Microsoft Says 'We're Faster Than a Mac' in Latest Windows PC Ad

[MallardDuck]

Apple loves talking about performance per watt, and they do win there, but for those who want raw processing power, Intel/AMD/NVidia run circles around Apple Silicon.

On laptops I do care about performance per watt. On my desktop, I'm happy to run a 1000 watt power supply and send my A/C into overdrive.

 

[Spike1999]

Microsoft, the McDonald's of the tech industry.

What’s Apple then? Burger King

 

[mansplains]

Ok. Now do battery life

It’s faster there too! At draining battery, that is

 

[Viridian5]

Their ad here feels comically low budget, like a high school student's project while they learn how to use a video camera and Windows Media Player.

I think that’s their target market here. It’s an ad for TikTok.

 

[sgreen1403]

Admittedly, I’m not their target audience for this ad, but DANG, that was cringe! And as one YT’er said, maybe not the best choice to convey your product being “better” as worthy of breaking news, like it rarely happens. 😬

 

[mansplains]

who doesn't love updates, updates, and more updates with windows PCs. I feel like with a Mac, for work especially, I can set up the machine and someone can use it for years without my intervention. With our windows PCs, I am constantly dealing with driver issues, updates, etc.

Reminds me of this gem

 

[Astuces iOS]

Top = 2000$ windows against 1100/1000$ MacBook airs... come on compare to MacBook Pro or compare similar price MacBook Air...

 

[SDJim]

Deciding to issue a press release comparing your top hardware against your competitors worst hardware that is not even sold anymore and has been fully replaced is a bold move, Cotton...

 

[CalMin]

This a quite laughable video!

But also - it's gotten to the point that 'speed' isn't relevant for most tasks for most people who buy this class of notebook computer. Who are they trying to appeal to?

 

[Shalev Lazarof]

What’s Apple then? Burger King

A 3 Stars Micheline products restaurant, with philosophical approach of creating and spread the best ecosystem and take full responsibility from A-Z on the integration in it, priced like burger king.

 

[Dr McKay]

Are we back?

 

[svish]

Not a good ad. Competition is good but I would prefer to buy a Mac anyday.

 

[nfl46]

Honestly, if it wasn’t for work and gaming, I wouldn’t even use Windows anymore. I wish Apple took gaming serious, it will be one more reason to eliminate Windows for me.

 

[klasma]

In the end, using Windows over macOS remains a dealbreaker for some customers regardless.

And vice versa.

 

[Mousse]

In the end, using Windows over macOS remains a dealbreaker for some customers regardless.

Sadly, this holds true among a lot of bean counters.😞 Make Excel a separate company so that Excel for Mac can be as good and feature rich as Excel for Windows. Windows is bloated. Just like how Apple needs another Snow Leopard release, Microsoft needs to do another Windows 7 release.

 

[hieranonymous]

So it's like when Apple did their "Get a Mac" ads comparing a Mac to a Windows PC... but this time it's Microsoft comparing their Windows PCs to a Mac.

Yep. The tables have turned.

 

[AppleWes]

Yep. The tables have turned.

 

[klasma]

What’s Apple then? Burger King

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

 

[HMI]

Faster at?

EOL?
Being hacked/compromised?
Slowing down with Bloat?
Making popular apps/services become unlikable by everyone and cost more money?

👏 👏 👏

 

[BelgianChoklit]

"We're faster than a Mac, from 10 years ago"

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Everyone relax, they are just ads; no reality intended.

Apple should revise the old "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" ads. This time they should be: I'm a Mac and What's a PC?. After decades of MS bloatware the copywriters would have unlimited material to work from.

 

[skitidetdu]

even if it is true, you are still windows os

 

[Dr McKay]

Apple should revise the old "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" ads. This time they should be: I'm a Mac and What's a PC?.

Apple already ran an ad where they ask "What's a computer?" if they run another asking "What's a PC?" then they just look terminally confused at everything.

 

[Reverend Benny]

After been using the Surface Pro with the Qualcomm ARM Cpu at work I'm impressed. X86 compability when it comes to apps, battery performance, great speed, I do like it alot. It's a testdevice as we use HP mainly but I have to say that I really don't wanna go back to the "old" x86 versions.
Windows 11 don't get that many more updates than MacOS these days, its the regular patch Tuesday and MacOS has a similar amount but not scheduled the same foreseeable way.

I use mainly Office apps and especially Teams, and that app kills battery on X86.

The formfactor on the Surface Pro isn't ideal, I'd rather have the Surface Laptop. And the touchscreen is quite useless, as I use it as a regular laptop most of the time.

Glad to see MS delivers and they will keep pushing Apple and many others to deliver even better stuff.

Another postivie aspect these days it that it really doesn't matter what plattform you are using for office work. We have Macs at work and its nice to see that they run MS365 services and apps very well. Don't think these two plattforms has ever been coexisting in an office environment as they do now.

 

[ZipZilla]

Why would Microsoft bother acknowledging a competitor that has a very minor marketshare? Answer: they've run out of ideas