The New MAC Commercials

[AuburnAlumni]

Go to www.apple.com and check out the new "I'm a Mac..I'm a PC" commercials.

Great stuff.

[ndeezlo]

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im pretty sure that is going over the heads of most americans

[olec]

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^^ which is a damn shame...

[nickb]

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Ive seen those commercials...They are kinda funny yet kinda sad...I just got rid of a virus on my pc that took out my whole hard drive...

[DickDalewood]

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"The awesome... awesome computer review... weekly... journal..."

[BGarrett7]

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Heh, the iLife one was my favorite.

[luv_mist]

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I've been really considering getting one of these instead of building my own computer. What does the board recommend?

[TheGenius]

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I've been really considering getting one of these instead of building my own computer. What does the board recommend?

I have an iMac G4 and like it a lot, it's outdated now, though. My sister got a G5 when she went to school and she likes it a lot, too. If you've got the money to spend there's a lot of good options out there.

The PowerMacs are amazing, but they're expensive. If I could afford it I'd get one, but the iMacs are great too for everyday use.

[Misfit]

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Macs are good but it will cost you more to get a Mac with the same "power" as a PC, so you're really paying for the Mac brand. If you just use your computer to mess around and play the occassional game you might as well stick with a PC. If you're really into multimedia functions and you're not concerned about the higher cost, then go with a Mac.

[GBrushTWood]

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Cute, but the majority of people don't buy based on hip commercials, but rather low prices and what everybody else has. Given the market share of 'Doze, Apple really seems to be fighting an uphill battle here.

Also, what's the point of going head to head with Microsoft in the desktop market? It's well known that the new paradigm for computing is the Internet platform, which is where Google and Microsoft will be taking things. I predict in a decade or so, your desktop OS will largely be irrelevant.
I think it's really a waste of money to spend on actors and cute marketing campaigns to get people to switch to a Mac desktop when the market is shifting as we speak (away from desktop OS's).

[Misfit]

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They're just trying to capitalize on the current popularity of their iPod and iTunes software that PC users have adopted. It doesn't look like this is a huge, expensive marketing campaign as the only commercials I've seen was pretty basic. They might sell a few more units this way, as Mac's are more popular right now than maybe any other point in time (since Windows, that is), but they'll never over-take the PC.