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Former 'I'm a Mac' Actor Justin Long Throws Shade at M1 Apple Silicon in New Intel Ad Campaign
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You’re absolutely right. M1 is just going to give Apple even more control and impose greater restrictions on the user. I just bought three loaded 2018 minis. I’ll use one of them and file the other two away. There will ALWAYS be a need for Intel.
I want to game I’ve got a PS5 and my iPads
Everything else the Mac rules , intel are acting pretty pathetic imo , like a spurned lover , truly bizarre
The apple silicon roadmap looks utterly awesome, amazing ! Mind blowing!!
No wonder intel are worried , and oh boy they sure are 😂
Everything else the Mac rules , intel are acting pretty pathetic imo , like a spurned lover , truly bizarre
The apple silicon roadmap looks utterly awesome, amazing ! Mind blowing!!
No wonder intel are worried , and oh boy they sure are 😂
Thing is, he was wrong. I know, I use my iPad held vertically in it's Magic Keyboard, like a laptop, all the time. And I often find myself wanting to tap buttons on the screen when I'm using a normal laptop.
This is not the first time it has happened, nor will it be the last. Clara Peller, the woman made a star by the Wendy’s Where’s the beef? ads later appeared in an ad for Prego spaghetti sauce. It is rarely a meaningful issue for the original brand, however, it can take away some of the actor’s credibility in the new ad. In this case, I am not sure it really matters.
It is odd that Intel choosing to bash Apple right now when AMD used to be Intel's worry. I wouldn't buy another Intel-based system. Our work's laptops went to complete **** due to Intel vulnerability mitigation. For home desktop I chose AMD. My next laptop will probably be a M2 (or whatever the next rev is called).
I doubt Justin himself has much of a position on the PC vs Mac debate. He's (quite literally) a paid actor. Intel is the only one here who will appear a bit desperate for people who even remember who played Mac in the Mac vs PC ads.
So NOT true. Apple handled no hardware. They only talked about Mac benefits. And I just love that you had to dig up Apples ad from well over 10 years ago to make your non-point. Try again. 😂
Truly an act of desperation.
For one, Apple still sells Intel Macs.
Second, you are just helping to advertise the fact that Apple does sell M1 Macs.
Intel clearly has no idea why people buy Macs. These ads aren’t going to win any converts.
For one, Apple still sells Intel Macs.
Second, you are just helping to advertise the fact that Apple does sell M1 Macs.
Intel clearly has no idea why people buy Macs. These ads aren’t going to win any converts.
I don't really get what Intel is so afraid of? It's not like Apple us going to outsell every intel based windows machine out there. There's so much saturation in the PC market that you'd think Intel would have nothing to worry about. Plus, the M1 is no threat Because Apple doesn't sell chips. The only thing I can think of is that the industry might move away from x86 to ARM. I just don't get it.
What you a few others here are saying is true but actors are supposed to believable characters. That’s how the ad sells the product. For him to be well known for the Mac guy then changes to an Apple trashing ad it appears hypocritical no matter which way you look at it!
What part of free will don’t you get. He can easily be paid for many other gigs, he’s Justin long.
but out of all the gigs, he chose one that was in direct competition of his former clients. He made the choice.
Some people need to move back to reality and understand actors are not computer programs but people who make choices. Justin chose to do this.
Intel's fault? Apple is the one just offering discrete graphics on very few models - and even on the desktop they're using mobile graphics when they're not using integrated. Apple don't even have models where using powerful GPUs is possible, unless you count the Mac Pro which is not a gaming platform.
They've also stayed away from the vendor who has dominated the GPU performance benchmarks for many years.
The solution for gaming for MacOS users is a good console.
I agree!
It does seem desperate on the part of Justin. For people saying it's just a job, there are a lot of actors who pass up on roles to maintain their image. Him doing this is not going to do him any favors, even though I'm sure the money he got made it worth it. I don't think Intel will benefit much... They look like they're more interested in exploiting old memes than creating ground breaking hardware.
Don't know if this has been mentioned but... what does a tablet 2-in-1 or the choice of a touchscreen have to do with the company that makes the CPU? Intel isn't responsible for any of these design decisions.
I've always disliked commercial actors who later turn on the company they advertised (another example being the "can you hear me now?" guy). Absent a truly compelling reason (other than just getting paid by a competitor), this practice seems like a low blow. Perhaps Long needed this particular paycheck to feed his family, but I can't help but think he could have gotten other work instead.
Sure but that's like saying actors who play the superhero in one movie can't play a villain in the next. Long has done other PC ads like for Huawei's Matebook. It's not likely that Apple is bringing him back in any case since John Hodgman was the only one who was in the event ad last year, so he might as well get that extra money from Intel. Besides, if you look at the YouTube comments and the like/dislike ratio this ad clearly backfired on Intel.
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