These ads are getting dumber and dumber

n7

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Sad.

They've always been sad, but they continue to stoop to stupider levels.

Soon my already low IQ will drop as i watch their nonsense.
 

SSSnail

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Well, considering the base they're pandering to, are you a bit surprised?
 

EKKC

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apple marketing has just been lazy. i mean, its been 2 or 3 years now with this series of ads? and they can't come up with a new theme? man, if i were steve jobs i would fire the whole department.
 

Drekce

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The stupid "#1 notebook on college campuses" is misleading as hell. How many different companies make PCs that run Vista vs. the number of companies that do the same for OSX???? (rhetorical)
 

Shawn

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Why hasn't Microsoft sued Apple yet? Aren't their ads slander?
 

mugs

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I think it's hilarious that Apple still manages to get under your skin when they have a negligible market share.

I didn't watch the ads, so I'm just going by the summaries. My take -
1. Vista IS a pain in the ass. I'd rather use XP any day, and I have one FREE copy of Vista Business and one OEM copy of Vista Home (don't remember if it's premium or basic). I used Vista for a few months before giving up and going back to XP.
2. Transferring files is a great service. Best Buy will charge you a lot of money for that, even if you buy your computer from them.
3. Pizza box = WTF.
 

CrazyLazy

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For some reason all these Mac ads manage to have a somewhat condescending tone without making it plainly obvious. I feel like against all logic I need to buy a mac just so I can be as good as everyone else.
 

OCGuy

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Originally posted by: Shawn
Why hasn't Microsoft sued Apple yet? Aren't their ads slander?

No. In order for it to be slander, Apple would have to knowingly be making false statements about M$.
 
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Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Seriously, the first one doesn't make sense. Are they just trying to take advantage of dumb, non-tech-savvy people?

That's been the target market for Macs for years now. The non-tech people, and the smug fuckwits who think they're tech savvy but are generally clueless morons.
 
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Originally posted by: TallBill
Meh. I still don't get the dislike for Vista. Runs just peachy for me.

I was pretty nervous when I bought a new laptop recently. I had never used Vista and I just knew it was going to be horrible. I browse a lot of tech sites and forums so I have read all of the anti-MS zealots. I was pleasantly surprised when I picked up the computer and found Vista is very smooth, easy to use and powerful. A few months later I have had absolutely no problems with it.
 

OdiN

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Originally posted by: Ocguy31
Originally posted by: Shawn
Why hasn't Microsoft sued Apple yet? Aren't their ads slander?

No. In order for it to be slander, Apple would have to knowingly be making false statements about M$.

Uhm....they are.

Well about their products at least.
 
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There was an article a year ago or more saying that they were going to end that series of ads, or at least get different people to play the parts. I thought they would have moved on to something new by now.