I know, but as I said, it has nothing* (nothing specific) to do with the processor. And that’s Intel’s main responsibility.
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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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Back in the day when I used a pc automatically skipped anything with a touchscreen while looking for a new one. Won't pay extra for an unnecessary feature. I do game on Macs, but seems illogical to bring it up if they think nobody does. But they have a valid point on lack of proper external display support (missing dp daisy chaining included).
Is there a variant? I thought it was the same chip across the board? Or are you referring to the extra GPU core?
Intel must focus on developing better CPUs, not on pointless ads!
Why wouldn't he? Courage?
"throw shades"..... writes like an proper teenagers on facebook
much like the original Mac vs pc adverts this is terrible IMO. I like how he claims to make a fair comparison but it’s an advert paid for by intel...
...that and “oh and it has intel, nice” 😂😂
...that and “oh and it has intel, nice” 😂😂
If I wanted a gaming laptop (or desktop for that matter), x86 is for sure the place to be.
If I wanted a 2in1, x86 is for sure the place to be.
So yeah all is good, just one litte caveat
If I wanted a 2in1, x86 is for sure the place to be.
So yeah all is good, just one litte caveat
Well as far as gaming performance is concerned it's more the dedicated graphics cards rather than the Intel processor and its weedy inbuilt graphics capability that puts the Windows PC in front from a raw horsepower perspective, in addition to the lack of AAA games on Mac compared to PC (and the atrocious freemium nightmare the IOS app store has devolved into over the years).
I don't think Intel are trying to win any converts with these adverts, more that they're sowing just enough doubt that existing Intel users don't see enough of a benefit gain to completely jump platform.
I don't think Intel are trying to win any converts with these adverts, more that they're sowing just enough doubt that existing Intel users don't see enough of a benefit gain to completely jump platform.
Man, this is almost as big as the Hulk Hogan nWo heel turn brother 🤣
I have to disagree. The Mac vs PC ads were exactly what these are - bashing the competition. They weren't about the Mac lifestyle, many of them attacked the competition (such as Vista crashes, viruses, etc).
With some of these, they're 100% true. Nobody who does serious gaming can touch M1 macs yet. Good luck running any recent AAA game on them, other than with streaming services which offer nowhere near the same experience.
PC Gaming ad is interesting as you can't see what's on the screen from the camera angle. Guess they had to turn the laptop off because it would be too loud
Edit: And what is that thing under that laptop? Could it be a cooling pad? Why would you need one?
One of the best comments from 2-in-1 flexibility ad: "Hey! I'm a PC. Not good at being a laptop, or a tablet. Very good at cooking stuff."
Edit: And what is that thing under that laptop? Could it be a cooling pad? Why would you need one?
One of the best comments from 2-in-1 flexibility ad: "Hey! I'm a PC. Not good at being a laptop, or a tablet. Very good at cooking stuff."
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Lol and it has nothing to do with Intel chips tough times at Intel😂
tough times at Intel😂
I do too, but let's be real; We're hardly a huge proportion of the video game market share. And most of us who do play games on our Macs use Bootcamp as well; Maybe not for every game, but at least for some. I think it would be valid to say "Nobody likes eating dog food", even if there are some individuals who do. There's few enough Mac people who play games intensively on their Mac, using macOS that I think it's fair enough on Intel's part.
That said, I mean... Intel is acting like a cornered animal. I like the idea of an ad like this, think it's fun. But it shouldn't have come from Intel, especially not while they're still making chips for most Mac models. From Microsoft, marketing actual Surface product I think this could've been fun. But a chipmaker making an ad that doesn't talk about chips when the reason they're making the ad is clearly that their competitor now has a better chip; Seems just a bit pathetic
He is an actor, so plays whatever character he is asked for. I am quite sure that if Apple were to ask him to do some more ads for them, he would have done it too. It is just a trade, not some form of allegiance to one platform vs the other, IMO.
I’d say the same thing if someone paid me enough.
Maybe they were different in the US, then. Or maybe I'm misremembering. In my memory the UK ones were a fairly basic joke about the Mac being cool and for creative, and the PC boring and for squares. They didn't get much into specifics. Maybe viruses, yeah, but I don't think that's especially egregious given that it is true and an important selling point for MacOS especially back at the time.
am a long time windows, mac , linux user. each have their own strengths and weakness. i more toward mac stability nowadays for general uses. not much gaming anymore. somehow the more desperate ad created by apple competitors.... i like my macs more then ever
I'd post it on the Macrumors forums for £10 tbh, if anyone from Intel is reading this.
iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard solves this. Also, I can’t remember the last time I actually plugged anything into my iPad or my iMac for that matter. Wireless has been a thing for years.
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They are so much afraid of a computer vendor that has just 8% of the marketshare...
It's odd that at the beginning of the ad, he says he's going to do a comparison between Mac and PC. Then, he picks up the Intel device and says "PC" and then he picks up the MacBook Pro and says "Got a laptop, and it's just a laptop." Strange thing to say. I would think the script would've called for him to pick up the Mac and say, "Got a Mac and it's just a laptop."
To be fair, without going into silly processor comparison, you can find whatever features fit you on a PC laptop, whether it be gaming performance, battery life, port selection, more than 2 screen sizes, resolutions, touch support, tablet or flip modes.
No such thing on the Mac laptop lineup.
No such thing on the Mac laptop lineup.
It is true. They just missed out bad battery life, fan noise, dumb form factor "you hold the keyboard in your hands?!?!", poor performance, useless operating system in tablet mode etc. 😂
Lol pathetic. If the next "M" chip comes out (soon I hope) and it continues to increase the performance gains, Intel will just look silly.
As it is they are loosing out to AMD big time in the PC gaming world and now AMD has 5000 series laptops chips that crush Intel. At work we just upgraded our Dev and Prod VMware clusters with new EPYC based HPE servers, the first time we have use AMD CPU's at work in our servers. Retiring Intel Dell servers.
The only reason Intel is still in the game, with their mostly 14nm CPU's is that AMD can't supply all of the demand for computers. If they could Intel would be loosing market share even faster.
As it is they are loosing out to AMD big time in the PC gaming world and now AMD has 5000 series laptops chips that crush Intel. At work we just upgraded our Dev and Prod VMware clusters with new EPYC based HPE servers, the first time we have use AMD CPU's at work in our servers. Retiring Intel Dell servers.
The only reason Intel is still in the game, with their mostly 14nm CPU's is that AMD can't supply all of the demand for computers. If they could Intel would be loosing market share even faster.