Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Now, I love Macs but....
Now, I love Macs but....
by Magishine - 11/5/09 9:55 AM....am I the only one who hates the PC vs Mac commercial where PC talks about Windows 7 not having any the problems Vista had. Really? That's all they could come up with? These are the same people who complained about Microsoft's laptop hunter commercials?
Not to mention the problems with Snow Leopard that some people have had.
This isn't the first time I've seen one company slam another, but for some reason, that commercial just fills me with hate.
Not only that, but...
by Slikkster - 11/5/09 12:52 PM In reply to: Now, I love Macs but.... by MagishineThey skip from Windows 95 to "Windows 2" in their flashbacks. Windows 2? How about 3 and 3.1, lol.
Seriously, though...their ads are desperate at best. But, as PT Barnun coined, "there's a sucker born every minute".
They were funny at first but they should have moved on
by minimalist - 11/5/09 5:09 PM In reply to: Not only that, but... by Slikksterabout a year ago before they got stale. The new ones are just unfunny or plain obnoxious. I still love all my Macs but somebody at Apple or their ad company needed to stand up about a year ago and say "guys, like the energizer bunny, we're in serious danger of overstaying our welcome here. It's time to move on".
I think it's pretty dead on, about Windows
by Nicholas Buenk - 11/5/09 3:29 PM In reply to: Now, I love Macs but.... by MagishineIt's a dirty secret that everyone really knows, Windows 7 is really just Vista. It's the Mojave experiment! With a new task bar.
Of course they don't tell you about how mac users had huge trouble going from OS 9 to OS X 10.0, Apple's Vista. And some trouble more recently with Leopard and Snow Leopard. But hey what do you expect, truth in advertising?
By that logic...
by Slikkster - 11/5/09 4:10 PM In reply to: I think it's pretty dead on, about Windows by Nicholas BuenkSnow Leopard is really just Leopard, which is really just Tiger, which is really just Panther...well, you get the picture. Can't have it both ways, man.
Just saying
by Nicholas Buenk - 11/5/09 4:41 PM In reply to: By that logic... by SlikksterIt's not the upgrade Vista was.
True but...
by Magishine - 11/6/09 10:00 AM In reply to: Just saying by Nicholas Buenkthe last MAJOR OS update was from OS9 to OSX. Everything else was mostly tweaks to the same basic structure.
The main thing that's annoying about these ads is their hypocritical nature. At least with Verizon and AT&T, Verizon is telling the truth for the most part (even stating that the maps showed 3G converage of both networks).
Yes, Windows does have problems. But to say that Windows 7 has the SAME problems as Vista, which had the SAME problems as XP, etc is just reaching at best. Especially while ignoring your OWN upgrade problems.
so what is your personal experience?
by robstak - 11/15/09 7:32 AM In reply to: I think it's pretty dead on, about Windows by Nicholas Buenkhow do you like using so far when you've been using it??
just curious.
-karl 
Windows 7
by Nicholas Buenk - 11/16/09 3:24 PM In reply to: so what is your personal experience? by robstakIs the only Windows I'd use. But it ain't OS X.
what im sayin is...
by robstak - 11/21/09 8:51 AM In reply to: Windows 7 by Nicholas Buenkcall it what you want, but in my personal experience, it works WAYYYY better than vista and it shaved 6 gigs of memory free for me...
it looks pretty similar to vista but everything runs better, i can shut down and hibernate and wake up 10 times faster etc etc etc...
it really is better imho and not just rebranding of vista...
i mean would you say the same thing about all the osx updates? is it always the same osx? looks the same to me... but then again i dont have a mac
Well
by Nicholas Buenk - 11/21/09 9:22 PM In reply to: what im sayin is... by robstakIt's no more of an upgrade than Snow Leopard I guess. That is true.
I like it... a lot
by Slikkster - 11/16/09 3:42 PM In reply to: so what is your personal experience? by robstakSeems to me (so far) that they've done everything right with Windows 7. It's sleek, and it just works. The only issue I had was with trying to get an old scanner with XP drivers written in 2001 to work. I did get it to work --sort of, lol-- but that's nothing on Windows 7.
I have to tweak my Nvidia drivers a little to test some gaming out, which I have not spent much time on yet.
But it's a very well crafted OS with lots of eye candy. Yeah, it's not OSX. And that's a good thing.
Mac commercials
by PhiladelphiaMike - 11/8/09 2:59 PM In reply to: Now, I love Macs but.... by MagishineI agree. Those commercials are pretty annoying and they're getting petty at this point. Also, Windows 7 is working very well for me and I didn't have any problems with Vista.
That's the thing
by Magishine - 11/9/09 7:53 PM In reply to: Mac commercials by PhiladelphiaMikeVista's problem seemed to be more of a public image thing than a terrible OS. I've heard MANY people say they don't see any problems with Vista.
Speaking of....aside from acknowledging Vista's bad image, has Microsoft EVER claimed an OS didn't have any of the problems of the previous OS? Both Microsoft and Apple have touted features that improve on the previous OS, but that's something totally different.
Now, I've never been a staunch Windows Defender. To me, the OSX experience is the better of the two (at this point. Haven't tried 7 yet). However even I am annoyed with Apple at this one. I have to wonder how many people they're actually turning off with these ads.
Remember
by Nicholas Buenk - 11/9/09 8:25 PM In reply to: That's the thing by MagishineThe goal of attack adverts is generally not to attack the competition, but to affect public perceptions of it. Verizon is currently doing the same sort of thing as Apple here.
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