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Intel's Latest PC vs. Mac Ad Involves a 'Social Experiment' With Apple Fans
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Well at least a Mac actually works when you need it to. You aren’t going to wake up one day and your computer won’t boot, or your keyboard and trackpad suddenly decides to stop working or it just overheats and keeps turning it self off.
Yeah I loved that too.
The very same "Apple Customers" who would like the option to update their RAM if they make the wrong choice are surprised when the Intel rep says each of these are available now - powered by Intel...
Whaaaaaat. No-waaaaaay - you're kidding right?
I'm referring to Apple hardware being depreciated and hardware means more than the computer itself. Printers and scanners count as hardware, as do audio and video hardware.
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They need to be concerned about both. While AMD is taking larger chunks of market share, it’s not happening as fast as it might if Apple demonstrates ARM as a viable solution. Right now intel is leaning on its reputation to buy time as it try’s to get into single digit processes. 11th gen intel chips are often faster than AMD zen 3, but it does so at a power and heat expense. More importantly it doesn’t have room to handle increased overhead. I had an early 11900k and it was a beast, but I ended up switching to AMD because it let me keep 200 tabs open and still hit my monitors fps when playing games.
Which is another issue all together. Intel doesn’t make games run faster AMD and NVidea do.
For most people I’ve know who aren’t especially tech-focused, it’s not so much fanboyism as it’s about what people around them use and what is generally considered cool or advanced. Common consumers don’t care and actual professionals can see past the branding into the actual tech and decide for themselves. Fanboyism seems most rampant in the semi tech-savvy crowd.
Chevrolet hasn’t been considered among the best for at least half a century. That aside, I believe the context of a Chevy reference in this thread is to the Chevy ads a few years ago that had a similar setup to the Intel ad with unwitting car shoppers touring the features of various unbadged Chevys and being surprised when they are told the vehicles are Chevys. “Wow! This is really a Chevy?!?! This is just like a Range Rover… (said supposed actual shopper who had never been in a Range Rover)!”
The funny thing is this, they want all these things, but do they want to uproot their entire ecosystem? I can’t wait until the first time one of these “apple fans” has to deal with a virus, or driver conflicts. Part of why I use the Mac is to cut down on the amount of tech headaches I have. That doesn’t mean apple is flawless, but their ecosystem works very well together.
Intel today shared a new ad titled Breaking the Spell: Social Experiment. In the four-minute video, Intel invites 12 supposed Apple fans to a focus group showcasing features of "upcoming devices" that were, in fact, PCs that are already on the market. The ad was spotted earlier by French website MacGeneration.
The video starts out by saying that many Apple fans only care about Apple products, and Intel attempts to change that viewpoint. The supposed Apple fans are ushered into a room that looks similar to an Apple Store, creating the impression that they are being shown new Apple products, but the devices are actually PCs powered by Intel processors.
According to Intel's Ryan Shrout, the ad features each participant's "real" reactions instead of scripted ones. "It's surprising to see how many people that utilize tech still don't know the capabilities of the PC," he said in a tweet.
The ad is part of Intel's #GoPC marketing campaign that it launched last year after Apple started transitioning to custom Apple Silicon chips in Macs. Intel even recruited former "I'm a Mac" actor Justin Long for some of the ads.
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To each their own, but for me personally, I can't imagine a worse computer hell than trying to comfortably use a laptop computer on your lap.
Literally none of that is true. The same things happen to Macs as PCs.
Nothing new…
Do some people want user upgradable systems? Yes
Do some people want to be able to play more games? Yes
Do some people want a touchscreen? Yes
Do some people want a hybrid laptop and tablet? Yes
Do those people want to give up all the other benefits of the Apple ecosystem for those? NO!
Do some people want user upgradable systems? Yes
Do some people want to be able to play more games? Yes
Do some people want a touchscreen? Yes
Do some people want a hybrid laptop and tablet? Yes
Do those people want to give up all the other benefits of the Apple ecosystem for those? NO!
Why do you feel the need to give an opinion on a decades old experience that is no longer reality? Programs don't use .ini files any more. Windows handles driver updates, and pretty flawlessly. Everything is compatible with Windows because the other option, Mac, is not upgradeable. Problem solved. EDIT: to be honest, wondering of something 3rd party works with a Mac is the issue!
Maybe you should give Windows 11 a try. If XP was your last experience, you'd sing a different tune.
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Who said that? Did you say that? I didn't say that.
I have a Core i7 MacBook Pro and it works perfectly. It's a 2019 model so it should go several more years before needing to be replaced. My next one will be M1 or whatever is current when the time comes.
I also recently started a job that requires me to use Windows. (Maybe "requires" is a strong word, but it does make things easier.) They issued me a Dell Latitude. Kinda old and clunky, so I decided to purchase my own. I got the Lenovo Yoga 6 in Abyss Blue with the textile cloth on the lid. Pretty nice for a Windows laptop. Oh, and I saved some money by getting it with a Ryzen 5 processor. Something about AMD processors being better performers at lower prices. So far it works perfectly well too.
As far as most Macs... install base, sure. But right now Apple offers MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac, and iPad with an M1 chip. That leaves the Mac Pro and some configurations of iMac and MacBook Pro with Intel. I think that's a little more than half in terms of products offered.
Did no-one see this fineprint ”real people paid for their time and OPINIONS” at the bottom? 🥂
I didn't realize that Mac computer were perfect? They never break? They never fail to boot? The keyboards are flawless (we all know that wasn't the case a few years ago)? I guess the Genius bars are fake and why does Apple give a hardware warranty and why does everyone blindly buy Applecare if they don't break? Please explain...
You didn't say if it was your laptop with those issues or just something you read/heard somewhere and are recycling here? I would almost bet MacBooks have those same issues (not all, but some...just like Windows laptops have issues, not all, but some).
Read the posts. Hosts of people here saying Intel is crap. So Intel based Macs must be crap too, apparently.
Of all the things I dislike about Apple's current Mac lineup, the lack of a touchscreen is NOT one of them.
The complete inability to upgrade and repair on the other hand....
The complete inability to upgrade and repair on the other hand....
I’m curious where they found these people?? seem as though they’ve got no clue when it comes to technology.
I can’t believe the marketing team missed the opportunity to talk about the best selling point of an Intel laptop. Want a vasectomy, but don’t want the hassle and expense of the ‘snip’,well no problem. Buy one these babies and play some 3-D intensive games and keep the laptop on your lap. The heat generated by the processor will roast your testicles, solving the problem for you 
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