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Apple's Latest Ad Takes Aim at Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters' Campaign

It's Coke vs Pepsi all over again. In other words, personal taste.

All the points Apple made are true. Sure, I wish Apple's products were a bit cheaper, but definitely worth it.
 
Sipheren said:
Just because there are very few virus's or such for Mac at this point in time does not mean there wont be, OSX can be exploited if someone really wants to, although it is a lot harder.

LINK

It's an old article but its true.
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But that's the point, the harder it is the less likely that it'll be worth the effort, which is why the numbers are so low. You would have to be pretty motivated, or pretty stupid, to put up with the higher costs when you can simply exploit easier platforms.
 
Wow Justin Long has the easiest job. All he has to do is stand there while the fat dude does all the comedy. I would kill (not literally) to get paid $$$ to do Justin's job. :)
 
macfan881 said:
its so funny seing all the pc fanboys go out on engadget right now its pretty funny :D
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well...they make a semi-valid point. the msft ads focused on laptops and price. Apple didn't, exactly. Mac minis are the only low-cost Macs. But undeniably both sides have their own contradictions. I'll leave it at that.
 
HLdan said:
Wow Justin Long has the easiest job. All he has to do is stand there while the fat dude does all the comedy. I would kill (not literally) to get paid $$$ to do Justin's job. :)
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I was thinking the same thing. Hodgeman probably gets a bigger paycheck though :)
 
macfan881 said:
as far as i know right now the only viruses for mac and maleware are only from illegal Torrents like iWork but if ur pirating software you deserve that :p
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That was NOT a virus. That was a Trojan - very different animal. A virus can spread on its own. A Trojan is just a nasty program that the user authorizes to be installed (by giving an administrator password) without realizing what he was doing. There's nothing you can do to prevent a stupid (or ignorant) user from harming himself.

Windows suffers from thousands of viruses, that take advantage of buffer overruns and the like (basically, bad programming and bad design) to force their way in without the user doing anything. A Windows box directly connected to the internet (i.e., no router) is just asking to be raped.
 
sleeptodream said:
Not gonna provide any more info on that?
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I don't what the virus was. But I had to clean reinstall MacOS it rendered the system inoperable after rebooting on its own.

You don't even need to believe me:

Those dodgy versions of iWorks that floated around on the internet sometime ago contained payloaders and trojans. The story was widely publicized. I have no time for people who steal software, and they get what they deserve. But it highlighted the point it's as possible to embed bad stuff in any software in mac software as it is on the windows platform.

You are not immune to security threats on any platform. If you give a bad piece of software root permissions to install on Linux, it could wipe out your machine.
 
eksodos said:
I don't what the virus was. But I had to clean reinstall MacOS it rendered the system inoperable after rebooting on its own.

You don't even need to believe me:

Those dodgy versions of iWorks that floated around on the internet sometime ago contained payloaders and trojans. The story was widely publicized. I have no time for people who steal software, and they get what they deserve. But it highlighted the point it's as possible to embed bad stuff in any software in mac software as it is on the windows platform.

You are not immune to security threats on any platform. If you give a bad piece of software root permissions to install on Linux, it could wipe out your machine.
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Sorry I don't believe you...(if you joined MR years ago not today I might) if I found a virus on my Mac's, I would remember the name.
iWorks was a trojan not a virus and only if your downloaded the software from dodgy sources.
 
what?

coolfactor said:
Absolutely awesome comeback ads! Clean, simple, not confusing or misleading like MS's ads.
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not missleading? so you think that every mac has a large screen and a fast processor? hm, well I write from a small screen mac book with a slow processor, and besides that my mac book just refused to go back from sleep mode and i had to reset it (you could say it crashed). welcome to reality!
 
Undecided said:
That was NOT a virus. That was a Trojan - very different animal. A virus can spread on its own. A Trojan is just a nasty program that the user authorizes to be installed (by giving an administrator password) without realizing what he was doing. There's nothing you can do to prevent a stupid (or ignorant) user from harming himself.

Windows suffers from thousands of viruses, that take advantage of buffer overruns and the like (basically, bad programming and bad design) to force their way in without the user doing anything. A Windows box directly connected to the internet (i.e., no router) is just asking to be raped.
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Exactly why Apple shouldn't be running ads about Mac being safe and not needing security software. Most computer users are not clued up about safe computing. They just want to point and click and accomplish the tasks they need to get done as quickly as possible.

Most of the same risks that exist on Windows also apply to Mac users.

And it's impossible to know what software is really safe unless you have access to the source code. And have the time to go through it line by line. You may think a piece of software is totally trustworthy and should be granted administrator permissions it needs for whatever reason. :) But you can never be completely sure....

Most ordinary computer users should be using security software to hopefully reduce some of the risks.
 
sleeptodream said:
Yeah because Macs never cra

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well i have been a mac user for 11 years i've only ever had one kernel panic and that was down to intel writing really bad drivers for the x3100 card. I have also used PC in that time frame about, they suck i have lost my work too many times i care to mention, and having to do it again so it wasn't as good
 
eksodos said:
Exactly why Apple shouldn't be running ads about Mac being safe and not needing security software. Most computer users are not clued up about safe computing. They just want to point and click and accomplish the tasks they need to get done as quickly as possible.

Most of the same risks that exist on Windows also apply to Mac users.

And it's impossible to know what software is really safe unless you have access to the source code. And have the time to go through it line by line. You may think a piece of software is totally trustworthy and should be granted administrator permissions it needs for whatever reason. :) But you can never be completely sure....

Most ordinary computer users should be using security software to hopefully reduce some of the risks.
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You can pretty much guarantee that you download from legit sources you'll be safe.
 
Like Mac's Ads more than any others'

:D:D:D

I'm afraid that I fall in love with Mac's commercial. It's such simple, neat, and also makes its audiences enjoy with comfortable humor.

All in all, I love them. Wish I could have such idea too.:p


Good job and please continue this High Quality commercial.
:apple:
 
Megan, however, also wants a computer without "viruses, crashes or headaches" which sends the customer to the Mac.
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Maybe :apple: shouldn't have released this during the update debacle that is 10.5.7

I didn't experience any issues, but many have.
 
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