It would seem that Apple's newest advertising campaign is called 'Get a Mac.' There is a new section of Apple's website entirely devoted to this (http://www.apple.com/getamac). There Apple lists a number of reasons why you should get a Mac:
Interestingly the site also debunks the usual arguments about not getting a Mac, which include:
- Yes, Macs run Office
- No, Mac aren't slow (thanks to Intel!)
- Your old printer and other peripherals will work
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5-01-2006 @ 11:13PM
Eric said...
the worst thing that make me hate mac fan boy is that their claim of "macs don't crash"... i switched to the mac platform 2 years ago with a 15" powerbook, (10.3 panther), and i get to kernal panics in day one...
com'on ... every computer system crashes, it just need some more geeks to try to tweak it. obviously most geeks atm are PC users, but when mac become popular, you will have all that kind of things like iDefrag ...
btw... i'm bit confused and was told with different versions of answers about the disk defrags of mac os x:
1. mac os x defrags itself automatically in background
2. there's no fragmentations under os x due to the HFS+ file system
3. fragmentations do not matters for macs, and defrag can be dangrous
damn which one is true?
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5-01-2006 @ 11:16PM
Kurt Zenisek said...
// Defrag is done on the fly for files under 20MB... if you deal with files larger than that fragmenting may happen. It's not really needed, but if you feel like it there are programs that defrag your mac.
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5-01-2006 @ 11:19PM
kris payne said...
7. Instant video chats.
When did this happen? Still can't connect to my girlfriend across the country from my Macbook to her PC yet. Still waiting.
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5-01-2006 @ 11:32PM
Mitchell said...
All I have to say is, It's about TIME!! I was getting depressed just seeing ads for the iPod. I wondered when they would actually promote their computers.....
AWESOME JOB APPLE!!
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5-01-2006 @ 11:38PM
Justin said...
Kris,
Check out iVisit (http://www.ivisit.com/). Its a cross platform video conferencing tool and it works great. Mostly importantly, its free! Granted, I haven't tested it on my Macbook Pro, but it worked great on my 12" PB.
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5-01-2006 @ 11:45PM
Derek said...
The best one is "Restarting" as it's so funny from when I worked in IT.
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5-01-2006 @ 11:48PM
Aron T said...
Anybody else think it's nice to see Apple marketing something other than the iPod or iTMS?
=aron=
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5-01-2006 @ 11:57PM
b said...
get a mac - you get to play all the cool games for the PC too!...just two years later
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5-02-2006 @ 12:01AM
John said...
LOL @ the gadget holster.
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5-02-2006 @ 12:08AM
Eccent said...
Kris, try Sightspeed for Mac/PC video chats.
I tried iChat, iVisit, and Sightspeed. Windows AIM clients had trouble with sending audio unless you use iVisit or SightSpeed. Sightspeed had better video and interface(plus it's universal).
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5-02-2006 @ 12:11AM
Aaron Vogel said...
Anyone else catch "Bonjourno" in the networking one? Perhaps an allusion to Bonjour.. only the PC messed it up. LOL!
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5-02-2006 @ 12:23AM
Eccent said...
BTW, if SAFT's "block ad/banners" feature is enabled, you won't see the View the ads link.
My favorite is Network.
Does anyone that speaks japanese know what the digital camera woman says just before the PC says Bonjourno? Was she saying what the photograph was or was she making a wisecrack at the PC?
'nay nay nay talon so nu kukurots' ?
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5-02-2006 @ 12:56AM
Klemens said...
Well, Aaron, you're appearently American. Bonjour is French for Hello. Bonjorno is Italian for Hello. And you are dumb. :)
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5-02-2006 @ 1:15AM
Jordan said...
Cool, it's like the second coming of the 'switch' ad campaign.
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5-02-2006 @ 1:22AM
Colin P said...
Well, Klemens, you're apparently an Ass. Your broad assumption recalls that famous phrase. You know the one, right? About those who assume...? :/
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5-02-2006 @ 1:31AM
Stephen said...
Well, Klemens, I'm Australian, but I must be dumb too because I don't get what you're getting at. Aren't you just illustrating Aaron's point that the PC messed it up?
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5-02-2006 @ 1:52AM
Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said...
Who's dumb? It's spelled "buongiorno" and it translates to (get this) "Good morning!" By a staggering coincidence, it shares its provenance and English translation with the French word "bonjour". Both words are used colloquially to mean, "Hello".
Considering that ZeroConf...I mean, Rendezvous...argh, I MEAN Bonjour (stupid name anyway) is available for Windows, I really doubt this was deliberately meant to show Windows as being inept at networking. I, ah, didn't really understand the spot's purpose. I've never had any trouble at all networking Windows boxen or installing digital cameras for that matter. I never even knew cameras NEEDED special drivers. Guess you learn something every day, huh?
As for what the Japanese lady says, she said (more or less), "Hey, who's that guy? Doesn't he look a little like an otaku?"
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5-02-2006 @ 2:29AM
Lucky said...
Macs don't crash?
I got an intel mac mini about 2 weeks ago and it crashed a few times. 2 of them where with Front Row and one with a CD.
Can anyone tell me why? I would really like a Front Row update or something that will keep it from crashing.
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5-02-2006 @ 2:31AM
Christian said...
This campaign makes a good one for parodies.... Let them come!
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5-02-2006 @ 2:37AM
Japanese Mac Monkey said...
Actually the japanese girl says "Who's the idiot?". Closest translation to english I could make. I nearly peed myself from laughing so hard.
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