Apple Shares PowerPoint Presentation That Can Help Convince Your Parents to Buy You a Mac

[MacRumors]

Are you a student who is struggling to convince your parents to buy you a Mac for college? Apple has come up with a humorous solution for you.

Apple today shared The Parent Presentation, which explains why a Mac is a useful tool in college. The customizable 81-slide presentation is available in PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides formats. After downloading the template on this page, you can fill in your name and some other key details, and make other edits to your liking.

The presentation mostly contains tongue-in-cheek comments, but it also outlines a few real benefits of Macs, such as the MacBook Air's portability.

In an accompanying YouTube video shared by Apple, comedian Martin Herlihy shows a group of high school students how to effectively use The Parent Presentation. The seven-minute video is split into chapters, in case you are too busy studying.

Apple's annual Back to School promotion began earlier this week. It offers college students a free accessory, like AirPods, with the purchase of an eligible new Mac or iPad.

Apple also offers students a 10% discount on select products.

Article Link: Apple Shares PowerPoint Presentation That Can Help Convince Your Parents to Buy You a Mac

 

[germanbeer007]

Wow this is mega cringe.

Bring back Phil Schiller.

 

[It’s always something]

Are you a student who is struggling to convince your parents to buy you a Mac for college? Apple has come up with a humorous solution for you.

Apple today shared The Parent Presentation, which explains why a Mac is a useful tool in college. The customizable 45-slide presentation is available in PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides formats. After downloading the template on this page, you can fill in your name and some other key details, and make other edits to your liking.

The presentation mostly contains tongue-in-cheek comments, but it also outlines a few real benefits of Macs, such as the MacBook Air's portability.

In an accompanying YouTube video shared by Apple, comedian Martin Herlihy shows a group of high school students how to effectively use The Parent Presentation. The seven-minute video is split into chapters, in case you are too busy studying.

Article Link: Apple Shares PowerPoint Presentation That Can Help Convince Your Parents to Buy You a Mac

This comes 40 years too late for me. 🤪

 

[t0rqx]

Another new low? Apple never needed this.

 

[klasma]

So, an 81-page ad.

 

[TechRunner]

"From the same writers who brought you Apple's latest keynote..."

 

[sunapple]

Crowd reaction seems realistic.

 

[diewish2007]

Can I still send this to my parents if I'm in my 30s?

 

[DrPeril]

If this is supposed to be an 'entertaining' ad it's hugely cringe. If they intend this to be, even in part, real then it's super gross marketing at kids.

This is just embarrassing.

 

[klasma]

At least they were smart enough to not provide the template only in Keynote format.

 

[baconcat_8964]

Last time I saw this kind of thing, is a group of kids trying to convince their parents why they need a Wii U.

 

[josselinco]

On point Gen Z marketing.

 

[neuropsychguy]

If this is supposed to be an 'entertaining' ad it's hugely cringe. If they intend this to be, even in part, real then it's super gross marketing at kids.

This is just embarrassing.

Most people heading off to college are not "kids". They would typically be 18 years old or older. Even if this is marketed at 16/17 year olds, it's not "super gross marketing at kids". In any case, you don't want Apple to sell more computers?

Also, while I haven't looked at the PowerPoint template and it may very well be cringe, this marketing is driven by 20-somethings. Putting together slide presentations for various topics is more popular than you might imagine for people in their teens to 20s. People hold "PowerPoint Parties" where they share slides about something they are interested in. Quite a few graduate students in my department do that as do many other university students at many universities. This is also true outside college.

PowerPoint parties make slideshows exciting — and exceedingly silly | CNN

PowerPoint parties task a group of friends with presenting a silly slideshow on niche interests, secret pastimes and frequently hilarious takes.

www.cnn.com

If you don't 'get' this marketing, you're likely not the targeted demographic. This is marketing by and for Gen Z.

Again, it might be cringe, but there's a broader context to why Apple's marketing released this.

Edit: I looked through it. It's a little cringe but also hilarious.

 

[klasma]

Wow this is mega cringe.

Parents may commit to buying the Mac just to make it stop.

 

[uacd]

They don’t even have to convince me, by the time I become dad my kids will have Macs-only. I don’t ever want them to “fafo” how to get rid of Windows viruses, activations and infinite subscriptions. Yeah, having Windows computer nowadays means that you have to invest a lot of money. Windows 11 Pro license, fresh Office license. There are indeed cheap options and Linux, but isn’t it wonderful when you buy a computer and it works like an iPhone: out of the box? No drivers, no installations, just open and start using.

But I guess modern kids will be like “I want Windows” because of games🤣

 

[oldwatery]

Sinking to new lows every week.

 

[AgeOfSpiracles]

Pretty funny. You guys should lighten up

 

[delsoul]

“It’s different this time, mom! I swear!”

 

[casjohnr]

Don't forgot mum and dad you'll need to upgrade me to the higher storage model to store the 400 MEGABYTE presentation file from Apple

 

[j238]

Wow this is mega cringe.

Bring back Phil Schiller.

Are you a student who is struggling to convince your parents to buy you a Mac for college? Apple has come up with a humorous solution for you.

Apple today shared The Parent Presentation, which explains why a Mac is a useful tool in college. The customizable 81-slide presentation is available in PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides formats. After downloading the template on this page, you can fill in your name and some other key details, and make other edits to your liking.

The presentation mostly contains tongue-in-cheek comments, but it also outlines a few real benefits of Macs, such as the MacBook Air's portability.

In an accompanying YouTube video shared by Apple, comedian Martin Herlihy shows a group of high school students how to effectively use The Parent Presentation. The seven-minute video is split into chapters, in case you are too busy studying.

Article Link: Apple Shares PowerPoint Presentation That Can Help Convince Your Parents to Buy You a Mac

Why was PowerPoint in the headline? On a Mac-centered site, should be Keynote.

 

[vartanarsen]

Steve wouldn't have approved

 

[VMukhtarov]

Is there something like that to justify buying a PS5 Pro?

 

[Macxpress]

Steve wouldn't have approved

Steve lives rent free in your head. Who really cares what Steve would think? It's not Steve's company and he's gone. Get over it.

 

[DHagan4755]

This is tacky. I would have made a quick slick video about all of the Mac's features that could be shown to parents. "Hey, mom, dad, check this out." vs. how they packaged it here.

 

[Slix]

I thought this was silly and fun. I have had a couple PowerPoint parties with my friends, I think this type of presentation (no pun intended) is pretty good.