re: ads
I always got the impression that the gist of their argument was:
“Too stupid to use a P.C.? Buy a Mac!”
It didn’t seem like a very effective argument, except maybe for the AOL crowd.
And now who did I offend w/ the AOL comment?!
Sorry.
Just like all those car ads for people who are "too stupid" to perform auto maintenance and want something reliable; all those ads for restaurants for people who are too stupid to cook.
Sometimes I wonder if Windows advocates were medieval theologians in a past life. They're distrustful of and insulting toward folks who choose the easier path, as if the suffering itself were ennobling. Come to think of it, Microsoft missed a great ad opportunity for back-to-school: "Buy your kid a Windows PC. It builds character!"