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Get a Mac

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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Eric said 11:13PM on 5-01-2006
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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Kurt Zenisek said 11:16PM on 5-01-2006
// 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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kris payne said 11:19PM on 5-01-2006
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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Mitchell said 11:32PM on 5-01-2006
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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Justin said 11:38PM on 5-01-2006
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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Derek said 11:45PM on 5-01-2006
The best one is "Restarting" as it's so funny from when I worked in IT.
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Aron T said 11:48PM on 5-01-2006
Anybody else think it's nice to see Apple marketing something other than the iPod or iTMS?
=aron=
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b said 11:57PM on 5-01-2006
get a mac - you get to play all the cool games for the PC too!...just two years later
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John said 12:01AM on 5-02-2006
LOL @ the gadget holster.
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Eccent said 12:08AM on 5-02-2006
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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Aaron Vogel said 12:11AM on 5-02-2006
Anyone else catch "Bonjourno" in the networking one? Perhaps an allusion to Bonjour.. only the PC messed it up. LOL!
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Eccent said 12:23AM on 5-02-2006
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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Klemens said 12:56AM on 5-02-2006
Well, Aaron, you're appearently American. Bonjour is French for Hello. Bonjorno is Italian for Hello. And you are dumb. :)
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Jordan said 1:15AM on 5-02-2006
Cool, it's like the second coming of the 'switch' ad campaign.
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Colin P said 1:22AM on 5-02-2006
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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Stephen said 1:31AM on 5-02-2006
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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Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said 1:52AM on 5-02-2006
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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Lucky said 2:29AM on 5-02-2006
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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Christian said 2:31AM on 5-02-2006
This campaign makes a good one for parodies.... Let them come!
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Japanese Mac Monkey said 2:37AM on 5-02-2006
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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