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Better Business Bureau Targets Apple's G5 Ads

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the half-truths-in-advertising dept.

deathazre writes "The Council of Better Business Bureaus has suggested Apple Computer withdraw its claims of the world's fastest, and first 64-bit, PC after a complaint by Dell. However, even having one of their ads banned in the U.K. didn't stop them here in the States."

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  1. Dell?? by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now whay would Dell of all people make this claim? Dell doesn't even offer a 64 bit PC??

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    1. Re:Dell?? by ScottGant · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I must have missed that story where the 3rd fastest super computer in the world is made up of Dell computers.

      Oh right, silly me!

      But seriously, if Dells are faster, and cheaper...why didn't Va Tech use those instead? They didn't get a deal from Apple you know...they bought them all right through the online Apple store.

      I'm not trying to confront you or anything, I honestly don't know. I hear claims of faster and fastest all the time from people, but when it comes down to people using them in applications, it kinda goes out the window.

      So why didn't VA tech use Dells or simular?

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    2. Re:Dell?? by w3weasel · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Please know what you are talking about... OSX is and always has been a 64 bit enabled os, by virtue of the availability of the appropriate libraries for use with a 64 bit processor (<cough>BSD</cough>). Why would anyone want a 64 bit os? At least, not untill the average joe needs to move, copy, and edit terabyte sized files.

      what we want, and are starting to get, is 64 bit applications that run on these 64 bit platforms... the OS is just the host, not the workhorse.

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  2. Plausable Ambiguity by arashiakari · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fastest at what? (No, seriously...)

    Fastest selling? TRUE!

    Fastest falling? Maybe (Looks aerodynamic...)
    Fastest obsolescence?
    Fastest at one particular kind of mathematical operation?
    Fastest mobo latency?
    Fastest design and fab process?
    Fastest repairs? (Easy access panel...)

    Heh. Who the hells knows what any ads are REALLY about these days. Lies, Damn Lies, and Advertising. I'm not a Mac-hater, writing this from my lovely 12" iBook G4.

  3. Does anyone ever actually believe advertisers? by froschmann · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While truthfulness in advertising is important, this is one of those times where an advertiser made a claim that is kind of hard to prove. A computer that is faster at one thing is not necessarily faster at another. Besides, when you hear "world's best hamburger," you don't automatically believe them solely based on the ads, do you?

  4. There's a first.... by skidde · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A company making misleading claims? That's never happened before.

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  5. no pain...no gain by djupedal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whatever gain/loss there was from the ad is water under the bridge. It's too late now, since it can't be taken back. Surely we don't have to remind...

    "Any publicity is good and good publicity is even better"

    This news is just more publicity...and they didn't have to pay a dime to get it in front of you today. I'd call that making out :)

  6. And Microsoft..... by ericdano · · Score: 5, Insightful
    And Microsoft says it's operating system is safe and secure and the best. I don't see anyone taking issue with that when it's totally not true.....

    Apple makes excellent computers.

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  7. nitpicking by zpok · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think that it'd be a nice waste of time to take some of Dell's claims under consideration and report any false information. After all, they've been "first" in so many things Apple actually beat them to, that it shouldn't be too hard to find something to report.

    I'm not especially vexed by Dell's move, Apple's claim is dubious, although I personally think they make their point: they've got the fastest personal computer you can buy off the shelve. OK, maybe not anymore, next month maybe again, etc etc, who cares, they still make the most pleasing computer afaic, and I don't mind it being fast.

    I am however surprised America reacts to this type of hyperbole. Your presidents get elected on this, all the goods you buy are sold on this, your news is full of it ... Maybe we should be pleased that there's at least some regulation in place.

    Me, I'm still waiting for the "I can't believe it's not Windows" campaign for Linux ;-)

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