Those New Microsoft Commercials.

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Is it just me, or do those commercials with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld seem to esoteric? They seem to be hinting at a point, but it is not readily apparent to anyone without a degree in artistic interpretation. I think they are too obtuse for anyone to get how they are stabbing back at the Mac commercials without taking too much time to interpret them. Thoughts?

 

[Geesie]

They're terrible. Then again, I never found Seinfeld funny or clever.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I actually read a translation of them on a website somewhere, and STILL left scratching my head. If I don't get it after much analysis, who's to say anyone else will? While I like PC better than Mac, these commercials wouldn't sway anyone from one camp to the other because no one gets the point. In fact, it may sway PC users to Mac simply out of aggravation!

 

[Tony_SS]

I actually read a translation of them on a website somewhere, and STILL left scratching my head. If I don't get it after much analysis, who's to say anyone else will? While I like PC better than Mac, these commercials wouldn't sway anyone from one camp to the other because no one gets the point. In fact, it may sway PC users to Mac simply out of aggravation!

I think you just summed up a typical experience with Vista. Maybe that was their intention? Lmao..

The Mac commercials are great. They happen to be funny because they're true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuqZ8AqmLPY

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I actually love Vista, and can't stand Macs, but I think I'm the only one...lol.

 

[Derision]

Well, they've already scrapped the Seinfeld thing. Though I thought they were kind of funny. I'm a Mac guy (typing this on a MacBook, and I've got a Sawtooth G4 at home), but I actually found them amusing.

The new direction the ads are taking is going to be a direct stab at the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads that Apple uses; they've hired actors that look like "PC" and are going to be parodying the better-known ads. How well that'll work is anyone's guess.

Though I don't really even see the need for Microsoft to advertise in the first place. Their office suite is ubiquitous (though I tend to use OpenOffice for most of my stuff), and hell... even my MacBook runs Vista. So I don't get it... what, are too many people migrating to Linux or something? Because last time I checked, MS didn't have a whole lot of real competition in the OS bidness.

AJ

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I don't get it either. Typically, they compete for different parts of the market with Apple's costing 2-3x as much as an entry level Vista as far as laptops go. I love the look of a Mac laptop (my Gateway laptop is an ugly metallic gray), but the price of a Mac is just too high for me to afford or justify when a Vista laptop can be had for around $500 brand new. I really don't know how the prices run on the desktops as I don't use them. But either way, I see computers as a disposable commodity. No matter how good of a machine you get in either a Mac or PC, it will be obsolete in 2-3 years and not worth fixing. So, I always just buy a basic machine that is powerful enough to not be the bottom of the market, but not a $1500 waste of cash either ( I paid $700 for the one I have now).

To me, Apples are status and style statements while PC's are function over form machines. Both do basically the same thing, one just looks cooler doing it. Is a Macbook Air any more functional than a $500 Acer from Wal Mart? Probably not, but it sure looks cool! I will say though that I am a fan of the iPod, and own 4 of them ( 3 of which I bought broken). It's a really nice piece of art...urmm... technology. Too bad it runs off iTunes with such a strong DRM, and that they have no radio tuner. I would love to use it when I go bike riding so that I can hear some talk radio.

As for Linux, it sounds interesting and I would love to get an older, obsolete machine to experiment on and try loading it with Linux. I am curious just how good ( or bad) a free OS could be. I just don't want to try it first on my good computers and risk ruining them.

 

[Coveted]

I actually love Vista, and can't stand Macs, but I think I'm the only one...lol.

Vista is such a hog
10x out of 10 the same machine with xp runs smoother, less problems and faster on the stop watch.
I personally HATE vista, its as big an abortion of a operating system as windows milenium.

not to fond of macs either tho.
i like me some xp.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Vista runs fine for me for what I use it for. I don't do any gaming, etc. I just use it for web browsing and word processing mostly. VIsta supposedly is misunderstood because it starts lots of processes in the background, but gives back the memory being used by the idle processes when needed. Supposedly this makes it faster to load applications. All I know is that I use 44% of my RAM most of the time with a 2% of the processor used, and I don't really have any issues. I have an XP machine too (but it's 7 years old), and prefer the Vista machine. Maybe it's that I spent a lot of time configuring my computer, and that I did a clean install with no trial software that makes mine work so well. I dunno, but I have no complaints.

 

[Tony_SS]

To me, Apples are status and style statements while PC's are function over form machines. Both do basically the same thing, one just looks cooler doing it. Is a Macbook Air any more functional than a $500 Acer from Wal Mart? Probably not, but it sure looks cool! I will say though that I am a fan of the iPod, and own 4 of them ( 3 of which I bought broken). It's a really nice piece of art...urmm... technology. Too bad it runs off iTunes with such a strong DRM, and that they have no radio tuner. I would love to use it when I go bike riding so that I can hear some talk radio.

That's only if you buy into some of their marketing campaigns, kind of like VW. 90% of Mac users aren't throwing down the extra scratch to look hip, but use them because they are the industry standard for graphic design, audio and video editing. More so for graphics though. I started on a Mac in college and have used them ever since. As for being outdated, I still am running OS9 Classic on a G3 that's over 10 yrs old. I'd say I got my moneys worth out of it. But as for them being expensive, I bought my current SilverMac off of craigslist for $500 from an old audiophile that he 'hotrodded' this thing out, so it was a steal. Now if anything's a fashion statement, its those paperweight's , I mean ipods. :lol: