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Microsoft Releases Second 'Laptop Hunters' Commercial
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Forget it, PC trollers can't get it...next time they will be talking about the wonderful features that are coming with Windows 8...
A lot if people are clueless. As I said before, I work in IT, mostly mac but do you know that mostly all of them have dell servers? Even those that have xsereve and kerii mail server, they STOL have servers from dell. I love macs but my issued mac has windows server via remote desktop, not apple remote, and microsoft is doing fine. Windows 7 will be the first os that micro has with no other os to support. Plus it's running old hardware very fast, unlike vista. With this marketing now, so wary plus all the buzz IT are giving win 7, I think it's going to do well, especially since in a good economy, apple is over priced, plus a mobi repair no. Apple protection is $900 hindered is due to apple ripping us off and making you buy a new laptop. With apple care, eg, the $359 for MacBook pro is civetubg actaul costof all parts. While I love apple and know their bread and butter iPhone is goingti take a huge hit when. 50+ million iPhone contracts expire, you have to wonder if this I'd karma
Apart from the fact that it's a MS ad with a BIG FAT Windows logo on it, of course...
Get real, man...you're not making any sense at all.
And Vista did suck, go and check the reviews and satisfaction rates, no wonder. Microsoft is ashamed to mention an ounce of that dreadful word in this campaign.
Apart from the fact that it's a MS ad with a BIG FAT Windows logo on it, of course...
Microsoft is selling the computer, not the OS. Windows logo... so what? That tells us nothing. No software is mentioned. None. Microsoft sells software. Not computers.
Thanks for dropping your other point.
So let me get this the display on a unibody MacBook is worse than a cheap
Netbook, somehow I find that hard to believe.
hilarious
they seem to be more about the brand than the power.
MISSED THE POINT
on a spec sheet of course the PC will win, but it still runs Windows, which is the kicker.
last time I checked, Macs are the most widely used industry computers when producing music, when doing graphics, when shooting a movie.... so is power really an issue? it's software.
also, my company has an account with sony europe, because they design their laptops on Macs... says it all really.
they seem to be more about the brand than the power.
MISSED THE POINT
on a spec sheet of course the PC will win, but it still runs Windows, which is the kicker.
last time I checked, Macs are the most widely used industry computers when producing music, when doing graphics, when shooting a movie.... so is power really an issue? it's software.
also, my company has an account with sony europe, because they design their laptops on Macs... says it all really.
It is not mentioned because like I ms don't have a selling point for vista. It s THEIR choice not to mention it. mentioned or not, it is a FACT these pcs we are talking about run vista, period.
It's true; it has been tested impartially. Apple uses crap screens in their lowest-end products.
Only one day and already 1050 comments
Yes, and we've JUST NOW begun to repeat ourselves and our arguments (the original questions are popping back up). Moderators, please close this thread now. We have come full circle again.
And Linux, and BSD, and anything else, really.
Forget it, PC trollers can't get it...next time they will be talking about the wonderful features that are coming with Windows 8...
Actually, Windows 7 is great. Which will lead to disappointment with these ad people when they find out that Vista is not all that great and have to fork out another $150 or so for Windows 7 early next year.
Who the heck goes and buys a unibody macbook after having two plastic MacBooks fail on them?
Someone who believes that metal is a better material than plastic and believes that the better attention to build quality would correlate to a better experience?
ok, bt ms is not selling them based on their capacity to run linux, or bsd, they are selling them with VISTA, that's point here, that's what this thread is about, these vista commercials.
LOL, Vista's problems didn't exist, go and tell that to the numerous reviews and unsatisfied consumers. Apple was just repeating what the press was saying.
I did not hear the word "Vista" in either of these commercials. I didn't see the word "Vista" in either of these commercials.
The 'press' was pretty anti-vista before it was even released.
On release, the tech sites I was reading all seemed to be going 'urr, we were expecting all manor of bugs and security issues - but actually it's pretty solid'
I'm not the biggest fan of vista, I think it has too much going on in the background by default, especially compared to xp - but it runs fine.
OK, So here's what I learned......
Concept #1: Buying that HP is like buying a Stock car with a massive engine (HP Laptop) and run it on standard unleaded gas. (Windows) Still going to suck.
Concept #2: Not considering brand means when buying software you should never consider Microsoft's reputation as a factor (or should you, LOL) or any other company when dropping hundreds of $$ and buy based on other points like features and reliability.
Conclusion: With these points made I would choose OS X and a MacBook. Quality OS and Quality Hardware which = less headaches and more productivity.
Also with the Micro$oft mindset, no matter how good a companies support for their product is that I should buy the cheaper version of what I want because if I save a few hundred dollars now but spend a thousand dollars worth of my time with tech support and falling hardware it's well worth it!!
Let's face it, when you buy stuff like a car, house, medication, food, clothes and such, Brand and quality never become an issue.
Concept #1: Buying that HP is like buying a Stock car with a massive engine (HP Laptop) and run it on standard unleaded gas. (Windows) Still going to suck.
Concept #2: Not considering brand means when buying software you should never consider Microsoft's reputation as a factor (or should you, LOL) or any other company when dropping hundreds of $$ and buy based on other points like features and reliability.
Conclusion: With these points made I would choose OS X and a MacBook. Quality OS and Quality Hardware which = less headaches and more productivity.
Also with the Micro$oft mindset, no matter how good a companies support for their product is that I should buy the cheaper version of what I want because if I save a few hundred dollars now but spend a thousand dollars worth of my time with tech support and falling hardware it's well worth it!!
Let's face it, when you buy stuff like a car, house, medication, food, clothes and such, Brand and quality never become an issue.
I am being honest. I'm 40, I started using PCs in 1992 with Windows 3.11. Like everyone else I used antivirus software for a long time due to the fear propaganda, but after 10 years of finding zero viruses it started to feel like having a UFO camera on your roof, it ain't gonna happen. So I stopped using AV software altogether in 2002 or thereabouts, and since then I've made a habit of downloading AVG or Avira once a year to run a check, and they always come up empty handed. And so does Windows Defender, the spyware scanner.
Woah woah woah don't try slithering away like a snake from the topic at hand. You argued that the idea of Windows Search was a ripoff of Spotlight. This is impossible due to the documented timeline. So now you don't want to talk about it being a ripoff, instead you suddenly want to shift the focus to software in development vs. available software. So where are you going with that? Are you going to argue that Microsoft didn't have the idea for Windows Search until the same instant that Vista was available in stores?
Wow, they should fire their IT guys then.
Windows Update makes silent installs 90% of the time, and it maintains an index of all your previous installs. The interface is quite intuitive for an MS app and has plenty of tweaks if you're so inclined. Apple's Software Update is a blithering idiot that introduces itself with a big bouncing globe in the Dock. Then it throws you a very crude interface (by Apple Standards) where it rants about some QuickTime patch or a pointless Camera Raw update. Then, as if it was scrambling to come up with more ways to get in your way, it forces you to sign license agreements for maintenance updates to applications you've already signed a license agreement for. I love Apple's stuff normally, but this one is about as elegant as Bigfoot.
How about you pay attention to which part of networking I said was easy, rather than make it sound like I applauded some totally different aspect of it? I said it was easy to map network drives, which is nifty for people like me who keep all their files on a NAS. In Leopard, you have to write an Apple Script to achieve the same level of functionality.
It would be a lot for Mac, but given that the Windows install base has crossed the 1 billion mark (those are the legal copies, mind you), that's a microscopic fraction of the user base and bound to include numerous duplicate downloads.
Aren't you the same person who had to post 100's of times repeatedly in the last thread like this trying to defend everything possible about MS?
Really have a complex and boring life don't you ?
I wonder where the catch is on this laptop, didn't he say he wanted portability? I wouldn't want a 16.0" screen, if I was looking for portable laptops. First goal for a MacBook. Second: 2.0 GHz is already really good for a notebook. So, why does he say he's looking for computing power? Third: Well, he says he doesn't want to pay for the brand. It is of course true that you do pay for thelogo on it, but don't you do the same on HP? You get a very high quality notebook for that price. Plus all the things Macs are known for like simplicity, fun, etc. To conclude all this: Just another ad Microsoft cheats customers with. That's my opinion.
Isn't HP also a brand, isn't he paying more for the HP brand than he would with other systems?
OK, so let me update my dictionary here... just to make sure.
Mac fanboy = loves Mac, hates PC.
Windows fanboy = thinks Mac is OK, doesn't flat out hate PC.
Yeah, that sounds very fair and balanced. Like Fox News on crack.
People who think laptop hunters ad are stupid are in fact total idiots. Look at this and the Lauren thread: 1055 + 3298 posts. Compare that to Get a Mac ads, have they generated that kind of hype?
Now some people are saying, why microsoft advertising the hardware? It is because in the Get a mac ad Apple targets Microsoft's software not hardware, how many times you hear them talk about Dell,HP,Sony? But!!! it is I am a PC, I am a Mac instead of I am Windows, I am a Mac.Microsoft is actually basing their ads on real-world, consumer facts and don't sugar coat it, Giampaolo clearly admits Macs are aesthetically pleasing, how many times one may hear about the Good side of PCs?
Kudos to microsoft & their ad agency for coming up with this.
Now some people are saying, why microsoft advertising the hardware? It is because in the Get a mac ad Apple targets Microsoft's software not hardware, how many times you hear them talk about Dell,HP,Sony? But!!! it is I am a PC, I am a Mac instead of I am Windows, I am a Mac.Microsoft is actually basing their ads on real-world, consumer facts and don't sugar coat it, Giampaolo clearly admits Macs are aesthetically pleasing, how many times one may hear about the Good side of PCs?
Kudos to microsoft & their ad agency for coming up with this.