Comments on: I’m neither a Mac nor a PC

By: Talese

Talese — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:35:42 +0000

You know, maybe they are saying that all those people are “politically correct”….haha.

By: Ghost

Ghost — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:38:28 +0000

can it run crysis?

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:33:24 +0000

well said. my problem with MS is not with advertising but they should be better than what they are. even though i use a mac, i’d prefer they push apple rather than copy. that way, they are competing for the best product. i feel apple is competing against themselves too much.

By: johan

johan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:17:47 +0000

saw you had a post a while back with a weird world record in most tshirts worn at once.
he just got beaten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKd1Ao4LiP8

//johan

By: BlaXilver

BlaXilver — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:08:28 +0000

I just want to make a point of the product that Microsoft is selling. They sell an Operating System and support for it. All other software they make is for that system, with the exception of the Office product line.

I think that Apple had the right idea in attacking the “PC” world in the early adds. This is simply saying that a Mac has everything ready and built in. I believe that Apple stepped over a line when they included attacks on Microsoft directly.

Microsoft has worked closely to get Windows running perfectly on any Macintosh. This is something that Apple and Microsoft should be promoting and working toward. Apple makes hardware and software, but they will sell more of a their high end hardware product if it will run what anyone wants to run on said product. Also Microsoft should want to promote Apple, while constantly pointing out that you can run Windows on their computers.

That is my opinion. I personally have more then one computer. My main two computers are both from Apple and both run Mac as the main OS and Windows as the secondary. One is running XP and the other is running Vista. I have Windows and different Unix based systems running on other computers. It just all depends on what those computers are used for.

I am a fan of all innovation that brings us better more efficient technology. I just think that Apple is bringing the most of that at this moment, but I am very impressed by some of what Microsoft, as well as others, are doing.

By: vineetgupta

vineetgupta — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:34:12 +0000

Very logical analysis… I’m a newcomer here and I like your POV on Apple vs Microsoft. Thumbs up.

By: Nicole Lee

Nicole Lee — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:52:40 +0000

I’ll admit that I self-identify as an Apple fangirl, but in no way will I ever call myself a Mac. That’s just… stupid. I don’t know. I don’t want to call myself an inanimate object, unless it’s meant as a joke.

I also find Deepak Chopra incredibly disingenuous.

And Vajra, you hit the nail on the head. PCs can do all this stuff, but so can Macs. It’s not an either or sort of thing. Yeah, we know the rest of the world uses PCs… and?

I think it’s really more of Microsoft gloating that there are way more PC users than there are Mac users. Which we already know.

By: Vajra

Vajra — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:34:39 +0000

The Windoze ads are lame because they’re trying to fight on Apple’s turf (coolness) by saying you don’t have to be cool. Unfortunately, most people envision themselves as cool and the ad campaign is saying you’re not cool. Moreover, it reminds the viewer of all the mac ads they’ve seen. And it really doesn’t prove that PCs do anything unique or special.
(Design green buildings? CAD? Design? Macs. Hello?

By: Jesse!

Jesse! — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:12:14 +0000

Great write-up, Neek, but I have some comments of my own.

First, I really like the ad; it’s well done. I’m a little irked, however, that Deepak Chopra is schlepping PCs, apparently.

Second, Apple market-share is definitely growing and it’s smart for MSFT to combat this growth NOW. Although, it does seem a little premature and therefore weak and it’s not going to happen with ads, but with better and prettier products.

Third, not sure I agree with you on the assessment that YOU are not a Mac… you say you’re an Apple fangirl… I dunno, that’s sorta the angle that Apple users have taken, it IS a status thing, it IS a cool thing, it IS the pretty thing. PCs? Not so much, so they gotta throw in pretty people who make jeans to make them look better.

Fourth, MSFT totally washes over the facts that you bring up, that the government uses PCs and all these big services do… but you neglect to say because MSFT and PC makers practically GIVE THESE COMPUTERS AWAY to big corporations and gov’ment institutions. Much like Apple gave Apples and Macs to schools that converted our whole generation to be Mac lovers…

Fifth and finally, the Mac guy in the Apple ads? I love how he’s supposed to be hip… when in movies he plays the dorkiest dorks who ever dorked.

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