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09/23/2008 01:06:19 AM · #1 |
the comeback of Windows on the PC Mac commercials
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09/23/2008 01:10:46 AM · #2 |
Now if they would make more sense they would be good! Sorry, I've seen a few on tv already and I'm always left confused (as well as a few friends). |
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09/23/2008 01:30:12 AM · #3 |
Funny. Confuses me too. Especially since it was Made on a Mac.
and here
and here
I have taught my son what PC and MAC mean....so everytime he and I see the commercials, we laugh alot. Since PC means PiecaCrap and Mac is Majorly Awesome Computer! Just funny with him thinking them all saying..I'm a P(ieca)C(rap). Now there is Mac a new commercial. LOL
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09/23/2008 01:53:19 AM · #4 |
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09/23/2008 12:12:44 PM · #5 |
I have a mac running linux. Maybe I should make a commercial. |
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09/23/2008 12:21:15 PM · #6 |
I really have no opinion on this subject … But all I know is that PCs seem to spell trouble for "non-computer people".
My mother-in-law already spent any money she saved NOT buying a mac (like I told her to) …
on a "PC repair guy". This is an argument that can go on forever … but low-end users need something that doesn't get viruses and that is ready to go out of the box:
aka: imac.
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09/23/2008 12:22:57 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Jason_Cross: I have a mac running linux. Maybe I should make a commercial. |
All Macs run Unix anyway, so what's the big deal? |
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09/23/2008 12:25:20 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by metatate: I really have no opinion on this subject … But all I know is that PCs seem to spell trouble for "non-computer people".
My mother-in-law already spent any money she saved NOT buying a mac (like I told her to) …
on a "PC repair guy". This is an argument that can go on forever … but low-end users need something that doesn't get viruses and that is ready to go out of the box:
aka: imac. |
For what it's worth, my mother-in-law replaced her PC with an iBook believing that they are "so easy to use" and it would magically enable her to do all sorts of wonderful things on a computer.
Problem is, she already learned how to do some basic things on a PC and she got very frustrated having to "learn all over again".
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09/23/2008 12:38:46 PM · #9 |
LOL!
Here's a more comprehensive anecdote:
I gave my mother-in-law my old G4 desktop a few years back … She was complaining constantly about viruses and problems with her PC. I sat down with her a few times to set up folders and email accounts on the Mac – she had about 4 things she would ever wanna do - and she wrote them down as I showed her.
After a few years of bliss and raving about how much better it was and how swimmingly everything was going - I did have to tell her where the hard-drive icon was once (over the phone ... that was weird) -
Anyway, she claimed on of her daughters managed to "break" it eventually. Then she bought a PC and has all the old troubles again (viruses mostly).
For whatever reason, when I brought the old Mac home, it worked for me =)
Anyway, apparently computer users need to coOriginally posted by swankFoto:
Problem is, she already learned how to do some basic things on a PC and she got very frustrated having to "learn all over again". |
Message edited by author 2008-09-23 12:39:58. |
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09/23/2008 01:05:52 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by metatate: I really have no opinion on this subject … But all I know is that PCs seem to spell trouble for "non-computer people".
My mother-in-law already spent any money she saved NOT buying a mac (like I told her to) …
on a "PC repair guy". This is an argument that can go on forever … but low-end users need something that doesn't get viruses and that is ready to go out of the box:
aka: imac. |
My mom bought her first computer about five years ago- a PC- never has had a problem, never had a virus. Before that the most computerized thing she had used was her coffee maker.
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09/23/2008 01:11:47 PM · #11 |
Funny stuff. The Seinfeld-Gates ads are great, too.
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09/23/2008 01:14:05 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Jason_Cross: I have a mac running linux. Maybe I should make a commercial. |
Yes, I find it interesting that the slogan is "I'm a PC". Technically a PC has nothing to do with Windows and runs a multitude of operating systems - one of it's many strengths. Though I guess MS isn't really going to highlight that in their ads. =) |
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09/23/2008 01:19:29 PM · #13 |
Just an FYI the first link has malware, spyware, or adware of some sort attached to it, while watching the page load this comes into the bottom..... I immediately closed the page once I noticed it loading ad.yieldmanager.com I have just fought this on a pc for a customer and its a nasty take over piece of software.
Matt
Edit to add link to reference. Wiki
Message edited by author 2008-09-23 13:20:58.
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09/23/2008 01:49:03 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by MattO: Just an FYI the first link has malware, spyware, or adware of some sort attached to it, while watching the page load this comes into the bottom..... I immediately closed the page once I noticed it loading ad.yieldmanager.com I have just fought this on a pc for a customer and its a nasty take over piece of software.
Matt
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Why does that wiki article sound like an ad to me? |
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09/23/2008 01:58:52 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo: Originally posted by MattO: Just an FYI the first link has malware, spyware, or adware of some sort attached to it, while watching the page load this comes into the bottom..... I immediately closed the page once I noticed it loading ad.yieldmanager.com I have just fought this on a pc for a customer and its a nasty take over piece of software.
Matt
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Why does that wiki article sound like an ad to me? |
Likely because it can be edited by anyone, but do a search for ad.yieldmanager.com and find out just how bad that thing is, any site that starts to load anything suspicious will always get an X in the top corner from me.
here
and here
I could link alot more, but I really should be working. :D
Matt
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09/23/2008 02:47:21 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99: Originally posted by Jason_Cross: I have a mac running linux. Maybe I should make a commercial. |
All Macs run Unix anyway, so what's the big deal? |
Well, I could be the "Ubuntu" guy. I could dress in a penguin suit and talk in code. |
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09/23/2008 02:53:45 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by MattO: Just an FYI the first link has malware, spyware, or adware of some sort attached to it, while watching the page load this comes into the bottom..... I immediately closed the page once I noticed it loading ad.yieldmanager.com I have just fought this on a pc for a customer and its a nasty take over piece of software.
Matt
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Doesn't seem to be a problem with my Mac. :)
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09/23/2008 03:05:18 PM · #18 |
Reading this thread I just had to say one thing. VISTA ROCKS!
There I said it. |
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09/23/2008 03:10:09 PM · #19 |
I wish that all the people who need a computer that they can take out of the box & use with no problem or setup or basic understanding of what they are doing would immediately go out & get a Mac & that it would actually work out like that for them. |
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09/23/2008 03:19:06 PM · #20 |
That would be cool. Of course Unicorns would fly out my butt about the same time. |
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09/23/2008 03:20:23 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn: Originally posted by MattO: Just an FYI the first link has malware, spyware, or adware of some sort attached to it, while watching the page load this comes into the bottom..... I immediately closed the page once I noticed it loading ad.yieldmanager.com I have just fought this on a pc for a customer and its a nasty take over piece of software.
Matt
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Doesn't seem to be a problem with my Mac. :) |
I wouldnt feel so safe just because you have a Mac.
It is on Mac too.
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09/23/2008 03:22:42 PM · #22 |
Macs usually don't hold anything worth hacking with viruses.
I don't think they're used in data intensive applications.
Do they even make Mac Servers? They have them at McDonalds! :-)
They're only good for graphics. Yes PC's are more work but are also more versatile, too. Ease of use, The OS may be more user-friendly, but software is very similar on both brands of Microcomputers.
PC users can do "Context-Menus" with one hand. |
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09/23/2008 03:23:15 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by pixelpig: I wish that all the people who need a computer that they can take out of the box & use with no problem or setup or basic understanding of what they are doing would immediately go out & get a Mac & that it would actually work out like that for them. |
Not that I NEED a computer to do that, but that's pretty much been my experience with macs. |
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09/23/2008 03:35:58 PM · #24 |
Here is an example of a mac being a pain in the butt.
Hard Drive crashed on an ibook my friend owned. On my pc 2 small screws release the hd and I can have a new one in place in about 20 minutes. The mac took 4 hours, and at least 50 screws.
I also don't feel that mac really has anything on pc. Besides, Bill Gates wrote the original mac os anyway. They are not that different. I know that I can do more with my PC. I used to use my mac for school, but Microsoft one note works so well for homework that my mac is collecting dust these days. I only have access to all of the types of computers because I am a tech guy at a school, but after using all of the platforms all day I give the edge to pc.
With that said, my grandparents could probably benefit from a mac. They would have less stuff to worry about, and less third party software to learn. So I would agree in part that mac has its place for sure. Just don't try and fix them because it sucks. |
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09/23/2008 03:41:15 PM · #25 |
Reminds of a Steve Martin quote. "She refused to call me...even after all the time I spent holding her poster up with one hand." :)
Originally posted by justamistere: PC users can do "Context-Menus" with one hand. |
My Mac has done that since at least OS 9, maybe even 8
As for servers
Server
Server again
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