Anyone Mad At These New Mac Ads?

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#1 nirvana563
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First off I have disliked Mac for a long time since I was really little. Since in kindergarden I remember we had Macs and they sucked royal. The company has been a joke till iPod came out.

Anyhow there new ads are stupid there bashing Windows for going on a "hugh" ad campain and not "fixing" vista!?!?!

Vista isn't that bad for starters and Mac has been doing ads for a really long while now and since Windows just did a short ad campain there spending "all this money".

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#2 musicaz70
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Yeah, the Mac commercials try really hard, and if you know jack about Macs and Windows, you'll find their ads just make them look really, really stupid.
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I've always ignored them, since i've had Vista for over a year and haven't had any problems at all.
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#4 ice144
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got a youtube link for one? haven't seen mac's new commericals.
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#5 orazinac
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Mac advertises to young men and women in college who know nothing about computers. That's why they say Vista is horrible and that Mac users are cool, to gain sales from ignorance.
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#6 InterpolWilco
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Its an ad, who cares.

Of course they're trying to promote their product as the better one, and personally, for what I do, they DO put out a better product.

If you like Windows, use Windows, if you like Mac, use Mac.

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#7 IcyToasters
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Even the old Mac commercials, albeit entertaining, were pretty stupid.
And now Microsoft seems to be making commercials in retaliation...

Its all kind of rediculous; both of them could point out all the features they have, but instead they insist on spending money on dissing another company.


And yeah. theres nothing wrong with Vista. Or Apple products. I like them both :)
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#8 markop2003
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well a huge amount of macs value is in the marketing and styling,
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#9 orazinac
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Even the old Mac commercials, albeit entertaining, were pretty stupid.
And now Microsoft seems to be making commercials in retaliation...

Its all kind of rediculous; both of them could point out all the features they have, but instead they insist on spending money on dissing another company.


And yeah. theres nothing wrong with Vista. Or Apple products. I like them both :)
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Obviously you never learned about advertising. Advertising isn't about facts. It's about repitition, color, and amusement. No one cares about statistics.
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#10 muffincakes87
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Yeah they can be really annoying. I like the counter ads Windows put out.

I think Macs are great and I have a class wear I use the most update Macs there are, but I'm happy still using XP. :)

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#11 Niff_T
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got a youtube link for one? haven't seen mac's new commericals.ice144

This ^

Need link!

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#12 Lief_Ericson
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Is it just me or was Techno Viking on Microsofts's newest commercial like 20 seconds in a guy that looks just like him says "And I dont wear a suit"
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#13 Super_Socialist
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mac... lol
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#14 muffincakes87
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[QUOTE="ice144"]got a youtube link for one? haven't seen mac's new commericals.Niff_T

This ^

Need link!

Here is all of them. And some that didn't hit T.V. My teacher always shows them cause he dosen't like PC.
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Bake Sale and Bean Counter I think were realsed today.

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#15 DJ_Lae
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Those I'm a Mac/ I'm a PC ads were always sketchy, but the new ones are pretty desperate. Makes Apple look like a surly kindergartener who just had their chocolate bar stolen, and now they're resorting to name-calling.
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#16 Niff_T
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Nevermind, I just saw them...

They're really not even promoting macs, they're just bashing vista...

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[QUOTE="ice144"]got a youtube link for one? haven't seen mac's new commericals.Niff_T

This ^

Need link!

Yeah I haven't seen one either

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#18 thegfl
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**** ads for a **** company.
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#19 yabbicoke
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I don't see why it matters. I've had no problems with my Mac laptop, nor have I had any problems with my PC. Both work the way I wanted them to when I bought them (well, I got the Mac for free, or else I probably would have bought a cheaper PC laptop). But both computer companies seem to do a fine job at making computers (they both do appeal to a certain demographic). The only real problem with Macs is that they are way overpriced.
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#20 gatorteen
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For some reason I thought you were talking about Big Macs. I must be really hungary.
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#21 limpbizkit818
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Kinda sad that all Apple can do is attack Windows. A little insecure don't you think?

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#22 InterpolWilco
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Kinda sad that all Apple can do is attack Windows. A little insecure don't you think?

limpbizkit818

But its all light hearted.

I think everyone is blowing this stuff WAY out of proportion.

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#23 metroidfood
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Maybe if they attack Vista enough MS will fix it. I've had Vista for a couple of months now on a brand new laptop and I've already had more problems than in XP, which I've been using for years.
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#24 limpbizkit818
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[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]

Kinda sad that all Apple can do is attack Windows. A little insecure don't you think?

InterpolWilco

But its all light hearted.

I think everyone is blowing this stuff WAY out of proportion.

Apple has devoted numerous ads to just straight up attack Vista (and half of them don't even make sense, like the one with PC sitting down at the table with money). Hell, half the time they don't even talk about OSX at all.

It not only reeks of desperation but is also totally lame; apparently OSX has nothing good in it to advertise.

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#25 punk4trev
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hahaa big macs. I don't like macs at all.. their adds are lame.
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Yeah, these Mac commercials are dumb. They try to make it look like Mac users are young and "hip", and pc users are old guys who don't understand technology. But since Mac's sales suck, I'd try desperate commercial ads to boost sales too. If it wasn't for the i-pod Apple would have been bankrupt years ago.
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Yeah, these Mac commercials are dumb. They try to make it look like Mac users are young and "hip", and pc users are old guys who don't understand technology. But since Mac's sales suck, I'd try desperate commercial ads to boost sales too. If it wasn't for the i-pod Apple would have been bankrupt years ago.racer12mike

Mac's have a devote audience and would have always been around. And they created the iPod and changed their image around. Isn't that the type of stuff businesses are supposed to do? Innovate and retool their image?

The ads are stupid, but I don't think its gonna do anything to whine about them.

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[QUOTE="racer12mike"]Yeah, these Mac commercials are dumb. They try to make it look like Mac users are young and "hip", and pc users are old guys who don't understand technology. But since Mac's sales suck, I'd try desperate commercial ads to boost sales too. If it wasn't for the i-pod Apple would have been bankrupt years ago.InterpolWilco

Mac's have a devote audience and would have always been around. And they created the iPod and changed their image around. Isn't that the type of stuff businesses are supposed to do? Innovate and retool their image?

The ads are stupid, but I don't think its gonna do anything to whine about them.

But I like to whine :(

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#29 darkIink
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I've always ignored them, since i've had Vista for over a year and haven't had any problems at all.Bloodbath_87
my friend and I bought our computers at the ame time. I got a Dell 1501 laptop - entry level, onfigured with no insurance to $650. My friend got a white macbook for $1200. Todya we did a start-up race, and my laptop won (after turning off the log-in screen). I just saved a bunch of money on my computer purchase by switching to vista! Bear in mind 1501s are the bottom of dell's laptops- i have a 1.8 ghz single-core, 1.5 GB RAM, intergrated ATi graphics (x1300 I think). e has a dual core intel, and whatever was in macbooks back then. the fact is, if 2 people get $1200 to spend on a computer, PCs will win, because if a $650 laptop can compete with a normal macbook, what would happen if I put in a 2.6 ghz dualcore, nvidia graphics, 2 GB RAM (even though 1.5 is more than enough, I just added 0.5 GB last month)? the macbook would be demolished, that's what.
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#30 Tjeremiah1988
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the Mac commercials are misleading and false.
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#31 m1993
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The ironic part about the ads is that a "nerdy" smart person is the computer while the "cool" druggie is the mac. the ads are true in that sense...
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These Mac commercials are hypocritical to the max. They've been advertising how much they think PCs suck for years, and now that the PC has their own commercial line, a Mac commercial is like "NO WONDER VISTA SUCKS, YOU SPEND ALL YOUR MOMEY ADVERTISING". I want to punch whoever made that commercial in the face.
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#33 biBLioTek
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no mac adds here up north, so wouldnt know :D anyway, the way i see it, macs are more reliable regarding "random error 2003712", but windows is overall better considered user friendliness, price and development.
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[QUOTE="IcyToasters"]Even the old Mac commercials, albeit entertaining, were pretty stupid.
And now Microsoft seems to be making commercials in retaliation...

Its all kind of rediculous; both of them could point out all the features they have, but instead they insist on spending money on dissing another company.


And yeah. theres nothing wrong with Vista. Or Apple products. I like them both :)
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Obviously you never learned about advertising. Advertising isn't about facts. It's about repitition, color, and amusement. No one cares about statistics.

Nah, advertising is telling people about YOUR product and WHY they should buy it.
You shouldn't spend your entire advertising time bashing other companies, otherwise you get opinions such as the ones in this thread. "Why bash Microsoft? Is Apple that insecure?"
You see how this works? If Apple just worked on telling people why Macs are better, perhaps they would have a better market share. And then if they actually made a better product that appealed to the masses instead of making bashful ad campaigns, they'd have a majority of the market share.
These attacks are nothing but them trying to desperately gain loyalty from their few customers.. and one thing most companies know is that loyalty =/= money in the long run.
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but arent macs pcs? If so then every commercial they have created fails.
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#36 FalcoLX
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These Mac commercials are hypocritical to the max. They've been advertising how much they think PCs suck for years, and now that the PC has their own commercial line, a Mac commercial is like "NO WONDER VISTA SUCKS, YOU SPEND ALL YOUR MOMEY ADVERTISING". I want to punch whoever made that commercial in the face.GodLovesDead
That was by far the most hypocritical thing I've ever seen from a company. There's probably been 10 of the I'm a mac/PC ads compared to the 1 PC ad.
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#37 InterpolWilco
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Also, ROFL at people saying "Mac sounds desperate."

They're a multi billion dollar company for crying out loud

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[QUOTE="racer12mike"]Yeah, these Mac commercials are dumb. They try to make it look like Mac users are young and "hip", and pc users are old guys who don't understand technology. But since Mac's sales suck, I'd try desperate commercial ads to boost sales too. If it wasn't for the i-pod Apple would have been bankrupt years ago.InterpolWilco

Mac's have a devote audience and would have always been around. And they created the iPod and changed their image around. Isn't that the type of stuff businesses are supposed to do? Innovate and retool their image?

The ads are stupid, but I don't think its gonna do anything to whine about them.

You obviously are just a mac fanboy. Apple themselves said that they were about to pull the plug before the i-pod came out, read up before you make yourself out to be a fool.

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#39 Thagypsy
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The mac commercials weren't ever that good. Nothing new.
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#40 InterpolWilco
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[QUOTE="InterpolWilco"]

[QUOTE="racer12mike"]Yeah, these Mac commercials are dumb. They try to make it look like Mac users are young and "hip", and pc users are old guys who don't understand technology. But since Mac's sales suck, I'd try desperate commercial ads to boost sales too. If it wasn't for the i-pod Apple would have been bankrupt years ago.racer12mike

Mac's have a devote audience and would have always been around. And they created the iPod and changed their image around. Isn't that the type of stuff businesses are supposed to do? Innovate and retool their image?

The ads are stupid, but I don't think its gonna do anything to whine about them.

You obviously are just a mac fanboy. Apple themselves said that they were about to pull the plug before the i-pod came out, read up before you make yourself out to be a fool.

I'm not disputing that, I'm saying they have a VERY devout folliowing and released the iPod and retooled their image and became successful again.

And before you call me "just a Mac fan boy" I own both a Mac AND A PC. I love my lap top too, but I'm a Composer and prefer to use Logic, a Mac only program. So why don't you find out who your attacking before you make yourself look like a fool.

And anybody who has a devotion to a type of computer, to the point of just flat out insulting someone is VERY pathetic.