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Mac Ads are Bias

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StateCCM

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does anyone else agree?

the only time my PC crashed is when i overclocked my Intel Pentium 4 up to 6 GHz using a liquid nitrogen cpu cooling a couple years ago. (yeah it was a pretty stupid thing to do)

Some Macs do come with trial software

and Mac OS X just like vista needs your permission before you install something (which i dont have a problem with)
 
Wait, you mean an advertiser will protray their products in the most positive light in comparison to their competitors?!

SAY IT AIN'T SO! 😱

🙄
 
Ads are biased by their nature



Woof, Woof - Dawg
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Well durr they are adverts...

although you say about crashes, I haven't had Windows crash on me as much as it seems to crash on my friend's PCs (just because they don't look after them) but it's still unstable in comparison to OS X in my experience...
 
StateCCM said:
its stupid how they point out flaws in windows, but those flaws are also on the mac.
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No I wouldn't say so. 114,00 viruses targeting Windows (I believe the figure is actually much higher than that now) and none for OS X.

Also, Windows based PCs do tend to be bogged down with crappy trial software, whilst Macs only tend to come with 2-3 trial apps on them (counting the Microsoft Office suite as 1 app, which it kinda is).
 
Killyp said:
Also, Windows based PCs do tend to be bogged down with crappy trial software, whilst Macs only tend to come with 2-3 trial apps on them (counting the Microsoft Office suite as 1 app, which it kinda is).
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Yeah, and Apple doesn't charge you to have it removed beforehand (cough Sony)
 
Yea they are biased, but what ad isn't?! I found it rather ironic when Office 2004 for Mac spontaneously quit while I was finishing up an essay for school, and it brought the Ellen Feiss ad to mind...
 
StateCCM said:
its stupid how they point out flaws in windows, but those flaws are also on the mac.
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I think you mean they unfairly portray Windows PCs or that they make false advertisement. For them to be biased simply means that they advocate a certain position (e.g. that Macs are better; almost all advertisements advocate the position that their product or service is superior). Being unjust or unfair or advertising falsely (e.g. making factually incorrect statements about either their own or the competitors' products) is a different matter entirely. Almost all commercials are biased; particularly in the developed world, fewer commercials engage in deliberately false advertisement, although it does happen.

P.S. How long have you been studying English, and what's your native language, out of curiosity? You should keep up with it! Learning new languages is great. 🙂
 
Some of them are funny, while some come off as presumptuous. I bought a Macbook in spite of those ads; certainly not because of them.
 
Funny me, I always thought ads were biased.

Can you imagine a company launching an ad for their new XYZ device, only to say, that their XYZ sucked and company B's version is much better?

Don't think you'll ever see that happen.
 
Killyp said:
No I wouldn't say so. 114,00 viruses targeting Windows (I believe the figure is actually much higher than that now) and none for OS X.

Also, Windows based PCs do tend to be bogged down with crappy trial software, whilst Macs only tend to come with 2-3 trial apps on them (counting the Microsoft Office suite as 1 app, which it kinda is).
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apple said 114,000. Bogus numbers since its mostly malwares and adwares if you actually read the source.

You believe the figure is actually much higher now? where is your data? how many active virus for vista?

If you don't know, maybe do some search first?
sushi said:
Funny me, I always thought ads were biased.

Can you imagine a company launching an ad for their new XYZ device, only to say, that their XYZ sucked and company B's version is much better?

Don't think you'll ever see that happen.
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for a computer technology company, its pretty rare to lie like apple, so blatantly.
 
StateCCM said:
the only time my PC crashed is when i overclocked my Intel Pentium 4 up to 6 GHz using a liquid nitrogen cpu cooling a couple years ago.
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😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

i couldn't stop laughing at this point and realized this thread must be an early april fools joke.
 
LOL! This is the best April Fools thread I've read so far, as well as the only April Fools thread I've read so far (in case that wasn't obvious). 🙂
 
StateCCM said:
Mac OS X just like vista needs your permission before you install something (which i dont have a problem with)
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Thankfully that's *all* OS X needs your permission for (ok, aside from Onyx, which asks once in awhile too) -- Vista is hardcore asking your permission on trivial stuff, and that's what gets annoying 🙂

-Bryan
 
clevin said:
apple said 114,000. Bogus numbers since its mostly malwares and adwares if you actually read the source.

You believe the figure is actually much higher now? where is your data? how many active virus for vista?

If you don't know, maybe do some search first?
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Where is your data for this statement.

clevin said:
for a computer technology company, its pretty rare to lie like apple, so blatantly.
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And what exactly has Apple lied about?
 
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