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Another Apple VS PC Spoof

February 8th 2007 11:20
Definitely one of the better ones out so far, I like how the inaccurate bias actually exists PC’s way, if you get your feathers all ruffled up, hey what can I say? This is what ‘Apple VS Mac’ ads are but they always go Mac’s way.



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How Easy a Mac is

February 8th 2007 10:10
So I read in the February issue of ‘Macworld’ of yet another one of those ‘from PC to Macintosh’ migrants. Jason Snell (editor) speaks of how his retired ex-executive uncle decided to move over to Mac claiming that the reason he wouldn’t move of past was because that Windows based software would not run on Mac’s and since the Mac’s switch to Intel CPU’s it has become more efficient to run Windows applications natively on OSX.

But why would his uncle move to Mac? Apparently because OSX is so much ‘easier’ to work with than Windows. The Mac Fanboys really, really, need to get their heads out of the sand if they really want to move on and properly challenge Microsoft’s dominance, there ‘once upon a time, happily ever after’ stories just doesn’t cut it, ignoring the facts does not make everything better.


Clue me in Mr. Snell, in what ways is OS X easier to use than Windows? For general tasks such as web browsing or word processing it is pretty much the same as Windows. Simply open the web browser or word editor of choice and get to it, the exact same on OSX and Windows.

What about the slightly more complex tasks? Well Mr. Snell likes to brag about how much easier it is to work with digital photographs on the Mac, my dear Mr. Snell, so what? If you purchase a digital camera worth its salt you will get software that will allow you to manage your photographs just as easily on any platform, that includes OS X and Windows.

Jason concludes with the usual happily ever after, that the usual excuses for not using a Mac don’t exist anymore, that all Windows software will run on Mac and all the rest. Well that’s true, and I am just as excited as he is, if not more down to earth on the cold hard facts. I do hope Apple can start taking more and more of the market as time goes on, and I hope at some point down the line it can take a good 50% of the market, it will improve competition on both sides and increase the overall quality products.

Ironic too that many of Mac OS X's major (inherent) advantage of it being ‘more secure’ than Windows will also fade away as more people begin to exploit the operating system.
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PC VS Mac Spoof

February 4th 2007 21:53
Apple has been going the less than respectful route with its ‘I’m a PC, and I’m a Mac’ TV ads by misleading consumers considerably.

To that end lots of folk online have been putting their own parodies of these TV advertisements up, particularly on youtube.

Heres one of the best, wouldn’t be surprised if Microsoft was behind it. Oh and my favourite line is on episode three from the Mac ‘I was building a website for my cat’. Gold.




There isn’t much credit in any of those videos, much like the original campaign from Apple it is all quite biased one way and doesn’t show the full picture, which is that neither of them are outright best, they both just… are.

Yet Fanboys will continue running the war forever and ever.
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