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Former 'I'm a Mac' Actor Justin Long Throws Shade at M1 Apple Silicon in New Intel Ad Campaign

JCCL said:
No one who is even a little serious about gaming does. That’s true.
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Probably because the Mac was a work platform, the Mac OSX being designed to allow users to navigate operating systems to do what they are supposed to.

Its false to say no one who is a little serious about gaming does...as I know of many professionals involved in games production who are using Macs both in narrative design, coding and all aspects of game construction and production.

Now Apple might have been late on the scene with the amount of games available, but that is changing rapidly.
 
diaboleek said:
Actually, it is related. Intel created the Ultrabook back in the day and the 2-in-1 concept with Microsoft. Has nothing to do with the fact that M1 is a better performing CPU...
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Pretty sure the "ultrabook" was a direct result of the Air being released.

Edit: yup.. Air came out in 2008.. Intel didn't even annouce the whole Ultrabook thing until 2011.
 
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AlexESP said:
It’s hilarious that they promote features that have nothing to do with the processor. Like a car engine maker promoting the soft material of the seats.
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I was thinking the same exact thing. The M1 processor is actually the child of the iPhone and iPad processors, only with a lot more oomph for a lot more computing power.

I got the feeling that with M1's ability to run iPad apps natively and with the power savings the processor provides, that eventually Apple would introduce touch screen to the Mac and possibly allow the Mac to take on a Surface-like device.

Macs on Intel processors don't have touch screen capability... so I never understood the argument.

The good... maybe Apple will take Intel's bait and finally add touch to the Mac.
 
TheralSadurns said:
Effing sell-out. You do something. You promote something.
You HAVE to stand behind it!

That's why all of these famous people promoting stuff... you cannot take seriously like at ALL.
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Really? I can’t take famous people seriously like at all? Next thing you’ll say is that Santa isn’t real.
 
I mean, these are just Apple's most low-powered Macs. Even so they beat most PCs. Just wait until they release proper Apple Silicon and completely blow the doors off of everyone. I've never seen Intel this scared. Meanwhile they should be targeting AMD more, which has been eating their actual lunch.
 
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TheralSadurns said:
Effing sell-out. You do something. You promote something.
You HAVE to stand behind it!

That's why all of these famous people promoting stuff... you cannot take seriously like at ALL.
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Did you say the same thing when Apple used the PC Guy in their M1 launch event last November?

They are actors not product ambassadors. They go were the work takes them.
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FSMBP said:
You can make that same argument to the folks at Intel...Everyone's making a living. The desperation is that he was in the Mac ads years ago and now following the money to Intel.

It's like the Verizon 'can you hear me now' guy moving to Sprint. Is he just endorsing a product he is currently getting paid to do or does he believe in it?
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They’re actors. They’re clearing just endorsing a product they’re paid to. If you ever thought differently you still have a lot to learn about the world.
 
diaboleek said:
Mot really. It is a fair comparison since M1 has only 2 variants... the one in the base MacBook Air and the once powering the rest. Until other variants launch, it's the best CPU made by Apple and competes directly win the very best of Intel's 11th Gen Core and AMD's Ryzen Mobile 5xxx SKU's.
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mikeyy00 said:
Weird because my M1 does VMs just fine.
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There were x86 Windows emulators in the late 90s with almost reasonable performance, so running x86 Windows on an M1 chip would be doable. Just the question how much money you could make from it.
 
I like that he’s getting some use again in ads lol, I miss the old Mac vs PC commercials.

Also can M1 Macs really not support more than one external monitor?? I would be “throwing shade” about that too, ridiculous. I don’t do it, but dual displays is a pretty common set up now
 
aberdeenmeadows said:
I was thinking the same exact thing. The M1 processor is actually the child of the iPhone and iPad processors, only with a lot more oomph for a lot more computing power.

I got the feeling that with M1's ability to run iPad apps natively and with the power savings the processor provides, that eventually Apple would introduce touch screen to the Mac and possibly allow the Mac to take on a Surface-like device.

Macs on Intel processors don't have touch screen capability... so I never understood the argument.

The good... maybe Apple will take Intel's bait and finally add touch to the Mac.
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I think we're more likely to see macOS on an iPad than a touchscreen on a Mac.

Ergonomically, Steve Jobs hated the idea of touch on a MacBook. If you change the ergonomically design of a MacBook to allow for a touchscreen, you just end up with an iPad with a permanently attached keyboard that folds behind the display, and a display with thicker bezels to allow you to hold it.
 
MacRumors said:


Intel has called on the services of former "I'm a Mac" actor Justin Long in a series of new ads in which Apple's latest custom-made M1 processors are cast as inferior to newer laptops powered by Intel processors.

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Why they chose background music that sounds like Marimba ringtone is beyond me. 😂
 
Edited, due to my misunderstanding. But I have to say, my daughter has that 7-core GPU on the very base MBA and I cannot tell the difference so far.
 
Aeronauts said:
Did you say the same thing when Apple used the PC Guy in their M1 launch event last November?

They are actors not product ambassadors. They go were the work takes them.
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Not you thinking PC Guy was actually selling PCs. lol. PC Guy was the punching bag in the get a Mac ads.

Justin is washed, but get that bag. Intel just smells of desperation.
 
Hastings101 said:
I like that he’s getting some use again in ads lol, I miss the old Mac vs PC commercials.

Also can M1 Macs really not support more than one external monitor?? I would be “throwing shade” about that too, ridiculous. I don’t do it, but dual displays is a pretty common set up now
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I returned my M1 MBP, and this was a big reason why. The current M1 laptops only support one monitor natively. There are solutions, but they’re clunky and negatively impact performance.
 
1. Intel PC with overheat issues and extremely thin form factors that are sold as an i7 but can include up to only 2 cores and then thermal throttles only getting half of the actual performance.
2. Every update applied could make my PC blue screen because a print driver or Intel chipset is enough to take down my PC.
3. I need to purchase a subscription plan just to be productive because Office isn't included on PC for free.
4. I also need to get a warranty plan because chances are my touch screen/battery or thermal shutdown issues will occur for the lifespan of the device.
5. Surface Pro does not come with the stylus and is sold separately.
6. Surface Pro does not come with a keyboard and is an attachment sold separately.
7. Surface Pro X was first to market and yet with all that additional time an M1 performs better and to be fair is a Qualcomm chip vs an Intel chip. I wonder why Microsoft had to look somewhere else.
8. AMD continues to chip away share from you YoY because the only thing you could do was provide a refresh but the performance per watt and cost has forced you to actually be competitive again.

You are garbage and until you stop being garbage I will personally avoid an Intel product. It's not even a Mac thing that's how out of touch you guys are.
 
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