What's with Apple's commercials?

[ZakuAce]

I find it interesting that people keep bringing up the fact that you can build a PC for less than a Mac. What about those of us who don't have the time or knowledge to build a PC? My dad and I discussed building a PC (I am a lifelong Mac user at home; Windows at school). We consulted with a friend of mine who has taken a class on building computers. He told us that to get really good performance out of it, we would have to put in around $1000. But he also told us that building a PC from scratch is not easy. My dad doesn't have the time and I don't WANT to put in the time it would take to build a PC(and that the cost would be better spent on getting me a new/refurbished MacBook for college). The computer I am working on right now is almost two years old, cost $1200 new, and is running better than the new PCs my school got last year - although I do not know the specs on those machines. But trust me - EV Nova loads in about 4 seconds on this computer, takes 30 seconds on those ones
As I see it the biggest difference between a PC and a Mac, at least concerning me, is a PC's ability to run more games. I would REJOICE if I were able to play Americas Army 2.8 or Oblivion. But that is the ONLY reason I would want a PC over a Mac. Even if I had the money I would not be willing to shell out $1000 to play games. I'll stick with Wolfenstein ET for now. It is enough fun

On the subject of commercials - I really dislike the new Microsoft commercial. I don't understand it. It kind of reminds me of a kid looking for attention. "Hey look over here look over here!" They don't inform me on the OS. And why the heck would they talk about "stereotyping" people as PCs? I just did not understand how this was related in any way of how their computers work. The Apple commercials are more saying "Sup. Dude check this out. Pretty sweet, huh?" When they first started their ad campaign, I was thinking "Wow Mac has ads now?!" followed by "Ooo thats cool." I think that is a better way of getting customers than saying "HEY OVER HERE!"