Originally posted by: BlameCanada
They're only trash to those of us that know anything about macs and PCs, the average person will just believe what the tv tells them. Thats what annoys me.
Sad but true. Also true is the fact that Apple is continuing to use them because they really do work. A friend of mine is an employee at an Apple store and says that, while he finds the ads to be obnoxious personally, a large amount of customers that end up purchasing computers at his store cite the ads as the reason why they were considering a Mac.
I'm a Mac user since birth pretty much
but I don't care for the ads either. The thing that is annoying so many people about the Mac is how it has become a trend and a status symbol to own one. These ads only enforce this elitist attitude. I understand that Apple is a company and needs to make money, and in recent times they've actually been finally succeeding in that sense. But at the same time, Apple's new image isn't one of longevity. Certainly they'll have their loyal fanbase that will stick with them no matter what, but the people who they've gained through this "trend" will leave them when the next thing becomes trendy.
The commercial that annoys me the most though is the one that deals with Macs having fewer viruses. The reason Macs have fewer viruses is not because of any sort of powerful security- it's because they have made up such a small percentage of the market share that people generally see it as a waste of time to develop a virus that will only affect a few computers. This commercial, however, is irritating people, and I have seen several people say that they are going to develop viruses for Macs just because of the commercial! Apple don't ruin a good thing we've got here by angering the wrong people ...
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