What's with Apple's commercials?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

Who likes Microsoft's ad's striking back at apple?
I personally think their pretty funny. and they put apple in a hotspot, especially this one

With the exception that the laptop she buys for "$699.99" in the commercial has a starting price of $799.99 and doesn't meet her specifications at that price (unless you consider 2.0 GHz "speed").

[MrForbes]

She'd have to spend almost twice as much to get anything faster from Apple, and quite a bit more than that to get one with a decent sized screen.

I get a kick out of the comments to the video....lots of Mac true believers....

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

With the exception that the laptop she buys for "$699.99" in the commercial has a starting price of $799.99 and doesn't meet her specifications at that price (unless you consider 2.0 GHz "speed").

Best Buy has a very similar computer for $699.

Not saying the computer is great or anything (the 1440x900 resolution at 17" is a pretty low density of pixels/inch, as I've seen 15" screens at 1920x1200), just that if all you do is browse the Internet and write email and use Microsoft Office, that computer is just fine.

[MrForbes]

It doesn't really apply to college students shopping for laptops, but a large, low resolution screen is easier for us old folks to see

[Lil' Lavery]

Just to clarify, I wasn't trying to restart the apple vs. PC debate (which is really two entirely separate debates of hardware and operating systems that always get lumped together for no good reason) or say that HP's make bad or overpriced laptops. I was just pointing out that the commercial irritates by very much bending the rules they set out at the beginning of it, and showing a price not indicative of the actual product she buys.

[MrForbes]

It IS a commercial, so I don't know why you'd expect it to do otherwise...

[Pavan Dave]

How about everybody throws their computers away [in the trash without properly recycling them of course] and uses carrier pigeons? Oh wait, my black pigeon is better than your gray pigeon, and my Jamaican pigeon is much faster then your lousy American pigeon. Don't forget my pen has lighter ink so my pigeon can go longer and further!!

[ScottOliveira]

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen messenger pigeon?
What do you mean? A Jamaican or American messenger pigeon?
Huh? I... I don't know that. Auuugh!

[IndySam]

I thought the exact same thing. I think they are starting to go to far and are starting to appear mean.


BTW, hey Apple, a Mac is a PC.

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

Especially their newest one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iHtymB-lQIc

Pot calling the kettle black? Seriously, what right does Apple have to say Microsoft spends too much on advertising?

Typical Microsoft commercial: "Look at all these people, companies and groups who succeed with Microsoft Windows"
Apple's Rebuttal: LOL LOOK AT ALL THAT MONEY YOU SPEND! MINE USES PICTURES LOL!

All I can say is that I "look-forward" to each new Apple commercial, and I "fast-forward" through the Microsoft commercials as fast as I can reach the remote.

I find the Apple commercials clever and fun; with an on-target message embedded in each one. Microsoft's commercials seem to be targeting demographics that don't include me.

Time will tell...

Blake

[mrbob1000]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/f...xhibitionists/

i didnt pay one dollar. got vista ULTIMATE 32 bit and 64 bit for free. and all i had to do was let them track my habbits. half the time i wasnt even on that computer.