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Apple Mac/PC Ads With a UK Twist

Posted by kdawson on from the python-would-be-proud dept.

leppi writes "Japanese isn't the only language barrier Apple's decided to cross with its 'I'm a Mac, I'm a PC' ads. Those Brits love their 'shenanigans and tomfoolery' just as much as the next guy. Watch the Peep Show's Mitchell and Webb do the honors as PC and Mac, respectively."

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  1. Crashes by FunctionalMethod · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well I for one had more OS X crashes in 2 weeks of owning a MacBook then x years with Windows XP. Maybe it is that I don't really know the OS , but I am still a bit disappointed.

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  2. Re:The title is all wrong... by strider44 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And they only have honours in England, not those weak honors the Americans have.

  3. So much fun yet..... by stuz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Where are all the fun mac games to buy? I'll leave it at that.

  4. An ever more restricted set of markets by kahei · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, to sum up the entire campaign:

    * PC users are dweebs
    * They don't have girlfreinds
    * You should kick sand in their faces. Go on -- what're they going to do about it? Tell their mommies?
    * Haw haw!
    * BUY OUR STUFF, KID, OR YOU'LL BE THE ONE GETTING SAND KICKED IN YOUR FACE

    This throws the difference between 'work' and 'lifestyle accessory' computing into pretty stark relief :) In the personal computing space, Apple have settled for a pretty small and well-defined market that they think they can control closely, rather than compete in the more chaotic environment that swallowed Gateway and Compaq. At the same time, though, they kind of let go of their 'Chief Competitor to Microsoft' role.

    Maybe these days, Linux competes with MS/Sun/IBM in the 'work' arena so well that Apple have had to move to the 'lifestyle' arena. Certainly it's hard to see how Apple could ever get into grid computing, large-scale web servers, and so on now that Linux is such a strong alternative.

    I dunno, I really fear for Apple's long term future. Linux has eaten up so many markets at the small-device and large-server ends of the spectrum, and Apple shows so few signs of trying to compete with Windows in the middle, desktop/laptop part of the spectrum, that they really are going to have to mine this 'Apples are cool! Don't be a dweeb!' thing for all it's worth.

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  5. And yet... by stubear · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...they're still full of sh!t. What Apple fails to realize, or they do yet insist on falsely representing the facts, is that PCs are not made by Microsoft, only the OS is and even then not every PC uses Windows. The Vista upgrade ad is especially annoying considering the upcoming release of Leopard. How long do you think developers are going to support universal binaries? Leopard may be built to run on G4s and G5s as well as the Intel Macs but the G4s are not going to perform very well and the G5s are going to require more RAM. I'm using Tiger on a 1.8 G5 at work and it's sluggish at times. The video camera is another stupid Mac ad. Who cares if a notebook comes with a camera? Yet another feature Apple crams down your throat, increasing the cost of the system. Not to mention that PCs notebooks had cameras built-in to them before Apple did. Many manufacturers still put them in. I'm about to purchase a Dell M2010 and it's got a camera built-in. If that's the sort of feature you need in a PC then there are plenty of options available. Let's also not forget Apple initial solution for the camera on the notebook, the huge iSight that clipped onto the top edge of the notebook monitor. Not exactly an elegant solution.

  6. American ads missed the mark: SITCOM !! by gelfling · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They should have a husband and wife pair of computers. The fat stupid lazy self absorbed PC husband with a drinking problem. And the hot slim sexy smart mouthed infinitely capable yet gentle harpy of a Mac wife.

  7. Re:Whhat the real advert should have looked like by ickoonite · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If only we could have something which combined the development speed and hackability of Linux, the reliability and security of *BSD, the beauty of OSX and the consistency of behaviour and range of desktop programs of Windows. All running on commodity hardware.

    I know this is kind of a troll, but what do you mean by "the consistency of behaviour...of Windows"? That's nothing but unfettered Darl McBridean bullshit. Mac OS X does give you rapid development (Cocoa), the reliability and security of *BSD (being *BSD-based) and consistent behaviour. It also has a pretty decent software library (granted, not as big as Windows').

    So what the fuck are you whining about? Methinks you are just a bit of a twat.

    iqu :|