New Microsoft Ad Campaign Targets Mac Prices

donga · Mar 27, 2009, 01:51 AM

I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person

i saw this during the games tonight too. what do you guys think? of course macs are cooler...

chaosbunny · Mar 27, 2009, 03:47 AM

Damn I wanted to buy a pc today but that add changed my mind.

the vj · Mar 27, 2009, 04:03 AM

Ok... PCs are cheaper but... you get to run Windows...

I have saying for thta: is not the place, is the company.

Thomas Veil · Mar 27, 2009, 04:43 AM

So they're selling it entirely on price. Clever of them, in a way, because they're taking advantage of the bad economy.

Be interesting to see how Apple answers this. IMO, it's a fair criticism. I don't know how many people I know who'd like a laptop but have turned down Apple flat-out because of the price. Maybe we need the laptop equivalent of a Mac mini. (Pricewise...not a laptop without a screen, smartass!

)

garybUK · Mar 27, 2009, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas Veil

So they're selling it entirely on price. Clever of them, in a way, because they're taking advantage of the bad economy.

Be interesting to see how Apple answers this. IMO, it's a fair criticism. I don't know how many people I know who'd like a laptop but have turned down Apple flat-out because of the price. Maybe we need the laptop equivalent of a Mac mini. (Pricewise...not a laptop without a screen, smartass!

)

I turned down a Apple laptop purely on price, for the money i got a HP with way better specs, just didn't make economical sense. (This was my sisters when she broke her macbook, insurance paid out).

jmann · Mar 27, 2009, 05:08 AM

I'm not cool enough to be a pc person.

yetanotherdave · Mar 27, 2009, 05:10 AM

Here's the laptop she got for $700
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218041148373
It may be 17", but it's got poor resolution for the screen size, slower ram, questonable CPU, rubbish battery, 100Mb (not gigabit) ethernet, G wireless, shared graphics memory. Comes with Vista, the list goes on.

There's a reason it's cheap...

iBlue · Mar 27, 2009, 05:24 AM

I rather like that Microsoft have given a few little jabs back at Apple, who have previously been taking jabs at PCs for years.

Voidness · Mar 27, 2009, 06:08 AM

Yes, everyone knows Macs generally have a higher price tag. What's new here?

And a $699 17" Notebook? Has anyone seen how horrifically bad the screen on those notebooks are?

Davieis · Mar 27, 2009, 06:34 AM

And an amazing 2 hour battery life!

AppleMatt · Mar 27, 2009, 06:38 AM

It makes out she's a regular-Jo. But it turns out she's an actress:
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/165113.asp
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...mzGNQD975VIA80

Not that I'm shocked - adverts use actors. Just it's a bit misleading, in my eyes.

It's on Daring Fireball too but couldn't be bothered to find the article link.

AppleMatt

kymac · Mar 27, 2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Davieis

And an amazing 2 hour battery life!

thats more than i get on my macbook pro

Perrumpo · Mar 27, 2009, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas Veil

So they're selling it entirely on price. Clever of them, in a way, because they're taking advantage of the bad economy.

Be interesting to see how Apple answers this. IMO, it's a fair criticism. I don't know how many people I know who'd like a laptop but have turned down Apple flat-out because of the price. Maybe we need the laptop equivalent of a Mac mini. (Pricewise...not a laptop without a screen, smartass!

)

Netbook, anyone?

mkrishnan · Mar 27, 2009, 09:57 AM

I agree. She's not cool enough to meet my standards.

foshizzle · Mar 27, 2009, 09:58 AM

Apple can come back with an ad where they get that same exact laptop from best buy, get it's vista experience rating number, then install vista on a macbook pro 17" and get it's Vista experience rating. Im willing to bet it would be much higher than that laptop from best buy, maybe even if they installed it in a virtual machine without even running bootcamp it might get a better score. Then show how long the battery lasts on the two.

Point: sure you can get a cheaper laptop running windows, but the mac that you didnt buy because it was 'too expensive' is loads better than that PC you just bought. Sony marks their prices up, so I'm sure if you got a 17" from them, it'd be the same amount as a macbook pro and im still not convinced it'd get the same vista rating as the mac would.

Apple isnt going to make crap. My two year old MBP 2.2 ghz is just as fast as it was when i got it, not running slow because of malware or having to run a virus scanner every time it boots (which it does in about 30 seconds). On the other hand, even just my XP virtual machine is dogging after a year of having it installed..on a virtual machine that all i have on it is office 2003 and some software for my job! I used PCs up until 4 years ago, and every one I've had was full of crap after I bought it! dell or HP or Gateway, they all would fill it up with trial programs of this and that. You try to uninstall them but it is to no avail. Then you have to put virus protection on it, which decides to run at the most inconvenient times, slowing down the entire computer. My family gave away all of our PCs after moving completely to macs. They werent even worth selling, and a couple were a year or two old.

gollum · Mar 27, 2009, 10:48 AM

Funny part is the ad agency Microsoft hired "Crispin Porter + Boguksy" use Macs.

yg17 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:02 AM

That's like giving people $10,000 to buy a car and then saying that since they got a Kia, it must mean that Audis and BMWs are overpriced

neiltc13 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yetanotherdave

Here's the laptop she got for $700
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218041148373
It may be 17", but it's got poor resolution for the screen size, slower ram, questonable CPU, rubbish battery, 100Mb (not gigabit) ethernet, G wireless, shared graphics memory. Comes with Vista, the list goes on.

There's a reason it's cheap...

So? What if she wants a 17" notebook because she's a student who wants the biggest screen possible in her dorm, but still some sort of portability for when she travels home in summer?

There are plenty of reasons why people would buy these machines.

Microsoft are advertising to consumers - they do not care about gigabit ethernet or Wireless N. They don't care about screen viewing angles. They don't care about shared graphics memory either.

Now we're on that, doesn't Apple sell a computer with a smaller screen, lower resolution, poor viewing angles, shared graphics memory and rubbish battery? Yeah. And it costs nearly double what this girl paid for her computer.

MacBoobsPro · Mar 27, 2009, 11:15 AM

You get what you pay for.

techfreak85 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:18 AM

i like how they emphasize the price points for a "17 inch". they dont even compare the specs. oh i can get a 17 inch P.O.C for 700 bucks, but! it still is 17 inch and thats all that matters!

neiltc13 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techfreak85

i like how they emphasize the price points for a "17 inch". they dont even compare the specs. oh i can get a 17 inch P.O.C for 700 bucks, but! it still is 17 inch and thats all that matters!

It may be all that matters if she wants a big screen to watch movies on which is also a portable laptop.

techfreak85 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neiltc13

It may be all that matters if she wants a big screen to watch movies on which is also a portable laptop.

17inch is pushing the portability factor, imo

Perrumpo · Mar 27, 2009, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techfreak85

i like how they emphasize the price points for a "17 inch". they dont even compare the specs. oh i can get a 17 inch P.O.C for 700 bucks, but! it still is 17 inch and thats all that matters!

Of course. They're going to choose Apple's top of the line. The sad thing is, loads of people will fall for these ads even though comparing the 17" MacBook Pro to the 17" PC in this ad is like apples and oranges.

neiltc13 · Mar 27, 2009, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perrumpo

Of course. They're going to choose Apple's top of the line. The sad thing is, loads of people will fall for these ads even though comparing the 17" MacBook Pro to the 17" PC in this ad is like apples and oranges.

In what way? Apart from price, the machines are pretty similar.

Both have dual core processors, both have 4GB RAM, both have a 17" screen, both have a 320GB hard drive, both have a DVD-RW drive, both have built in webcams, both have a one year warranty.

The only area where the MacBook Pro will likely outperform the HP is in battery life, but then, I don't want to be one to fall for Apple's marketing garbage on that. I'm promised 5 hours on my MacBook, I get closer to 2 and a half.

dL. · Mar 27, 2009, 11:38 AM

What's the point of this? Oh PC has more varieties and choices? Oh I didn't know that

dL

Mar 27, 2009, 01:51 AM	#1
donga macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ	New Ad: "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person i saw this during the games tonight too. what do you guys think? of course macs are cooler...

Mar 27, 2009, 03:47 AM	#2
chaosbunny macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vienna-Austria	Damn I wanted to buy a pc today but that add changed my mind. __________________ >> We can't stop here, this is bat country! << >> 24" iMac + 21" Eizo + A4 Wacom tablet \| 15" MacBook Pro <<

Mar 27, 2009, 04:43 AM	#4
Thomas Veil macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: To the left of Obama	So they're selling it entirely on price. Clever of them, in a way, because they're taking advantage of the bad economy. Be interesting to see how Apple answers this. IMO, it's a fair criticism. I don't know how many people I know who'd like a laptop but have turned down Apple flat-out because of the price. Maybe we need the laptop equivalent of a Mac mini. (Pricewise...not a laptop without a screen, smartass! ) __________________ Socially the reporter stands somewhere between the whore and the bartender, but spiritually he stands beside Galileo. He knows the world is round. -- Sherman Duffy

Mar 27, 2009, 05:08 AM	#6
jmann Contributor Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: on a bump on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea(not far from Hollywood,CA)	I'm not cool enough to be a pc person. __________________ DFU Mode - Recovery Mode -Take Me On The Floor- The Veronicas \| Mac Tutorials

Mar 27, 2009, 05:10 AM	#7
yetanotherdave macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Weston-Super-Mare, England	Here's the laptop she got for $700 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218041148373 It may be 17", but it's got poor resolution for the screen size, slower ram, questonable CPU, rubbish battery, 100Mb (not gigabit) ethernet, G wireless, shared graphics memory. Comes with Vista, the list goes on. There's a reason it's cheap... __________________ yetanotherdave.com \| twitter.com/yetanotherdave Uni MacBook Pro SD \| 2.66Ghz Core2Duo \| 320Gb \| 4Gb \| 10.6.2 iPhone 3g White 16Gb

Mar 27, 2009, 04:03 AM	#3
the vj macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2006	Ok... PCs are cheaper but... you get to run Windows... I have saying for thta: is not the place, is the company.

Mar 27, 2009, 05:24 AM	#8
iBlue macrumors Demi-Goddess Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Londrizzle, UK	I rather like that Microsoft have given a few little jabs back at Apple, who have previously been taking jabs at PCs for years. __________________ After I have travelled so far, we'd set the fire to the third bar We'd share each other like an island ,until exhausted, close our eyelids ... MRoogle

Mar 27, 2009, 06:08 AM	#9
Voidness macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Null	Yes, everyone knows Macs generally have a higher price tag. What's new here? And a $699 17" Notebook? Has anyone seen how horrifically bad the screen on those notebooks are? __________________ void...

Mar 27, 2009, 06:34 AM	#10
Davieis macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2007	And an amazing 2 hour battery life!

Mar 27, 2009, 06:38 AM	#11
AppleMatt macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK	It makes out she's a regular-Jo. But it turns out she's an actress: http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/165113.asp http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...mzGNQD975VIA80 Not that I'm shocked - adverts use actors. Just it's a bit misleading, in my eyes. It's on Daring Fireball too but couldn't be bothered to find the article link. AppleMatt __________________ Avatar by edesignuk. Fold for team MacRumors.

Mar 27, 2009, 09:57 AM	#14
mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	I agree. She's not cool enough to meet my standards. __________________ Mohan

Mar 27, 2009, 09:58 AM	#15
foshizzle macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007	Apple can come back with an ad where they get that same exact laptop from best buy, get it's vista experience rating number, then install vista on a macbook pro 17" and get it's Vista experience rating. Im willing to bet it would be much higher than that laptop from best buy, maybe even if they installed it in a virtual machine without even running bootcamp it might get a better score. Then show how long the battery lasts on the two. Point: sure you can get a cheaper laptop running windows, but the mac that you didnt buy because it was 'too expensive' is loads better than that PC you just bought. Sony marks their prices up, so I'm sure if you got a 17" from them, it'd be the same amount as a macbook pro and im still not convinced it'd get the same vista rating as the mac would. Apple isnt going to make crap. My two year old MBP 2.2 ghz is just as fast as it was when i got it, not running slow because of malware or having to run a virus scanner every time it boots (which it does in about 30 seconds). On the other hand, even just my XP virtual machine is dogging after a year of having it installed..on a virtual machine that all i have on it is office 2003 and some software for my job! I used PCs up until 4 years ago, and every one I've had was full of crap after I bought it! dell or HP or Gateway, they all would fill it up with trial programs of this and that. You try to uninstall them but it is to no avail. Then you have to put virus protection on it, which decides to run at the most inconvenient times, slowing down the entire computer. My family gave away all of our PCs after moving completely to macs. They werent even worth selling, and a couple were a year or two old. __________________ mid-09 15" MBP, OpenSolaris server W/4 TB for storage (soon to be running Ubuntu server, so I can do more with it)

Mar 27, 2009, 10:48 AM	#16
gollum macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MI	Funny part is the ad agency Microsoft hired "Crispin Porter + Boguksy" use Macs.

Mar 27, 2009, 11:02 AM	#17
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Mar 27, 2009, 11:15 AM	#19
MacBoobsPro macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2006	You get what you pay for.

Mar 27, 2009, 11:18 AM	#20
techfreak85 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seeking Help.	i like how they emphasize the price points for a "17 inch". they dont even compare the specs. oh i can get a 17 inch P.O.C for 700 bucks, but! it still is 17 inch and thats all that matters! __________________ I ♥ Haystacks. InFocus Forums

Mar 27, 2009, 11:38 AM	#25
dL. macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2007	What's the point of this? Oh PC has more varieties and choices? Oh I didn't know that dL __________________ iMac Al 20", 2.0GHz, 4GB, 250GB Macbook white 2.2GHz, 4GB, 120GB iPhone 3G 16GB Black // Time Capsule 500GB

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