And you get more horsepower per dollar from a Ford Mustang than a BMW M3.
What's your point exactly?
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Microsoft Releases Second 'Laptop Hunters' Commercial
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And you get more horsepower per dollar from a Ford Mustang than a BMW M3.
What's your point exactly?
Enjoy your Mustang...
I'm currently in film school and we use Macs 24/7.
A friend of mine got an ASUS and a DSLR instead of a Macbook Pro. People need to make certain choices when money's tight and I understand that.
However, two months later, he already formatted his HDD 2 or 3 times because his computer gets slow and sometimes becomes unresponsive after ± 1 month of intense usage. He's using Kaspersky and regularly backs up and clears HDD space. He's now waiting for a good time to sell his ASUS and buy a MBP.
Your hardware is only as good as your OS allows it to be. Vista, unfortunately, is a strong enough reason to save up and buy a Mac.
These adverts are obviously about hardware, mac adverts have been about OS and software bundled with it.
You're really splitting hairs there. I mean really, how many PC notebooks are sold with Linux at retail locations?
Also found that interesting.
That much is certain.
Yes, these are much better than the Seinfeld ads. Although it wouldn't have taken much to do that.
Snort!
Yes, Microsoft does make keyboards and mice. While true that is technically hardware, it is not in the context of this thread.
How can people work with a trackpad that size? Plus, the Toshiba in the pic is real ugly.
No, Apple is very much a hardware company. If they were a software company, they wouldn't give 2 craps about Psystar selling Mac compatible hardware and they would've made it so OS X boots of computers with BIOS without hacks a long time ago to sell it to a larger audience.
Apple sells you a computer that's vertically integrated, an experience. Most of their money comes from the hardware sales.
All i can say is:
If you have these to circumstances put together.
You give Mac OS X to hardware manufacturers, Mac Wins.
You give Windows to hardware manufacturers, Windows Looses.
It's the whole fact that MS distributes their own software to hardware manufacturers who can get veeerry cheap parts.
They don't make the hardware, so they shouldn't make ads on it.
(basically, it's the hardware manufacturers that make windows win in the current situation, if Apple were to do the same, they would win, but they won't and i hope they won't.)
-Sam
If you have these to circumstances put together.
You give Mac OS X to hardware manufacturers, Mac Wins.
You give Windows to hardware manufacturers, Windows Looses.
It's the whole fact that MS distributes their own software to hardware manufacturers who can get veeerry cheap parts.
They don't make the hardware, so they shouldn't make ads on it.
(basically, it's the hardware manufacturers that make windows win in the current situation, if Apple were to do the same, they would win, but they won't and i hope they won't.)
-Sam
1. You actually get $100 off it.
2. I sold my 15" Alu-MBP because it was heavy and hard to take around. Anything bigger was only worse.
3. Yes because spending more money on an External display is always the answer. He might as well get a different laptop with higher resolution than to drop another 200-400 on an external monitor with higher resolution than that.
4. The specs aren't that much worse. The graphics card will do fine for the things he needs to do, I'm sure, and the processor is essentially the same, all he needs to do is drop another $50 and upgrade the RAM to 4GB and he's done.
5. No. They don't. They design every part themselves and license companies like Samsung and Taiwanese companies to produce it. Ever wonder what they do in Apple's HARDWARE department?
You should really get your facts straight before you try to refute another person's argument.
On a side note: If he wanted portability and power, he should have spent his $1500 on a desktop and an EeePC, which is exactly what I did. Upgraded my old desktop to a Core i7 920, GTX 260 and 12GB RAM for only $600. EeePC was $400. Now I have an extra $700 profit.
You are being way too literal in this. If they say "HP Laptop", with 99% probability, it is running Windows. That means it's putting money in their pocket. Job done. It's an effective ad. I'm sorry that seems to bother you.
Ha, I am all for dissing on Apple, but come on, aesthetics? Personally I find the entire line of Apple computers to be rather ugly. So, why do I use them? Performance.
Microsoft should really concentrate on promoting what Windows does, the benefits and how it can be used. Educating people on what they can actually do on a computer baring facebook and MSN messenger.
As much as some would like to believe the Mac vs PC ads were designed just to bash PC's they weren't. You learnt an alternative, you learnt what a Mac can do to you, your life and how you use a computer.
Microsoft, again miss the ball. What exactly are they promoting? That a HP laptop, regardless of numerous factors is cheaper than a Mac? Weak.
The Advertising, Advertising, Advertising.... Fix Vista still applies.
As much as some would like to believe the Mac vs PC ads were designed just to bash PC's they weren't. You learnt an alternative, you learnt what a Mac can do to you, your life and how you use a computer.
Microsoft, again miss the ball. What exactly are they promoting? That a HP laptop, regardless of numerous factors is cheaper than a Mac? Weak.
The Advertising, Advertising, Advertising.... Fix Vista still applies.
So let's not talk about software, then. Let's talk about the fact that Microsoft is marketing something that they don't sell. Hardware. Software is irrelevant. Software isn't talked about at all in these ads. The fact that this hardware runs software is coincidental.
It. Isn't. The. Point.
Microsoft is selling something for someone else.
We'd have to ask Wal Mart, they have been selling PCs and laptops with Linux for a couple of years now.
At the beginning, Vista didn't need any help to destroy its reputation, it did it itselfyou know.. i guess this is pretty low of Microsoft... but then again Apple did destroy Vista not too long ago at a keynote if i'm not mistaken
Wrong, build quality.
Not to mention massive hardware differences. Magsafe adapter, massive glass, multi-touch, buttonless trackpad, battery indicatory, aluminium enclosure. I could go on.
And the Microsoft lovers who come on Apple sites to post are equally fun to watch.
The only reason I go for Apple computers is the Mac OS. It's that simple. Apple over prices low-end hard ware. Everyone knows that, but as long as OSX continues to be the far superior, easier, safer OS, it won't matter.
Some one said the difference between Mac users & Windows users is this:
Apple: OS
Windows: Hardware
I think that sums it up. No one would buy Macs w/o OSX, and no (sane) person would go PC if they didn't do more for much less.
Some one said the difference between Mac users & Windows users is this:
Apple: OS
Windows: Hardware
I think that sums it up. No one would buy Macs w/o OSX, and no (sane) person would go PC if they didn't do more for much less.
It's not bothering me at all, the only thing bothering me is that you can't admit your analogy was flawed. I don't really care about the ad itself, more about you thinking this is Microsoft advertising something they do sell. Your AT&T analogy was flawed and that's all I'm saying.
Another example: http://www.notebookcheck.net/uploads/pics/touchpad_38.jpg
That could have EASILY been larger.
Microsoft would do better if PC manufacturers actually tried.
The western world is built on brands but I guess to these clowns, they only buy "no name" things.
Effective?
It's a Microsoft Windows ad that NEVER mentions the Windows OS.
It only mentions hardware and only shows HP laptops. It would be efficient if it were a HP ad.
This is false advertising. Pure and simple.
