Hello I'm a MAC

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Have you seen these new commercials yet? Apple really needs to fire their advertising group. What I'm trying to figure out is who can they possibly be targeting with these adds? Anyone that owns a PC knows its crap so the only thing left is they are aimed to try and keep the current MAC owners.

EXAMPLE:

[MAC box]Hello I'm a MAC
[PC box]I'm a PC
[MAC box]OK lets get started
[PC box]First I've got to download new drivers and uninstall the trial software

Now for all you people that have purchased a new PC, how many had to download new drivers and uninstall software before you could use it? PC owners have got to be laughing their butts off at this commercial. I know I do. Apple seems to be so out of touch with the PC industry to think any PC owner would buy this nonsense.

[NoLongerInRadioGuy]

I dont know a thing about Macs...but I just have to raise an eyebrow at the commercial that suggests only PCs are vulnerable to viruses.

[Made in the USA]

Macs?? I got a "Whopper" myself!! Have it your way-------

[Zeb]

Touche'

[TexKan]

I'm just gonna sit in the box for a while..... and watch!!

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I dont know a thing about Macs...but I just have to raise an eyebrow at the commercial that suggests only PCs are vulnerable to viruses.

MAC's always made ridiculous claims and some, such as the no viruses, are outright lies, but no one really pays any attention because their market is so small anyway. I just think its sad that MAC adds have never been aimed at attracting PC users to MAC but just to try and keep the users they have.

[TexKan]

didn't they just integrate windows into MAC? so you can run both side by side? that makes MAC a customer of MS so what's all the surprise about? Business is business......... I don't see the hur rah of all this. hell they both still makin a ton of $$ who cares if it's by usin each other. Seems it'a makin the PC folks more loyal and touting a new product as well.

[macdaddy]

lol you guys are killing me..... sure the adds are quirky, and probably stretch the truth, but what company doesn't stretch the truth about their products?

Car advertisement..... yeah our cars are boxy and ugly, get poor gass milage and the ride is really terrible! come buy one of ours. don't think so.

But they would not be able to keep them on the air if there were was false or missleading information in them. Would they? Buy one try it out, take apple to court if it doesn't work out the way they say. False advertising.

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I agree they all tend to stretch the truth a bit. I was just pointing out that these ads have got to be aimed at current MAC users because anyone thats ever bought a PC knows its false. It could only serve to try and convince MAC users that thats the way a PC is.

For the record I've installed well over 500 NEW PC's and not one did I ever need to download new drivers or uninstall trial software before I could use it.

[Zeb]

What was it about 2 months ago a guy claimed to be the first ever mac to get a virus. In every article I read that week an expert would respond with "where are they getting their information from? viruses on macs have been around for years"

I would say they both can't right. Sounds like mac is using a loophole of somekind to be able to say things like that.

Something like "Oh a mac virus isn't really a virus technically" that was until a PC type virus finally found a way in that can be identified by name as a virus. We just never named ours before so we weren't sure what it was until 2 months ago. Or they weren't technically a virus until someone manage to prorogate (sp) it.

Never had a Mac so I can't say I know which is better. Worked on a few and it seems they were made for complete idiots to use. As a tech, that would be like the Maytag guy's job. They made better music software I hear. Just opinions.