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Apple Releases New Holiday Ad 'The Song'
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That's how I see it. What did it have to do with Apple. What did that commercial show that can't be done on any other platform.
...That's not the only thing that's wrong. But all us Apple fans just bear it... i dunno how... It probably has to do with Apple making great products.
Apple shows the human side of what can be done with their devices.
Samsung would have simply said, "Our device is so much faster and bigger! Plus, we have a stylus!!! Also, wall hugger..."
Samsung would have simply said, "Our device is so much faster and bigger! Plus, we have a stylus!!! Also, wall hugger..."
Really? I would cry about real hardship of families who live day to day without knowing if they will eat today. Plenty of those in the world. Not some fake, first-world problem.
Sorry to sound harsh, but it's just a commercial; I thought it was a fine commercial, but just a commercial. I just didn't get what Apple was trying to promote.
It doesn't say anything about the hardware, and that is the point - Apple hardware is meant to seamlessly blend into your real, physical life, not become it. That is the point.
What is so hard to understand?
In 1952 the grandmother used the "tech" of her day to record a Christmas gift for her husband away in the military.
2014: the granddaughter uses the today's tech to do the same for her grandmother.
Just because we look at digital as disposable and vinyl as tangible and classic doesn't mean that everyone in 1952 appreciated a Voice-o-Graph from the state fair like a family heirloom
In 1952 the grandmother used the "tech" of her day to record a Christmas gift for her husband away in the military.
2014: the granddaughter uses the today's tech to do the same for her grandmother.
Just because we look at digital as disposable and vinyl as tangible and classic doesn't mean that everyone in 1952 appreciated a Voice-o-Graph from the state fair like a family heirloom
How old are you? Or maybe its about how old I am. This is a standard in Jazz and has been covered by almost everyone. Go to iTunes and look up the song "our love is here to stay" and you will find hundreds of versions by hundreds of artist.
Expand your music library beyond the beeber guy and kati perry.
Everything is subject to personal taste but this was pretty darn nice. It was a 90 second film that told a story at the same time selling products.
If you didn't like it OR hated it, as i have already read the lambasting some have given it, just think of the back-to-back-to-back car dealer commercials that you get to see every commercial break.
This was well done and tasteful.
If you didn't like it OR hated it, as i have already read the lambasting some have given it, just think of the back-to-back-to-back car dealer commercials that you get to see every commercial break.
This was well done and tasteful.
I doubt sim lock in Korea is the issue. OP just knew that the phones were cheaper in Japan and he wanted to avoid higher Korea taxes and currency issues that are baked into the different country prices. He happened to be traveling to Japan so he saw an opportunity to buy the phone he wants for cheaper than if he bought it in his own country. Apple stopped him from doing that.
Now he is in the TERRIBLE position of actually having to buy the phone in his own country or not have an iPhone 6. This is so TERRIBLE. So UNFAIR.
I don't as I don't watch TV only catch up. Still this advert was meh but then attachment is not something I practice.
Yes it is. However, it's a computer company that would rather show you what you can accomplish with their products, rather than tout 8K screens and octo core processors and 14 gigglebits of RAM.
So you'd rather pay for hardware that is not up to date, but for up to date prices based on a commercial that tugs at your heart strings?
Zactly - Pointless 4k battery sapping phone screens!*
* Although I hope they continue with these to 8K+ for VR use.
The one interesting note I have is my Mac Pro 5,1 with 32GB of RAM and an SSD, when I boot camped Windows 8.1, ended up out performing Yosemite by a lot. I think it speaks volumes. OS X is one of the best operating systems on the market but, it lacks a lot of hardware support and hardware driver/kext updates that could use the machines full potential.
Ran comparison benchmarks in a few areas. FPS, SSD performance, and standard geek bench.
Also, I was able to install an AMD ATI Radeon 280X. Yosemite doesn't support it but, Windows 8.1 does. The Mac Pro 5,1 is all but dead in terms of keeping it up to snuff with OS X but with the driver support you get in Windows its still a viable machine. Like I said, I wish Apple offered the same support for "older" machines. This machine may be from 2009 but its essentially the same Mac Pro they have been selling for years.