Hey, it cost Intel $50,000,000 to come up with that. I hear they really wanted "Dude, you're gettin' a PC" but there were some legal issues...
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Intel's Anti-Mac Ad Campaign Highlights M1 Shortcomings
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Hey, it cost Intel $50,000,000 to come up with that. I hear they really wanted "Dude, you're gettin' a PC" but there were some legal issues...
Who are these ads for? Intel isn't going to win Apple back, and Windows fanboys and gamers will clearly choose a PC (although right now, maybe not an Intel powered one). So what are they railing against here? Is this really about the M1? If this is what Intel's vaunted new CEO brings, color me unimpressed.
Someone is feeling a bit insecure and threatened 😂🧐💻
Don’t worry intel if I ever need a lap heater and shocking battery life I’ll be running back to you in no time. 😁
Don’t worry intel if I ever need a lap heater and shocking battery life I’ll be running back to you in no time. 😁
It’s better to use the trackpad rather than ‘your actual thumbs’ to flip through Photoshop thumbnails
This new campaign perhaps does less to promote Intel products than demonstrate how threatened the company feels by Apple's in-house ARM designs. 
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These ads are 100% correct factually.
So Intel is highlighting functionality that is not enabled by anything specific to Intel chips.
End of the day for most users, does it get the job done? The my under the hood technology better then yours died years ago. Apple products get the job done, help with privacy and security. Note the word most. An analogy, most could care less today what is under the hood of their automobile. Plus Apple has The Cool Factor. Choose what does it for you.
I’m still waiting for the inevitable price free fall for Intel laptops. Would be nice if I can score an i7 laptop for cheap.
These ads are not against Apple... they are a (desperate) prayer to Microsoft "please, please, please don't go full arm"
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Yeah, let's compare the low end entry model of a new machine to high end laptops. Better get that done now, because the m2 and m3 are going to smoke everything in their lineup this fall.
Seems odd to me - Apple and Intel aren't really in direct competition. Most people aren't going to switch from an Intel-based Windows PC to an M1-based macOS PC so neither side really has to worry.
Even if Apple were to license Apple Silicon to PC manufacturers, is there a supported version of Windows for it? How many Windows ARM apps are out there? Software compatibility is Windows big sell.
Even if Apple were to license Apple Silicon to PC manufacturers, is there a supported version of Windows for it? How many Windows ARM apps are out there? Software compatibility is Windows big sell.
Fun fact, all the processing power and technology that sent man to the moon in 1969 is far less than your average calculator nowadays. They're really saying a Mac computer cannot do the same?
Also I don't see what have a stylus or touchscreen has to do with a CPU, acting like Apple doesn't make the best touchscreens and styluses anyway.
Only completely computer illiterate people would fall for these ads (and luckily for Intel there's plenty of those to go around).
Also I don't see what have a stylus or touchscreen has to do with a CPU, acting like Apple doesn't make the best touchscreens and styluses anyway.
Only completely computer illiterate people would fall for these ads (and luckily for Intel there's plenty of those to go around).
Intel loves PCs so much that they refuse to make any.
As a graphic artist I would never flip through anything in Photoshop with my thumbs. F that noise.
Embarrassing
And this is just the m1 , wait until the next gen comes out - intel will go bananas !!!b🤪
And this is just the m1 , wait until the next gen comes out - intel will go bananas !!!b
🤪That's incorrect. Google Intel NUC. Intel probably has more NUC models than there are Mac models.
You know a company gets very desperate when they try to trash their competitors like this.
Intel actually does market a small PC called NUC.
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When you have a great product, you talk about it to build it up. When you don't have a great product, you talk about your competitor's products to tear them down.
It's not just Apple, Intel is feeling the pressure form AMD as well. Intel is in desperation mode right now.
Attack ads against a minority PC market share holder... maybe these M1 Macs are that good...