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Apple's Latest Ad Takes Aim at Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters' Campaign
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See, even the crash screens are more elegant on a Mac. I'd rather look at this than a BSOD any day.
Just for the record here, I had about five kernel panics in the last five years and blue screens? twice, go figure. 
But what do you call the neverending 'beachball'? Technically it isn't a crash but the interface freezes and becomes unusable and requires a manually, hardware triggered reboot... And that has happened quite a few times on several mac's in the last year alone. However, the problems got solved most of the times. But they never panic'ed, no, that's right.
All computers crash when not configured properly. Either by the end-user or from the manufacturer. The underlying idea of these ad's is getting sooo old and stale, can't they figure out something that tells the world how great mac's are without bullying the competition? Or is that too hard?
But what do you call the neverending 'beachball'? Technically it isn't a crash but the interface freezes and becomes unusable and requires a manually, hardware triggered reboot... And that has happened quite a few times on several mac's in the last year alone. However, the problems got solved most of the times. But they never panic'ed, no, that's right.
All computers crash when not configured properly. Either by the end-user or from the manufacturer. The underlying idea of these ad's is getting sooo old and stale, can't they figure out something that tells the world how great mac's are without bullying the competition? Or is that too hard?
Let the fighting begin
I find it lame that after all this time apple still harps in viruses when it's a fact, all retail stores back of house computers have virus protection. If this could be made into the general public, msft would have a field day. Not sure why it isn't. All they have to do is ask any apple retail employee.
1) That would piss off M$'s big box maker customers. If M$ did that watch HP and Dell start actively advertising Linux machines.
2) The OEM "home" version of XP and Visa can be had for $100 or less. The only downside is that the OEM version can't be moved to a new machine if you ever upgrade.
Macbook Wifi = Headache.
£300 netbook Wifi = perfect.
Safari crashed on my Macbook SEVERAL times a day.
On my Win XP64 desktop - Safari has never crashed.
This is false advertising.
In my opinion, this is the BEST get a mac add. It is sooo cute! I love it! <3
Not that I care but cute????? Do you drive a volkswagon too? Male or female?
I'm grabbing a seat. Can you pass some of that popcorn?
Sorry shows over - he couldn't remember what the virus was called
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.
Most ordinary computer users should be using security software to hopefully reduce some of the risks.
So..... I move into a really nice, suburban neighborhood and let everyone into my house because I assume they're honest people. They must be. They live in the suburb - not in the ghetto or inner city.
My first month in, I realize, while there has been no "break-in," half my stuff is gone.
I conclude, much like eksodos, that the suburban neighborhood is just as bad as the ghetto and nobody should claim suburbs are safer.
Really. Just because you're in safer environment does not mean you give everyone rights to your stuff, both digitally and in the real world.
Now if msft was smart, (ugh we all know their marketing firms are not), they would take a line and make that the genius bar line for appt. I once had a person in line when I worked at apple that came in complaining his computer stopped working. Not kidding, the battery was dead. Yeah, compared to those we are geniuses. Other than that, we slap a cd in the machine if it gives us an error we either fix or ship out. Gsx.apple.com LOL.
Only seen this a few times, but it was when I used an old version of Parallels which was for duo Core processors on a Core 2 Duo MacBook. Updated parallels and never saw it again.
For me the XP BSOD mainly appeared with Halflife 2/video issues - but that's not an MS fault (or maybe OS allowing drivers to die in that way is - I'll let the more intelligent posters argue about it).
Didn't XP have a setting to disable error reporting/BSOD's?
Sorry shows over - he couldn't remember what the virus was called
And he suddenly didn't want to argue any more when pressed on the matter.
"You need to restart your computer" is the only information I need." I restart my Mac and I know it'll be another year or more before I see that screen again. Simple.
Yeah because Macs never cra
Thanks for posting this screenshot. Have always wondered how an OSX crash might look like. Never happened to me again since OS9.
A little off topic but...
Doing some file comparisons, that image seems to be the EXACT same one found here
That was back in 2004?
Yeah because Macs never cra
Doing some file comparisons, that image seems to be the EXACT same one found here
That was back in 2004?
I loved this ad. The best in a long while!
Yes, this is true. Better doesn't have to make it more expensive either. I am looking forward to the Back to School promotion next month.
Much harder ... which is why most whackers would rather exploit Windows. Mac OS X is very secure ... but not idiot proof. It's still user behavior that is the number 1 cause for infection of malware. Change the behavior and all platforms are more or less secure.
Many security experts don't even run anti-virus or anti-spyware on their machines, because they aren't surfing bad sites or clicking MySpace email invites. Ordinary Windows users, sure - and limit it to AV programs and Windows Defender only. The security suite packages are so bloated it's not even funny. Mac users ... no - not yet.
Behavior needs to preclude the infections in the first place.
No, security software should be belt and suspenders BACKUP protection ... the second line of defense on a computer. User behavior and knowledge is the First. If AV software catches something, that's just the malware it caught. What about the other ones it didn't?
Yes, this is true. Better doesn't have to make it more expensive either. I am looking forward to the Back to School promotion next month.
Much harder ... which is why most whackers would rather exploit Windows. Mac OS X is very secure ... but not idiot proof. It's still user behavior that is the number 1 cause for infection of malware. Change the behavior and all platforms are more or less secure.
Many security experts don't even run anti-virus or anti-spyware on their machines, because they aren't surfing bad sites or clicking MySpace email invites. Ordinary Windows users, sure - and limit it to AV programs and Windows Defender only. The security suite packages are so bloated it's not even funny. Mac users ... no - not yet.
Behavior needs to preclude the infections in the first place.
No, security software should be belt and suspenders BACKUP protection ... the second line of defense on a computer. User behavior and knowledge is the First. If AV software catches something, that's just the malware it caught. What about the other ones it didn't?
I find that interesting. I have used both PC and Mac since 2001. I can leave macs on for months at a time and never even have to turn them off, while for instance at work they bought a brand new Dell that is only used to go online, most sites are blocked so only you can only access edmunds, kbb, and car related sites, after about 2 months it would lock up at least once a week. It has already been re-imaged and it was purchased in October of 2008. I have 3 Mac at home and only one has been re-image and it was when I tried to put Leopard on my 8 year old Quick Silver without enough hard disk space. The computer tried to warn me but I said just do it.
Now I have a Larger Hard drive and and doing fine.
In truth Windows runs better in Parallels Desktop that on that Dell. Going to the same sites as work.
Who's driving this thing?
Damn straight. Look at the font: Apple CARE that their operating system has crashed; they don't want you to feel any worse and panicked than you already do
I always quite enjoyed it when my Mac kernel panicked in 10.3.9, provided I knew I hadn't lost anything. It was relaxing, a bit like falling asleep. It happened quite frequently actually, but it was related to a dodgy driver for a PCMCIA USB 2 card adapter conflicting with sleep on my old 550 Ti-book, so I could summon it at will, or if it slipped my mind. Very annoying, true, but in fairness you can't blame Apple for shoddy rarely used 3rd party drivers.
Incidentally on my laptop the most unreliable programme by far was MS Word... that used to quit unexpectedly very frequently, and still does on my sister's iBook. I don't really understand why any normal needs consumer still uses it; there are just so many cheaper more efficient alternatives, especially for the Mac. And if you are a specialist then it's probably even less suitable; I use Latex for all of my project reports.
For that matter so did AoE 2 back in the day, another quality MS product.
I think under one of the early Leopards my nice Alu iMac beach balled once for long enough for me to get frustrated and hard reboot, but it hasn't since.
And as for the ads, great, very funny the PCs all leaving on the final criterion. Crashing isn't an issue any more, I don't think. But there are so many other things that sell it for me, even over the greatly lauded Win 7, e.g. Spaces, Exposé, Keyboard Shortcut customisability and myriad ways to achieve the same effect (squeeze mouse, go to corner, F5, control-number), nifty shortcuts like typing ~ in a dialog box to go to the home folder, QuickLook, great integration between Mail iCal Address Book iPhoto iTunes, Terminal and associated scripting, snappy Safari...
Not to mention the warm glow I get whenever I look at my beautiful computer. Just because there are lots of them doesn't make them not art.
Damn straight. Look at the font: Apple CARE that their operating system has crashed; they don't want you to feel any worse and panicked than you already do
I always quite enjoyed it when my Mac kernel panicked in 10.3.9, provided I knew I hadn't lost anything. It was relaxing, a bit like falling asleep. It happened quite frequently actually, but it was related to a dodgy driver for a PCMCIA USB 2 card adapter conflicting with sleep on my old 550 Ti-book, so I could summon it at will, or if it slipped my mind. Very annoying, true, but in fairness you can't blame Apple for shoddy rarely used 3rd party drivers.
Incidentally on my laptop the most unreliable programme by far was MS Word... that used to quit unexpectedly very frequently, and still does on my sister's iBook. I don't really understand why any normal needs consumer still uses it; there are just so many cheaper more efficient alternatives, especially for the Mac. And if you are a specialist then it's probably even less suitable; I use Latex for all of my project reports.
For that matter so did AoE 2 back in the day, another quality MS product.
I think under one of the early Leopards my nice Alu iMac beach balled once for long enough for me to get frustrated and hard reboot, but it hasn't since.
And as for the ads, great, very funny the PCs all leaving on the final criterion. Crashing isn't an issue any more, I don't think. But there are so many other things that sell it for me, even over the greatly lauded Win 7, e.g. Spaces, Exposé, Keyboard Shortcut customisability and myriad ways to achieve the same effect (squeeze mouse, go to corner, F5, control-number), nifty shortcuts like typing ~ in a dialog box to go to the home folder, QuickLook, great integration between Mail iCal Address Book iPhoto iTunes, Terminal and associated scripting, snappy Safari...
Not to mention the warm glow I get whenever I look at my beautiful computer. Just because there are lots of them doesn't make them not art.
Yeah because Macs never cra
In 4 years of my os x usage I saw this screen only 3 times.
Ever notice...?
Some people just seem to have trouble with technology, any technology. It's their lot in life. They have problems with Macs, PCs, VCRs, DVRs, coffee makers, you name it. The forums are full of them, poor souls with bad technology karma.
Meanwhile, ALL of my work colleagues and one of my sons (the other is a Mac user already) think the ads are hilarious and ring very true. These people are all "normal" PC users, not Windows fanboys, lemmings, koolaid drinkers.
Let's face it can we. Personal computer makers have been trying for over thirty years to make these machines into appliances. It should be obvious by now that this is an impossible dream. The technology is too complicated, the average user too human, for it to happen.
Some people just seem to have trouble with technology, any technology. It's their lot in life. They have problems with Macs, PCs, VCRs, DVRs, coffee makers, you name it. The forums are full of them, poor souls with bad technology karma.
Meanwhile, ALL of my work colleagues and one of my sons (the other is a Mac user already) think the ads are hilarious and ring very true. These people are all "normal" PC users, not Windows fanboys, lemmings, koolaid drinkers.
Let's face it can we. Personal computer makers have been trying for over thirty years to make these machines into appliances. It should be obvious by now that this is an impossible dream. The technology is too complicated, the average user too human, for it to happen.
Microsoft's Home of the Future!
check this out...
The Microsoft Home of the FUTURE!
Microsoft's home of the future!
...my favourite bit is half way through when Microsoft Windows® for Kitchens™ reminds the user to take their medication!
check this out...
The Microsoft Home of the FUTURE!
Microsoft's home of the future!
...my favourite bit is half way through when Microsoft Windows® for Kitchens™ reminds the user to take their medication!