDi: Dis french chick from dis windows 7 commercial is f***ing HOTTTT I love da way she looks an talks
-misterincognito: Thanks to Microsoft, I now know how to say "Windows 7 was my idea" in French.
-TravelingRoths: Windows 7 commercials: French chick > English chick.
-ttedder: Windows 7 French chick = hot
-iamnotdanny: that French chick on that one Windows 7 commercial is really cute. yum.
-AKAnocIast: This windows 7 commercial makes me want to take french again. Doesn't make me want 'Vista: The Remix'...just more french classes
-nottoobadly: Hello, cute French girl in the Windows 7 commercial.
-DCDolphin: The British chick and the French chick in those Windows 7 ads get hotter and hotter with every airing.
-SamuelMonnie: Some intseresting ads tonight ..did a double take for the Windows7 ad in French. C'est parfait ....
-Jman5245: Damn, the French girl in the Windows 7 commercial is freakin' HOT!!
-Skysooner: I know the French girl in the new Windows 7 commercials isn't particularly hot, but speaking French makes the hotness factor go up by a ton
-djroze: Anyone know if the French lady from the Windows 7 commercial is single?
-hardnox: The French girl in the Windows 7 commercial is awesome. Windows 7not so much. Apples been doin these things for years!
-rdvelvetcupcake: That's funny, because I'm kind of in love with the French chick from the other Windows 7 commercial.
-xNonentityy: I love how one of the new Windows 7 commercials is in French. I can understand a lot of it. :D
-BeejMachine: I think I'm in love with the French woman in the windows 7commercial.
-Jackerson14: The French Windows 7 commercial makes me long for Paris. I need to go back soon. :( Paris.... Lol Good Morning !!!
-speedythesnail: The french girl in the windows 7 commercial is pretty hot
-Schlik1: Who's cuter British Windows 7 Girl or French Windows 7 Girl?
-knytemere: Omg! Windows 7 commercial in French. I love it :D
-JermShirley: These Windows 7 commercials with the French and English chicks are hot
-thesunbreakmvb: Microsoft, the French woman in ur Windows 7 commercial is too hot for the reenactment gag to work. Just sayin'.
-mattruddick: I wanna go try out my rudimentary french on that french girl in theWindows 7 ads.
-hec13: As much as I hate microsoft I gotta give them props for the french "I'm a PC" commercials."Moi, je suis PC et Windows 7, c'etait mon idee"
-MelissaLynnette: I love the French girl in this Windows 7 commercial.
-Omgeezle: Love the new Windows 7 commercial, french chicks are hottttt #Love.
-bloodyp: Am I wrong, or is the actual French girl in the Windows 7 commercial way hotter than the "dramatization girl"? I think I'm right, right?
-S1ackerKing: Ok the more I see that Windows 7 commercial with the Frenchwoman, the more I want to got to France. lol
-REGINEisBOSS: This French Chick On The Windows 7 Commercial Looks Like@MTVsammi
-GG_Simba: The French girl from the Windows 7 commercial is cute! Too bad Paris is such a dump...
-0WickdChaos0: LOVE the Windows 7 commercial in French, I wanna studyFrench now
-nick_black: The French chick in the Windows 7 commercial... *le sigh*...
-wealthybigpenis: The French girl hawking Windows 7 (the one who drinks too much coffee) doesn't need the model reenactment. She's pretty cute on her own
-elisef32: Love Windows 7 London taxi Ad too! RT @KrisColvin Love Windows 7commercial w the cute girl speaking french in front of Le Pure Cafe.
-wholoveschuck: I'm in love with the girl in the french windows 7 commercial and i don't know why.
-KrisColvin: I don't love Windows 7, but I do love the Windows 7 commercial with the cute girl speaking french in front of Le Pure Cafe. Parfait! :-)
-geofflatulippe: I'm sort of in love with Crystal, the British chick in the Windows 7commercial. She has the perfect British girl accent.
-SamuelMonnie: Like the windows 7 campaign... UK execution in a black cab. Hope they don't fall into a cliche trap.
Negative reaction:
-YouLoveSol: I can only take so much of the overly-caffienated French girl in the overly-played Microsoft Windows 7 commercial. #pleasestop .
-ritarez: I don't understand the Microsoft commercials in FRENCH: "I'm a PC andWindows 7 was MY idea." Does French automatically make it better?
-LngHrDntCr13: I'm so sick of this pollen & these annoying windows 7 commercials, esp the one with the french girl. Ugggh!
-Nsquared2: Dear #Microsoft :please stop the windows 7 commercial with thefrench girl. She's not convincing anyone
-pinkfroggg: the windows 7 ads are getting to me...all that "it was my genius idea" crap. Especially the french one!
-DistortedLoop: Sorry Microsoft, but a cute 20-something Brit or French chick saying Windows 7 was their idea just doesn't motivate me to run out and buy it
-robynfoulks: The Windows 7 commercial with the girl speaking French is SO ANNOYING.
-dlbyron: Seriously, ya think French Charlene from the Windows 7 commercial wouldn't want an iPad.
-teh_geek: MS needs a new ad agency - majority of Window 7 commercials now are a British girl & a French girl telling you how "Windows 7 was my idea"
-FusionRockRadio: some french on about windows 7 and how it was her idea. what the hell. no one cares. go back to france and tell them, maybe theyll believe u
-purseonality: The Windows 7 spot with the French girl might have been a poor choice in this political climate; hell, my mom still orders "Freedom Fries."
-whitekc: Sorry microsoft, it's going to take more than a pretty french girl to sell me on windows 7. #ineedamac
-Phillyberg: why am i not surprised that in the most recent Windows 7 commercial - the French are taking credit for everything?