Mac Vs. Pc Commercials

[Simplicity]

Dosent Ipods come with a program to run on a pc?

iPods work with Macs and PCs.

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

auto-cad work better on a Mac. SO, it's a lie? Well, I am glad I haven't spent the money on a Mac G5 yet. Are Macs not better for video editing either?

AutoCAD on a MAC.

You are in Hell.

Or at least a reasonable facsimile.

Unless OS 10 is 99% Better than Previous Attempts, your chance of going Postal rises 72%.

While Photoshop might work Better (I still hate that Program, none of the Right Clicks work like they should; indicating a MAC preference); AutoCAD should NOT be loaded on a Mac unless you are a Masochist.

You might get it to work right, but you might not.

The only advantage a Mac has over a PC is the Control Apple has. I would NEVER buy a PC off the shelf (I recently bought a HP Laptop; reformatting the Harddrive first thing killed dozens of Pre-loaded Spam and Spyware 'Special Offers'.

The problem with a PC is the amount of effort you need to go to buy a really great system cheap. One maker has the best Graphic Cards, Another Harddrives, Another MotherBoards, Soundcards etc. And if you just get 1 bad piece, the whole thing might not work right.

Also, most makers; Dell, Gateway, etc stuff some much advertising, special offers, and little nasty annoying 'Helper Programs' that just sit in the background and do nothing but consume resources that they'll never run like they should.

A Mac is a good machine. Better than 95% of the Off the Shelf PC's you could buy at a store. But that is maore a statement of the Largest PC makers than the PC itself.

You can build a Vastly Superior PC for 50% the cost if you do a little research and are willing to hunt around.


Edit: Although I am going to Offically request a Voodoo doll of Bill Gates right this minute, and every time I get a "Updates installed, do you want to reboot now?" That will NOT GO AWAY!

BAM!!! Hammer to the Groin.

Does anyone know how to turn that annoying piece of CRAP OFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!

I'm tired of screaming "I WILL SHUT YOU OFF BEFORE I GO TO BED, NOW SHUT THE BLEEP UP RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Edit 2: Went Here and it told me how to stop it.

My taking levels in Barbarian for Rage is done...

For now.

 

[tonym]

I bought a Mac a few years ago, because I was sick of my IMB Amiga PC. I hated it, and it hated me. I would buy software and frequently the software wouldn't run. I couldn't figure out how to make the computer do things I wanted it to do. And it crashed often.

Compared with that horrible PC, my new Mac was like a computer from a different galaxy. It worked so well!

The operating system, OS10, is a thing of beauty, and is so well-designed. I really like how I don't need a manual to make it work. Nearly everything I want it to do is a piece of cake. (I read only when I want to do oddball stuff, like changing the icons from their default images to little pictures I drew myself.)

The security from virii and spyware is also nice.

Not long ago I bought a cheap Dell for my young daughter and it has been a pain (though not nearly as bad as the Amiga). I can't get about a third of the software I buy for it to run, it freezes-up a lot, and other annoying junk.

Plus, to me, Windows XP is unpleasant to look at. For example, when I do a search for a file using Windows XP, some ugly cartoon dog with a flashlight shows-up! Gag! I'm not in pre-school, Mister Gates.

Two last comments. Nowadays the Macs have an eject button on the keyboard to open the drive bay, not a button on the computer. And OS 10 is nothing like OS 9. OS 9 is awful, IMO. If anybody reading this is basing their Mac-opinions on OS 9, go to Apple.com and look screengrabs of OS10 and read about it. OS10 is awesome.

Tony M

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Not long ago I bought a cheap Dell for my young daughter and it has been a pain (though not nearly as bad as the Amiga). I can't get about a third of the software I buy for it to run, it freezes-up a lot, and other annoying junk.

Tony M

Cheap.

Dell.

Perhaps...

Used.

Yugo.

Would be an even greater example of a worthless hunk of junk.

A low-end is about as effective as a piece of paper and a pencil; if you lack a pencil sharpener.

I did IT with a friend for a while.

We made a lot of money from Dell. There Hardware always has at least one piece that's so cheap it will break 4-5 times UNDER warranty and then Once out of Warranty (When we'd replace it with a part that actually works).

Also, we'd wipe the system clean. Reformat the Harddrive and put it back on from scratch (using Advanced/Custom Options to keep all the Crap off).

My wife's work just got 9 new Dells 4 months ago. 5 of them have had the harddrive crash. Of those 5; 3 have gone through 2 Drives.

Simple fact is: If you want a Great System for a decent price, you have to find a custom builder.

A GOOD custom builder.

That's the trick. A crappy custom builder can leave you holding the bag.

I don't like Mac's because I don't understand them. (And I want to customize more than just the Color of my Computer).

All my trainings been on PC's.

The Mac's a good machine.

I can just get a far better PC for the Money.

My mom (who has Computer Use -20) might do better with a Mac.

Oh, wait....

The reason she wants a computer s so she can be better with the computers at her work, an Insurance Company.

So, she'll need a PC.

 

[tonym]

Simple fact is: If you want a Great System for a decent price, you have to find a custom builder.

A GOOD custom builder.

I went into a custom-builder store once, years ago. I mostly didn't know what the salesguy was talking about. I didn't know enough about RAM and memory and processor speeds to understand him. He even used words like "serial bus" and "cache," which made no sense at all.

I'm more knowledgable nowadays. But at the time, I felt like ordering a custom-built computer was too complicated, so I left and bought my accursed Aptiva at Best Buy.

In hindsight, I should've paid the salesguy to build me a computer that didn't suck.

Not that I learned a lesson, mind you. That Dell Dimension I bought for my daughter was sooo cheap I couldn't resist!!


Tony M

 

[dorentir]

what do you expect? It is a commercial. Its intended to make you want things you don't need. Every time I drive on the road I see hundreds of a-holes driving those oversize pickup trucks and SUVs and its clear they never haul lumber, bricks and cement or need 4wd to drive through ditches. They use this oversize vehicle to transport themselves, a briefcase and a blackberry to an office and back every day. Their bank accounts and the environment would be much better served by a modest sedan but these people feel the need to "make a statement" by driving a hummer to work.
I mean, did you really think these ads were intended to be informative mini documentaries on computers or public service announcements? It's a shill.

 

[ssampier]

I have nothing against the Mac, really. I just don't own one right now and probably won't for the near future.

Dosent Ipods come with a program to run on a pc?

Do you like iTunes? It's great if you do. If you don't, well you have to like iTunes; it doesn't work otherwise.*

I'd honestly download iTunes to see if you like it.

*strictly speaking you can download hacks to make it work otherwise, but I don't recommend it.

 

[Piratecat]

We had PowerMacs in high school.

We had Apple 2s and Apple 2+s in high school - and DEC Rainbows (yay, CP/M!) in college. Whippersnapper.

 

[Mr. Beef]

I went through a phase a couple of years ago where I wanted to do the whole Mac thing, and then I took a Photoshop class at the local community college. I honestly tried using the Mac Lab they had for the class and I wanted to stick my head in a fusion reactor. A good chunk of the class dropped the class all together within 3 weeks because the Macs were so tough to use. We had the option of dropping the class, or transferring to an online class. I just dropped it and got a refund.

I know that Mac's are good for things, but as someone said above, anything you can do on a Mac you can do on a well built PC as well. I built a PC last year where I can do anything I want on it. I use it mainly for burning CD's though so I do not need a $2000+ machine to do just that. I built the one I'm on now for close to $1000, and that was last year. Plus I have the option of expanding it on my own or tearing it down and building from the ground up for a while lot less than a Pre-built Mac. Plus, I can use the 19" CRT monitor I have had for the past 5 years and it gets better resolution than most 19" LCD monitors.

So Macs are okay if you want an overhyped machine that claims to be all that and a bag of chips, or you can get a machine that sits there and does it's job quietly that you can get for a whole lot less.

 

[trancejeremy]

Not that I have anything against them as cars, but another company whose trendy commercials I hate is Volkswagen. Like their guitar player ads right now. Other than Slash, who is hard to not recognize, I have no idea who any of the others are (Unless one is from Spinal Tap)