Curious. How many thumbs up votes for Apple commercial?

[samintx]

Personally, I think it is terrible. Mumbly and pointless. The only point I got was the Apple doesn't freeze and have to be restarted as much as WIN. In my experience, not true. I can count the times I have had to restart my laptop PCs on one hand AND the safety RESTORE feature is great.

MacPRO has many great features but the current commercial I saw with the two guys (the PC guy overweight, the mac man skinny. Do I see a built in visual here?) doesn't tell the story.

Come on Steve, drop this commercial and get a Mac Positive commercial on the air.

[ArtP]

C'mon, How "MORE POSITIVE" can u get?

I think the series of commercials are pretty darn good. Apple has never done "in your face direct content" ads (like the boring "Buy DELL ... and get a FREE Flat Panel Upgrade"). Since the 1984 ad, they have made u think.

They've had a few flops (Powermac G4 tank commercial) but I think this series will go down as one of the more successful series (like there is "No Step Three").

My favorites are "Virus" and "Networking" among others.

[iaJim]

Another thumbs up from me. It's kind of a friendly relationship between two competitiors. It may not be flattering to PC, but Apple is making a stand.

[michaelb]

My partner, who doesn't like computers at all and uses our iMac solely to check email, likes the ad and was immediately taken in by them. I know this because she saw them before me, and pointed them out to me and watched them with interest. So we can guess they tested them on regular people who are not computer geeks, and got a positive response.

I think fear of viruses and spyware and other security concerns is a major problem for the computer industry for the average user. People are still incredulous when I tell them that viruses and other malware don't exist for macs, and their response is often: "why doesn't Apple advertise that fact?".

[MacArtist]

You know...

For years Mac users were saying Apple wasn't doing a great job of marketing the benefits of the Mac OS to the rest of the world. Now they are trying and I think the commercials do that in a clever way.

Sure there are visual differences between the two guys. One is more hip, the other is mainstream. No mention of weight is made during the commercial, so Sam is trying to stir up the hornets nest on this one.

And Sam, your experience counts about 1 in how ever many million. We can't account for how you set up your computer or what individual software you installed.

Trolling this morning, Sam?

[Mike Sellers]

You have to remember, these commercials aren't directed to us or to people, Mac or PC, with our level of interest and expertise. Yes, a properly configured and maintained PC doesn't crash very often and I certainly agree, if Apple could steal one feature from Windows, I'd vote for the restore point. But a great many people set up a computer like a microwave and just want it to work without having to actually learn much about it. In this regard, Macs are certainly superior to PCs and this is what the commericials try to convey. Try using a PC with no anti-virus and anti-spyware and a Mac with no anti-virus and anti-spyware and which do you think will still be functional in a month?

Bottom line is, I think they're funny and get the point across.

[ztirffritz]

Sam,

I think that you are missing the big picture. WHY did Microsoft need to create the Safety Restore feature that you're talking about? Because they needed to. If you can count the number of times that you've had your PC crash on 1 hand, I'd say that you are definitely in the minority. I think that Windows 2000/XP was a huge leap in stability over its predecessors, but let's be honest. Most of the improvements between NT and 2000/XP were safety nets to help you recover from catastrophic failures of the OS. These features do work well, but they shouldn't be necessary at all if the OS were more reliable. Most of the problems with Windows can be traced to crappy drivers and 3rd party software, but it is MS' fault for creating a framework in which is possible to create this crappy software. They should have redesigned their security model a decade ago, just after Windows 3.1 came out.

[SteveJobs]

Thumbs DOWN
They SUCK it BIG TIME, in my book.

[DaviDC.]

Thumbs down. I think they suck.
I also think it's horrible to be assaulted by them when going to Apple's website.

[Markintosh]

I've heard nothing but positives from inquistive potential PC buyers. They seem to be making some people think.