These are great ads by Microsoft.
Probably. I wouldn’t be surprised if this sort of thing goes on back and forth between the companies.
I watched the PC hunter commercial. I thought it was a really well-done piece!
Maybe Microsoft should lay off of the adverts, though. Do they really want to have to bail out Apple again?
What a cry baby company.
The laptop-hunter ads are well made. Somebody somewhere at some ad agency did some job.
... who’s ox is being gored...
Apple yelps because of the laptop-hunter TV ads.
Yet, Apple was the one behind all those Window freezing and VISTA problem ads.
[Suck it up, Apple.]
As many around here will tell you, if you don’t have and love your Mac, you just aren’t with it. It’s not a tool, it’s an identity. And it doesn’t matter what it costs. No matter how much it is, it’s worth it. (disclaimer: I like Macs very much)
Ummm..., time to call up the Apple Ads... LOL...
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
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You might want to catch some iPhone ads, while you’re at it... :-)
http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads/
Looks like the ads are working. Keep it up. I want a new Mac.
Apple to Microsoft: “Quit portraying our overpriced crap as overpriced crap!”
As a 20+ year-long fan of the PC I finally opened my mind a little, bit the bullet and bought a used iMac from my daughter. It sure is pretty ... but I hate the damn thing. If all I wanted to do was surf for porn and download iTunes it might be OK. But I could have picked up a really decent netbook for what I paid for it.
I wrote down the specs I wanted, including 4 MB ram, at least a 300 GB hard drive, 3 year protection plan, 13” screen, productivity software, etc., and went to the Apple store and Dell online.
After loading up both machines so that they are as feature identical as possible the score was:
Dell: $1397
Apple: $1497
Would I spend an extra hundred bucks to have a stable machine that is much less prone to viruses and spyware? Would I spend an extra hundred bucks to not have to periodically verify the “validity” of my copy of windows?
Would I spend an extra hundred bucks to be able to run Windows (if I want to) and OS X?
You becha.
As to veracity of the claim, this claim about the call is taken from a quotation from the SAME Kevin Turner who originally, while bragging about the new Microsoft ad campaign to reporters, claimed that the laptop hunter ads were "unscripted" and performed by "real people, not actors." Both have been proved to be falsehoods. Judge to veracity by the veracity of his previous statements.
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lol. Apple has skin as thin as wussybama’s.
“Microsoft said it received a call from Apple saying Microsoft needs to stop running the laptop-hunter TV ads that harp on Apple for expensive computers. Why? Because Apple has lowered its prices.”
Sounds hokey, but Apple has been known to get overly exercised in the past, so who knows. I love the ads however. MSFT finally hired a good ad team. What confuses me is why. Why would MSFT care if Apple sold lots of Macs? Since the Intel chip allows every Mac to run Windows, what’s the beef?
I find it amazing that Apple is satisfied with the ten percent market share that they have. Would most likely be north of 50 percent if they dropped their prices. People would jump ship on Windows bloatware in droves.
My parents have a Mac. I hate it.
Sure it’s neat and clean without wires everywhere and they come in pretty colors, but I’ll take function over style any day. Everytime I use their computer I want to throw it throw a window.
The only Apple products I own is an iTouch and it cost me way more money than I would have normally spent on such an item. I love it, but it is not worth $350.