Mac Vs. Pc Commercials

[Aeolius]

...the Macs were so tough to use...Macs are okay if you want an overhyped machine...

2 posts, eh? I almost hate feeding the troll. In a nutshell, anyone who bashes Macs has never used one.

 

[drothgery]

2 posts, eh? I almost hate feeding the troll. In a nutshell, anyone who bashes Macs has never used one.

This really isn't true, and it's somewhat ironic that those most experienced with Windows are going to be the ones that have the most trouble with Macs. If you're used to Windows conventions -- you right-click, use keyboard shortcuts, know about the obscure icons and menus in popular Windows apps, and are highly proficient in Windows Explorer and other Windows OS tools -- then trying to get things done on a Mac, where all that experience is useless, is going to often be a very frustrating experience. I have to slide over to a Mac every week or so to test something -- I'm a web developer, and we have to make sure our apps work on Safari -- and if I have to get out of Safari for anything, it's not fun, because I don't know intuitively how anything works.

 

[Dimwhit]

Meh. I think people overreact to those commercials. They serve their purpose. No more ridiculous that commercials from other computer makers.

I also love many of the anti-Mac arguments people still make, despite them being years out of date in some cases.

 

[Simplicity]

2 posts, eh? I almost hate feeding the troll. In a nutshell, anyone who bashes Macs has never used one.

Is this a case of a troll calling the troll trolly?

I've used Macs. I've used PCs. I prefer PCs.

 

[werk]

I've used Macs. I've used PCs. I prefer PCs.

Ditto.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I also love many of the anti-Mac arguments people still make, despite them being years out of date in some cases.

I used my mother's Mac while on vacation with her for a week. Or should say, I tried to use it -- after about an hour or two with the thing, I wanted to drop kick it out the window.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I drive a manual transmission, prefer it, and hate automatics. That probably makes me more of an oddball than a Mac user.

 

[Jesus_marley]

Having used both, I prefer the PC.

That being said, the problem I have with the commercials is that they use a Comparative advertising method. Basically, the company uses their competitor to make themselves look better. I personally try to avoid companies that support that method of advertising. Just a personal preference.

 

[kenobi65]

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

We had Radio Shack TRS-80s in high school. Whippersnapper.

 

[kenobi65]

That being said, the problem I have with the commercials is that they use a Comparative advertising method. Basically, the company uses their competitor to make themselves look better. I personally try to avoid companies that support that method of advertising. Just a personal preference.

You may not like 'em, but, in some circumstances, it's an extremely effective advertising method...particularly if you can illustrate a direct advantage (like the laundry detergent commericals that show Brand X getting out a stain, while Brand Y can't touch it).

(And, yes, I work in advertising.)

 

[tonym]

I drive a manual transmission, prefer it, and hate automatics. That probably makes me more of an oddball than a Mac user.

Ah. You prefers PCs to Macs, and you prefer manual transmissions to automatics.

I've deduced that you prefer things that have a steep learning curve.

I kid! I kid!



/ likes Macs
// can't drive a stick

Tony M