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**dWSOj26H** · 01-06-2009, 12:44 AM

To me the Apple commercials are far worse just as the previous poster explained. Apple talks trash about PCs but never states why apple is better. My fav apple commercial is the old one where a guy said he was tired of "trying to get sound" out of the pc. If your that ****ing stupid then go buy a mac.

From a purely marketing perspective, Apple's commercials are better. If Apple was to do what MS just did, they'd say

"We gave $2,000 to Susan to buy the best gaming rig she could find, and she chose the iMac 24" screen with it's 'amazing' nVidia 9600GT..." blah blah. It would be BS, same as the MS ones where people end up buying machines that don't do what they say they do.

If I was marketing PCs and Windows, I'd emphasise gaming, variety of software, the fact you can use either iTunes or Windows Media, and the huge speed advantages of MS Office for Windows Vs Mac, and also about expressing individuality through different models of PC and Windows customization.

I would not try and convince anyone that a 533mhz HP brick was actually a better machine than an Alum MacBook - especially when there are HP machines that are worth buying.

01-06-2009, 12:44 AM	#5
dWSOj26H Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	To me the Apple commercials are far worse just as the previous poster explained. Apple talks trash about PCs but never states why apple is better. My fav apple commercial is the old one where a guy said he was tired of "trying to get sound" out of the pc. If your that ****ing stupid then go buy a mac. From a purely marketing perspective, Apple's commercials are better. If Apple was to do what MS just did, they'd say "We gave $2,000 to Susan to buy the best gaming rig she could find, and she chose the iMac 24" screen with it's 'amazing' nVidia 9600GT..." blah blah. It would be BS, same as the MS ones where people end up buying machines that don't do what they say they do. If I was marketing PCs and Windows, I'd emphasise gaming, variety of software, the fact you can use either iTunes or Windows Media, and the huge speed advantages of MS Office for Windows Vs Mac, and also about expressing individuality through different models of PC and Windows customization. I would not try and convince anyone that a 533mhz HP brick was actually a better machine than an Alum MacBook - especially when there are HP machines that are worth buying.
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