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New PC commercial

CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
Funny as shit. Sons Mac kind of hard too. "I sell fish."
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  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,471 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Funny as shit. Sons Mac kind of hard too. "I sell fish." b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9115120&intsrc=hm_list"1target="_blank"1Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' ad images made on Macsb,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dominoes22.gif" alt="" 21
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Funny as shit. Sons Mac kind of hard too. "I sell fish." b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Haven't seen it. Plaese to post a link if you have one.b,121b,121But I've seen this PC commercial with Seinfeld and Bill Gates: b,121b,121a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114138"1target="_blank"1http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114138b,121b,121And it's awful.b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/talib-doodoo.gif" alt="" 21
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
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  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
    If I were a graphic designer, or did some other form of visual art, a Mac would be necessary. Otherwise, why would you choose to burden yourself with expensive proprietary shit that you can't cheaply upgrade when it becomes obsolete? That whole Mac campaign is condescending and it shows.
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121If I were a graphic designer, or did some other form of visual art,1a Mac would be necessary. Otherwise, why would you choose to burden yourself with expensive proprietary shit that you can't cheaply upgrade when it becomes obsolete? That whole Mac campaign is condescending and it shows. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Cue Mac vs PC debate part 4,567,783b,121b,121Move along, nothing new to see here...
  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts
    Bill gates stole (bought) his first Os (MS-Dos) from the dude who sold him the parts to build his microcomputers, it was originally called QDOS- Quick and Dirty Operating System.b,121b,121He bit the GUI work from the Xerox park team and doesn't listen to his current top developers.b,121b,121Anyone who has seen Vista in action (Release was like 3 years late?) knows that microsoft should stick to office, shitmost used product in the world, I have no idea why they are tarnishing their reputation trying to make consumer OSs. Their server stuff works nearly flawlessly.b,121b,121They are just not good at being flashy, so why try?
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Bill gates stole (bought) his first Os (MS-Dos) from the dude who sold him the parts to build his microcomputers, it was originally called QDOS- Quick and Dirty Operating System.b,121b,121He bit the GUI work from the Xerox park team and doesn't listen to his current top developers.b,121b,121Anyone who has seen Vista in action (Release was like 3 years late?) knows that microsoft should stick to office, shitmost used product in the world, I have no idea why they are tarnishing their reputation trying to make consumer OSs. Their server stuff works nearly flawlessly.b,121b,121They are just not good at being flashy, so why try? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Vista is so despised that they've actually started running a series of ads where people try what they think is a "new" O/S and then are all pleasantly surprised when they find out it's Vista...b,121b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/talib-doodoo.gif" alt="" 21
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    I mean, I'm a Mac dude but that's just cause it works for me. I'm not into debating THIS is better than THAT. I just liked the commercial.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I mean, I'm a Mac dude but that's just cause it works for me. I'm not into debating THIS is better than THAT. I just liked the commercial. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121I guess that was sort of my point too. Both have very obvious areas of strength, which is why the divisive commercials bother me.
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121He bit the GUI work from the Xerox park teamb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Although technically, so did Apple.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121I mean, I'm a Mac dude but that's just cause it works for me. I'm not into debating THIS is better than THAT. I just liked the commercial. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121I guess that was sort of my point too. Both have very obvious areas of strength, which is why the divisive commercials bother me. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121They're just trying to get money, man...
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    I think all this news coverage that they've "pulled" the "terrible" jerry and bill ads, right as they happen to roll out the new spots is pretty damn crafty. They are playing this real tight, and like political ads they're not targeting either sides "base" but instead the "swing voters"1if that makes any sense....
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121He bit the GUI work from the Xerox park teamb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Although technically, so did Apple. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Years ago I read a great book called 'Hackers', where they decribe Gates and his people asking for a tour of Xerox PARC, and the Xerox engineers are all freaking out (rightly so), but the execs insisted that the tour be allowed to proceed.b,121D'oh!
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121If I were a graphic designer, or did some other form of visual art,1a Mac would be necessary. Otherwise, why would you choose to burden yourself with expensive proprietary shit that you can't cheaply upgrade when it becomes obsolete? That whole Mac campaign is condescending and it shows. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121How many virus's and trojans have you dealt with in the past three years? Be honest.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121If I were a graphic designer, or did some other form of visual art,1a Mac would be necessary. Otherwise, why would you choose to burden yourself with expensive proprietary shit that you can't cheaply upgrade when it becomes obsolete? That whole Mac campaign is condescending and it shows. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121How many virus's and trojans have you dealt with in the past three years? Be honest. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121In the last three years? Probably a few. Nothing that wasn't taken care of the same day, though. I'm not saying PCs are perfect, I just don't agree with the idea that one or the other is better for most people. It's like arguing cars vs. pickups.
  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121How many virus's and trojans have you dealt with in the past three years? Be honest. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Like 1 a year that's fixed within a half hour. The virus debate Mac folks throw out there was always a moot point to me. It's not even an issue if you're on top of things. I've used Macs & PC's and I've had them equally freeze up/just fusk up for no reason. I can fix a PC myself in no time regardless of the problem and I haven't paid for most software in years. NAGL perhaps but I simply don't have the money for everything. Every Mac head I know seems to spend an surprising amount of money to keep their machines going. Everyone I know had their CD/DVD drive shit the bed in thier Mac laptop. Too costly of a route for many (myself included).b,121b,121The best analogy I ever heard was:b,121Mac = Cadillacb,121PC = Japanese automobileb,121they'll both get you where you need to go no problem but the Caddy will get you there in style.b,121b,121Oh yeah and fusk Vista.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121Oh yeah and fusk Vista. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I think this is the one thing everyone can agree on.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121That whole Mac campaign is condescending and it shows. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121^^^Supports Palin because liberal media and DNC not sufficiently "deferential"1to her. b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" 21
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121always nice to see eva longoria.b,121b,121otherwise I pass on the mac/pc debate and I generally hate ALL comercials.
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
    I stopped watching after Tony Parker.
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Microsoft's campaign is the creation of the Crispin Porter + Bogusky ad agency as part of a $300 million effort[/b] to revamp Windows Vista's reputation.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121They're pretty serious about this one.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Microsoft's campaign is the creation of the Crispin Porter + Bogusky ad agency as part of a $300 million effort[/b] to revamp Windows Vista's reputation.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121They're pretty serious about this one. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I dunno; that's prolly a small fraction of the Apple marketing budget.
  • SaracenusSaracenus 671 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121How many virus's and trojans have you dealt with in the past three years? Be honest.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Zero. b,121b,121My machines are always up to date, behind a nat router & firewall, and I run daily scans just to be sure. b,121b,121Since I take care of all the PCs in my family (and a few of my in-laws) the grand total of virus and trojans I have encountered on 9 PCs in the last three years, 1.b,121b,121That single instance was user error. Said party downloaded a program from an 3rd party and installed the thing themselves. Not much you can do to prevent an ID10T errors.b,121b,121As a bookkeeper, graphic designer, and the dozen other tech hats I wear I have used both Macs and PCs. They are not cars, they are tools and you use the right tool for the right job.b,121b,121ul type="square"1* Bookkeeping/Accounting/Point of Sale - PC, hands down... Mac's NAGL.b,121* Graphic Design - Was Mac, now pretty much even. Depends on preference.b,121* Video - Mac still has the advantage, but it's dwindling.b,121* Music - Mac, but PC have improved, a lot.b,121* Gaming - Get real, PC only. If you own a Mac just buy a console.b,121* Printing - Mostly Mac by legacy, but I work at a mixed PC & Mac shop.b,121* CAD/CAM - PC only. My dentist can mill a crown in half and hour and put it in during a single visit. Love the German engineering.b,121* Porn downloads - User choice./ul1b,121b,121Now if you are talking ease of use and rockin' design, Macs win hands down. There are some cool PC builds but usually they are custom jobs, the workhorse PCs still look like Stalinist sculpture for the most part.b,121b,121As for Vista, nerd please! I wouldn't let it near my box if you paid me. It is the picture next to the definition of bloatware. Second on the list is 64bit XP, like the memory capacity but some programs just don't work on it. They can pry XP Pro from my cold dead fingers...b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/GetOnMyComp_gm.jpg" alt="" 21
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121If I were a graphic designer, or did some other form of visual art, a Mac would be necessary. Otherwise, why would you choose to burden yourself with expensive proprietary shit that you can't cheaply upgrade when it becomes obsolete? That whole Mac campaign is condescending and it shows. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121How many virus's and trojans have you dealt with in the past three years? Be honest. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1Zero in the last 8 years.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Now if you are talking ease of use ... Macs win hands down. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121no. I don't see "ease of use" as any less a personal preference issue than "look" or whatever. b,121b,121I do not find macs to be INHERENTLY any easier to use than PCs. at all. (and I'm not sure it's really possible to measure that metric).b,121b,121it's all about what you're used to.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Now if you are talking ease of use ... Macs win hands down. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121no. I don't see "ease of use" as any less a personal preference issue than "look" or whatever. b,121b,121I do not find macs to be INHERENTLY any easier to use than PCs. at all. (and I'm not sure it's really possible to measure that metric).b,121b,121it's all about what you're used to. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121No, I actually do think that Macs are inherently and intuitively easier to use than PCs. If you take someone with no computer knowledge whatsoever, it'd be far easier to get them up and running on a Mac than a PC. Not that I'd want the job of training such a person regardless.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121Now if you are talking ease of use ... Macs win hands down. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121no. I don't see "ease of use" as any less a personal preference issue than "look" or whatever. b,121b,121I do not find macs to be INHERENTLY any easier to use than PCs. at all. (and I'm not sure it's really possible to measure that metric).b,121b,121it's all about what you're used to. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121No, I actually do think that Macs are inherently and intuitively easier to use than PCs. If you take someone with no computer knowledge whatsoever, it'd be far easier to get them up and running on a Mac than a PC. Not that I'd want the job of training such a person regardless. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121that's the conventional wisdom anyway. but I don't believe it. and I don't know how you'd prove it.b,121b,121again, I don't think there's such thing as "inherntly easier to use." it's all about WHAT you're doing with it.b,121b,121I think getting a totally computer illiterate up and running on an internet browser or word processor (the two things I imagine that account for 90% of non-specialized computer usage) would be equally easy/hard on either Mac or PC.
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    If you take someone who has no computer knowledge and try to teach them shit, you are going to end up with the identical experience on either Windows or OSX. Web browsing and word processing are for the most part the exact same shit on each.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121If you take someone who has no computer knowledge and try to teach them shit, you are going to end up with the identical experience on either Windows or OSX. Web browsing and word processing are for the most part the exact same shit on each. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121this is what I'm saying.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
    No one designs their OS with complete luddites as the lowest common denominator anyway.
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