It proves nothing. It's just irritating for Mac users this "PCs cost less and offer the same" BS.
A retarded person leading a retarded company making retarded advertisements of retarded products. Could it be any better?
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It proves nothing. It's just irritating for Mac users this "PCs cost less and offer the same" BS.
A retarded person leading a retarded company making retarded advertisements of retarded products. Could it be any better?
haha exactly. I admit, if I ever use my MacBook out in public, I tend to feel a bit embarrassed as though I'm trying to "show off" the Apple logo. If I have to use it, I try to keep a low profile. Odd eh lol.
Absolutely, that's what that line was all about. Being elitist, posh and rich in this economy is pretty much like walking around with a bullseye on your forehead. On the micro level it was a stab against Apple's pricing model and the arrogance of the user base, but on the macro level it was a stab at everything from Wall St execs to Paris Hilton.I think that the "not cool enough to be a Mac person" line is precious.
It seems to be a dig against some of the arrogant, elitist attitudes that some Apple users have.
You've seen them, the posers in Starbucks with their Apple logos on display, willy-waving their MBPs while surfing.
You go, Lauren. Start the backlash!
She maybe shouldn't have driven a convertible, though.
You want missleading - I've heard ( and it's just a rumour ) that 'I'm and Mac' isn't ACTUALLY a Mac. He's a Justin.
I think that the "not cool enough to be a Mac person" line is precious.
It seems to be a dig against some of the arrogant, elitist attitudes that some Apple users have.
You've seen them, the posers in Starbucks with their Apple logos on display, willy-waving their MBPs while surfing.
You go, Lauren. Start the backlash!
... and their iPhones...
(I'm at Starbucks right now, glad I brought my Thinkpad....)
Wait, Microsoft can pay broke customers to "buy" a Vista loaded PC? How does that make any business sense?
Dumb ads like this are a big reason why I pretty much no longer watch television. Have you ever seen a grown adult so "giddy" over getting a computer? Mac or not ? And I'm sorry any moron who believes this person is "real" and is not in fact getting paid to be all giddy over a 699 computer deserves to have a pos computer with a pos operating system.
In all fairness, I have a great $500 desktop running Linux that does 95% of what a consumer would do. Web, email, music/video watching, image editing, etc ... and it's run for years without the slightest hiccup due to the Linux OS.
Linux and OSX are technically, pretty much the same.
The day they release a decent video editing app and something even close to Garageband for Linux .... I am gone from the PC AND Mac world forever.
Unfortunately, since the argument is always codified as "Windows vs. Mac", that will never happen.
If it did, though ... we could all have much better for much less.
We are all corporate slaves, one no better than the other.
Listen to the sound effect at the 50 second mark - lifted sound effect from Super Mario Bros (1985). Mario jump sound... tsk tsk...
I must say that, as a devout 
user, I do take a little offense to the "not cool enough" jab by the actress in the commercial, as well as the same sentiment from thousands of others.
I am not cool. I am not trendy. Though there are many reasons people buy a MacBook Pro, coolness is low on the list. I bought my MBP because, as a relatively poor person (I'm serious), it was easily the best value for my dollar.
When I walked into the store with my $2k I had saved up in anticipation of a new MBP, I knew that was all I was going to need to spend to get a tough, well-made, well thought-out, high-quality computer that would not only last me for at least two years, but one that I would be able to work on right away at any given moment, with none of my precious time wasted on virus scans, malware and spyware scans, hard drive defrags, and unnecessary software demo uninstalls.
As a cost-benefit conscious individual, I also know that when I am ready for a new laptop in two years (one year left), I will be able to sell my current laptop for at least half of what I paid for it, bringing my next purchase to probably around $1000 out of pocket.
As a side note, some people have mentioned the fact that fanboys are scared by this ad, but I don't see why... Who cares if everyone else buys cheap PC laptops, as long as companies with Apple quality still exist?
user, I do take a little offense to the "not cool enough" jab by the actress in the commercial, as well as the same sentiment from thousands of others.I am not cool. I am not trendy. Though there are many reasons people buy a MacBook Pro, coolness is low on the list. I bought my MBP because, as a relatively poor person (I'm serious), it was easily the best value for my dollar.
When I walked into the
store with my $2k I had saved up in anticipation of a new MBP, I knew that was all I was going to need to spend to get a tough, well-made, well thought-out, high-quality computer that would not only last me for at least two years, but one that I would be able to work on right away at any given moment, with none of my precious time wasted on virus scans, malware and spyware scans, hard drive defrags, and unnecessary software demo uninstalls. As a cost-benefit conscious individual, I also know that when I am ready for a new laptop in two years (one year left), I will be able to sell my current laptop for at least half of what I paid for it, bringing my next
purchase to probably around $1000 out of pocket.As a side note, some people have mentioned the fact that fanboys are scared by this ad, but I don't see why... Who cares if everyone else buys cheap PC laptops, as long as companies with Apple quality still exist?
come on windoze bloze
Its like anything you buy. If the manufacturer parts it out to low bid and puts all the low bid components together you get low bid products. That is what winbloze is. The lowest bid components as crappilly put together as possible. They are slow and run just like any other product you buy that is put out for low bid. You can buy a steak at walmart and save a buck, but the cow was butchered god knows where a thousand at a pop. Go to your local butcher and buy a real piece of meat you actually want to eat. Oh it costs a buck more. Ya, you get what you pay for! A crappy OS, crappy software all running on crappy components.
Its like anything you buy. If the manufacturer parts it out to low bid and puts all the low bid components together you get low bid products. That is what winbloze is. The lowest bid components as crappilly put together as possible. They are slow and run just like any other product you buy that is put out for low bid. You can buy a steak at walmart and save a buck, but the cow was butchered god knows where a thousand at a pop. Go to your local butcher and buy a real piece of meat you actually want to eat. Oh it costs a buck more. Ya, you get what you pay for! A crappy OS, crappy software all running on crappy components.
Yeah. This whole my (insert anything here) is better than yours is getting rather stupid.
It is working for MS - have you seen all the buzz at other websites?
What will really be PATHETIC is if Apple responds with yet another one of their "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" ads...
This all has been discussed for more than two decades already, and there's not really anything new that can be said.
Apple sells high-priced, prestigious designer machines while OEMs sell work horses for the mass/business/corporate market. Like BMW and Mercedes simply don't want that everybody drives their cars (where would be the prestige in that?), Apple maybe does not want everybody to have their machines. Maybe. On the other hand, maybe Apple's management is just nuts and arrogant.
What I know for sure is that I have a Quad Core Mac Pro and a 17" PowerBook G4 at my home office and a new 15" Dell XPS Notebook at work. The 15" Dell costs less than half of what a 15" MacBook Pro costs and still offers a very acceptable design, high quality, superior service (compared to Apple) and it plain and simple is an awesome notebook with good performance and connectivity.
What I also know for fact is that my Mac Pro needed about a dozen power offs & ons today before it eventually found its system hard disk and started the boot process. My Mac Pro has four internal and two external hard disks (each connected to an own FireWire port). My old 20" iMac Core Duo very often had the same problem that my Mac Pro had today, and it had one internal and four external FireWire hard disks and two external FireWire DVD drives. It seems that Macs just don't know how to handle that sort of stuff well. So much for "it just works".
I also know that most of the technical software that we need at work simply is not available for Macs. It gets even worse when we are talking about business software.
Macs are designer machines that were made to be looked at and toyed with. They were not made for real work.
So choosing a PC over a Mac is not only about the price. It's about versatility and purpose. And it's also about service. Try getting a five year service contract with a guaranteed four hour response time from Apple, including at-your-home/office repairs.
Apple sells high-priced, prestigious designer machines while OEMs sell work horses for the mass/business/corporate market. Like BMW and Mercedes simply don't want that everybody drives their cars (where would be the prestige in that?), Apple maybe does not want everybody to have their machines. Maybe. On the other hand, maybe Apple's management is just nuts and arrogant.
What I know for sure is that I have a Quad Core Mac Pro and a 17" PowerBook G4 at my home office and a new 15" Dell XPS Notebook at work. The 15" Dell costs less than half of what a 15" MacBook Pro costs and still offers a very acceptable design, high quality, superior service (compared to Apple) and it plain and simple is an awesome notebook with good performance and connectivity.
What I also know for fact is that my Mac Pro needed about a dozen power offs & ons today before it eventually found its system hard disk and started the boot process. My Mac Pro has four internal and two external hard disks (each connected to an own FireWire port). My old 20" iMac Core Duo very often had the same problem that my Mac Pro had today, and it had one internal and four external FireWire hard disks and two external FireWire DVD drives. It seems that Macs just don't know how to handle that sort of stuff well. So much for "it just works".
I also know that most of the technical software that we need at work simply is not available for Macs. It gets even worse when we are talking about business software.
Macs are designer machines that were made to be looked at and toyed with. They were not made for real work.
So choosing a PC over a Mac is not only about the price. It's about versatility and purpose. And it's also about service. Try getting a five year service contract with a guaranteed four hour response time from Apple, including at-your-home/office repairs.
False Economy
You sure save a lot of money with a PC. And then you get to have viruses, work with a clunky system and waste time with things that don't work as quickly or easily as they should. No thanks. The ads will appeal, of course, to the many who enjoy cheaping their way through life and cheating themselves of a better experience. Being cool enough is not the issue.
You sure save a lot of money with a PC. And then you get to have viruses, work with a clunky system and waste time with things that don't work as quickly or easily as they should. No thanks. The ads will appeal, of course, to the many who enjoy cheaping their way through life and cheating themselves of a better experience. Being cool enough is not the issue.
Err... I have glasses too. I just hate 1920x1200 on a 24", the pixels are way too big, I'd want higher resolution for such a screen. 1440x900 on a 17" screen is going to be atrocious.
Protip : Young people with glasses are usually myopic. Looking at a computer screen is not a problem.
The point still stands, the 17" of the screen means nothing at all.
I'm sure not a single PC user has been offended by Apple's "I'm a Mac" commercials...I must say that, as a devout
After all, they've only been portrayed as blithering, trend-insensitive, helpless idiots who live for pie charts. This has been going on for years.And now you're offended because Microsoft thinks you're cool?
I'm sure not a single PC user has been offended by Apple's "I'm a Mac" commercials...
And now you're offended because Microsoft thinks you're cool?
Touché.
I didn't take Apple's ad campaign into consideration. However, the public at large does seem to believe that Mac users are elitists, but I say not true. I am someone who values my own time and money.
What??? You're not seriously posting this old quote...are you?
So Apple seemingly (wants to) makes it ILLEGAL for me to install it's OS on ANY computer in the world other than an Apple. But a "PC" (with extremely similar hardware brands (Intel) to the Apple world over the past 10 years) has never had an issue with installing "whatever I want" on my pc hardware. Sure, I pay for Windows (or OS/2 or Ubuntu) when I initially buy my pc (just like you Mac heads pay for OSX when you buy a Mac hardware platform)...but I can easily nuke it and install ANYTHING I WANT on the hardware. And yes, very often I can take the serial # from that Windows install and put it on a different machine without violating the EULA.
Sheeeeeez.
-Eric
All of this has happened before.
But the question remains: Does all of this have to happen again?
There must be some kind of way outta here!!
Previously... on MacRumors Forums
[dun dudu dun du dun du dun dududun dudun]
Fanboys were created by man.
They rebelled.
They whined.
They look and feel normal.
Some are stubborn enough to think they are right.
There are many viewpoints.
And they have a Plan.
But the question remains: Does all of this have to happen again?
There must be some kind of way outta here!!
Previously... on MacRumors Forums
[dun dudu dun du dun du dun dududun dudun]
Fanboys were created by man.
They rebelled.
They whined.
They look and feel normal.
Some are stubborn enough to think they are right.
There are many viewpoints.
And they have a Plan.
Oh dear Lauren... Better find someone at your college who knows how to reinstall Windows, because in 3-6 months, and for every 3-6 months for the rest of that computer's life, that's what it's going to need. Congratulations Lauren, you got a PC.
I, and the rest of the people at your college with Macs, will be just "working" and being productive on our computers, not having to worry and become frustrated by our computers slowing down, getting viruses, breaking from poor construction etc., etc., etc. I have completely lost count of the number of PC repairs and OS reinstallations I have done for friends who have PCs. Thankfully almost all of them now use Macs, and will never look back.
But good on you Lauren. $649.99 well spent.
I, and the rest of the people at your college with Macs, will be just "working" and being productive on our computers, not having to worry and become frustrated by our computers slowing down, getting viruses, breaking from poor construction etc., etc., etc. I have completely lost count of the number of PC repairs and OS reinstallations I have done for friends who have PCs. Thankfully almost all of them now use Macs, and will never look back.
But good on you Lauren. $649.99 well spent.
^^^ LOL....
Apparently not...
58 pages and 1445 comments later, isn't there something else in Apple news? How is 10.5.7 coming along? Ummm, how about that iPhone 3.0?
Apparently not...
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