Hello, I'm a MAC

[Majesty]

Hello,

I've found this article about the Apple ad comparinga a PC to a Mac. Thought it was funny (and accurate).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2006031,00.html

Enjoy!

 

[ElFenix]

media access control?

 

[Journer]

i freaking hate those comericals. but i own a macbook...lol; i'm not a big apple fan but this is a damn nice lappy and its always benificial to know other operating systems.

that article is correct about 90% of mac users.

 

[jimbob200521]

Cliffs?

 

[Doctor Nyse]

This topic got old way too long ago to justify a comeback

 

[lobbyone]

I wanna see MS pull off a PC vs Mac commercial of their own.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: lobbyone
I wanna see MS pull off a PC vs Mac commercial of their own.

I would love to see something like that.

 

[amddude]

Macs do 90% of what average people want them to do. Once you go outside of the average user's needs (i.e. plugin some old printer or whatever) it all goes to hell.

 

[junkiefp]

well said

 

[Looney]

Good article, i like it. I own a Macbook too, but it took me a long long time to really jump on it.

 

[Platypus]

No one ever gets tired of this topic eh?

Use the right tool for the right job, every OS has its place and purpose and I use all of them on a daily basis.
It's obvious the target audience for Macs are typically trendy non-computer savvy people who'd never utilize OSX to its potential anyway and simply purchase it for a fashion statement.. that's fine, that shouldn't cloud judgement for the rest of the world who actually use the products.

Case in point, some poster mentioned connecting an old printer. Can you break into a BSD shell environment and set up not only the printer, but also a useable print server in 5 minutes or less in Windows? Nope. Does Windows have more support natively for devices? Yep. These aren't 'average user' scenarios but that's hardly the point here and infact the counterpoint to that age old userbase argument.

I'll say it again and again, use the right tool for the right job!

 

[AbAbber2k]

Good article. Though I have to admit, I thought the British Mac add with the Pie Chart concerning shennanigans and tom-foolery was hilarious.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Platypus
Case in point, some poster mentioned connecting an old printer. Can you break into a BSD shell environment and set up not only the printer, but also a useable print server in 5 minutes or less in Windows?

No... because Windows ISN'T BSD. But you can certainly setup Windows as a print server in 5mins.

 

[eits]

MAC != Mac

get with the program, duh

 

[Kaido]

Ultimately the campaign's biggest flaw is that it perpetuates the notion that consumers somehow "define themselves" with the technology they choose. If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality.

rofl!

 

[Linflas]

Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.

LMAO

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Platypus
Case in point, some poster mentioned connecting an old printer. Can you break into a BSD shell environment and set up not only the printer, but also a useable print server in 5 minutes or less in Windows?

No... because Windows ISN'T BSD. But you can certainly setup Windows as a print server in 5mins.

You can set up a printer on a computer without a jetdirect card on a windows box to be accessible through the network to every other operating system type in 5 minutes?

 

[Looney]

My problem with the Mac ads are similar to why i don't like political attack ads. I think if you're trying to sell me something, sell it to me based on why you're so good, not why the others are so bad. if they would hire the same marketing team that does the Ipods, i'm sure they would have more than a 5% market share.

 

[JackRipper]

at first i was confused... i swore they were diff people doing the Mac ads... then i realize that the article was referring to the UK ... didn't know they did diff ads... but same concept... wonder what the japanese ver is like...


JR

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Cliffs?

macs and their users suck

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Platypus
Case in point, some poster mentioned connecting an old printer. Can you break into a BSD shell environment and set up not only the printer, but also a useable print server in 5 minutes or less in Windows?

No... because Windows ISN'T BSD. But you can certainly setup Windows as a print server in 5mins.

You can set up a printer on a computer without a jetdirect card on a windows box to be accessible through the network to every other operating system type in 5 minutes?

No idea what that is. But i've been able to setup my Windows boxes as print servers since W98.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Looney
My problem with the Mac ads are similar to why i don't like political attack ads. I think if you're trying to sell me something, sell it to me based on why you're so good, not why the others are so bad. if they would hire the same marketing team that does the Ipods, i'm sure they would have more than a 5% market share.

EXACTLY.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Looney
My problem with the Mac ads are similar to why i don't like political attack ads. I think if you're trying to sell me something, sell it to me based on why you're so good, not why the others are so bad. if they would hire the same marketing team that does the Ipods, i'm sure they would have more than a 5% market share.

Yeah but they have to do that because the cheapest Mac computer is $600 (base Mac Mini). The cheapest Dell is like $299 with a 17" CRT, keyboard, and mouse. 99% of people are going to care about the bottom line, so unless you can convince them the bottom line stinks and that they should buy your product, it ain't gonna happen

 

[mugs]

This is where I lost interest in anything the guy had to say:

I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don't use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.

 

[eits]

change your title... it's misleading...

it's not "MAC" is not the same as "Mac"