Comments on: Get a Mac http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:18:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Paul http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-80049 Paul Tue, 15 May 2007 14:59:14 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-80049 Hey slappy I'm quoting from you: "so maybe little susie who has an iPod might pester her dad to get her an iMac after seeing said ad". Just wait until little Susie finds out she can't play any of the games her friends keep talking about. NO sims, no nothing. She will be so happy about her Mac. Hey slappy I'm quoting from you: "so maybe little susie who has an iPod might pester her dad to get her an iMac after seeing said ad". Just wait until little Susie finds out she can't play any of the games her friends keep talking about. NO sims, no nothing.

She will be so happy about her Mac.

]]> By: Irishguy http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-31851 Irishguy Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:41:20 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-31851 I stumbled across this site while looking for a place to watch the apple commercials because (ironically enough) my pc crashes whenever I try to access the apple site. I used a mac for 2 years, and then not so much by own choice but by situational necessity, I've been a pc user for the last 10 years. For a while now, I've cringed whenever I've had to use my pc, and I'm saving to buy a mac in the near future. The pc has suited my needs, but in a way similar to how stagnant water and stale bread would suite one's needs of survival. I believe that while one can challenge the morality of apple's commercials, it is in very poor taste and completely inaccurate to say the following: "It’s like an airline advertising that it has fewer fatal crashes than its competitors. This just isn’t done—and for good reasons. Putting aside the moral and ethical aspects, which arguably don’t apply to Apple..." I missed the part where there was any reasonable connection between the "ethical aspects" of people dying and computers crashing. I think the only thing apple did not take into account when filming their commercials were their viewers without a sense of humor. I stumbled across this site while looking for a place to watch the apple commercials because (ironically enough) my pc crashes whenever I try to access the apple site.

I used a mac for 2 years, and then not so much by own choice but by situational necessity, I've been a pc user for the last 10 years. For a while now, I've cringed whenever I've had to use my pc, and I'm saving to buy a mac in the near future. The pc has suited my needs, but in a way similar to how stagnant water and stale bread would suite one's needs of survival.

I believe that while one can challenge the morality of apple's commercials, it is in very poor taste and completely inaccurate to say the following:

"It’s like an airline advertising that it has fewer fatal crashes than its competitors. This just isn’t done—and for good reasons. Putting aside the moral and ethical aspects, which arguably don’t apply to Apple..."

I missed the part where there was any reasonable connection between the "ethical aspects" of people dying and computers crashing.

I think the only thing apple did not take into account when filming their commercials were their viewers without a sense of humor.

]]> By: Slappy http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-25109 Slappy Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:59:50 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-25109 Yeah, I do find the Apple ads fairly condescending... and I still think most people don't quite "get" the fact these characters are supposed to be actual computer OS(s) by separate manufacturers, not just a dude and an uptight office guy. The ads seem to be more in-jokes for Apple fans... so maybe little susie who has an iPod might pester her dad to get her an iMac after seeing said ad, I doubt the average schlub with a PC is going to see that and be jazzed to go out and get a Mac. I'm a Mac diehard for years, and really only like the "fields of wheat" ad... which was priceless. And uh, yeah, the "genius" bar... that's fairly insulting and pretentious. There is some aggressive "all white" marketing by Apple I don't like... I still like the product, whoever Jobs hired to push this L.A. style crap is fairly annoying... despite iPod dominating the market. They're keeping the prices down... still very lame selection of games despite being easy to port over to mac side... how's that for holding a slingshot to game programmers faces? Screw the viruses. Yeah, I do find the Apple ads fairly condescending... and I still think most
people don't quite "get" the fact these characters are supposed to be actual computer OS(s) by separate manufacturers, not just a dude and an uptight office guy. The ads seem to be more in-jokes for Apple fans... so maybe little susie who has an iPod might pester her dad to get her an iMac after seeing said ad, I doubt the average schlub with a PC is going to see that and be jazzed to go out and get a Mac. I'm a Mac diehard for years, and really only like the "fields of wheat" ad... which was priceless. And uh, yeah, the "genius" bar... that's fairly insulting and pretentious. There is some aggressive "all white" marketing by Apple I don't like... I still like the product, whoever Jobs hired to push this L.A. style crap is fairly annoying... despite iPod dominating the market. They're keeping the prices down... still very lame selection of games despite being easy to port over to mac side... how's that for holding a slingshot to game programmers faces?
Screw the viruses.

]]> By: ella everything http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-20180 ella everything Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:52:59 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-20180 Hello. While I do enjoy your opinion and am glad you expressed it, I believe that in the cutthroat way of our society (which is far from ideal) the advertising is completely legitimate and effective. There is a bit of sarcasm to the ads as well. For example, the annoying but effective "GET A DELL" guy! That was particularily annoying, so annoying to the point that my family bought one so they could scream at the television (after a week) WE GOT ONE, AND WE HATE IT. (Mind you, they were not Mac users, and never will be.) I say, allow them to have their company pride, and if this "slingshot" that they're asking for in their face comes true (i.e viruses begin to be created for Apple computers) then it's time to go to Linux or BSD or whatever else is much more secure and and doesn't have faulty code and allows the intelligent user to avoid such hassles. I personally love to laugh at people who complain that their PC isn't running well and they just found out they have 32 viruses on their computer. Don't get me wrong. I run a tight ship with my PC, constantly updating and virus scanning, etc, and I have had no problems for the most part. I just prefer the unix core of OSX. Previous OSs were wretched. As for the "friendly" genius bar, screw that. There are plenty of people who can help at your local mac certified reseller who are much nicer, and a plethora of websites. Apple, in my humble but expressed opinion, is the best to have come so far as far as intelligent technology goes. alleüber Hello. While I do enjoy your opinion and am glad you expressed it, I believe that in the cutthroat way of our society (which is far from ideal) the advertising is completely legitimate and effective. There is a bit of sarcasm to the ads as well. For example, the annoying but effective "GET A DELL" guy! That was particularily annoying, so annoying to the point that my family bought one so they could scream at the television (after a week) WE GOT ONE, AND WE HATE IT. (Mind you, they were not Mac users, and never will be.)
I say, allow them to have their company pride, and if this "slingshot" that they're asking for in their face comes true (i.e viruses begin to be created for Apple computers) then it's time to go to Linux or BSD or whatever else is much more secure and and doesn't have faulty code and allows the intelligent user to avoid such hassles. I personally love to laugh at people who complain that their PC isn't running well and they just found out they have 32 viruses on their computer. Don't get me wrong. I run a tight ship with my PC, constantly updating and virus scanning, etc, and I have had no problems for the most part. I just prefer the unix core of OSX. Previous OSs were wretched.

As for the "friendly" genius bar, screw that. There are plenty of people who can help at your local mac certified reseller who are much nicer, and a plethora of websites.

Apple, in my humble but expressed opinion, is the best to have come so far as far as intelligent technology goes.

alleüber

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-13326 Michael Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:29:15 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-13326 Here's the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA3NyRr4Eng&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b" rel="nofollow">inevitable parody</a>. Here's the inevitable parody.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-13040 Michael Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:50:30 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-13040 <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2143810/fr/rss/" rel="nofollow">Seth Stevenson</a> agrees. Seth Stevenson agrees.

]]> By: Dr.Sardonic http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-11663 Dr.Sardonic Sun, 07 May 2006 22:56:14 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-11663 I think we're pretty much on the <a href="http://doctorsardonic.blogspot.com/2006/05/so-funny-it-hurts.html" rel="nofollow">same wavelength</a> here. I think we're pretty much on the same wavelength here.

]]> By: Jim http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-11657 Jim Tue, 02 May 2006 19:01:30 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-11657 Sorry, I misunderstood. Sorry, I misunderstood.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-11656 Michael Tue, 02 May 2006 17:25:35 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-11656 I was thinking of Jeff Goldbum in Independence Day. He used his PowerBook to save the world before there was no Step 3. I was thinking of Jeff Goldbum in Independence Day. He used his PowerBook to save the world before there was no Step 3.

]]> By: Jim http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-11655 Jim Tue, 02 May 2006 17:19:05 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2006/05/02/get-a-mac/#comment-11655 Sorry, wrong link, here's the right one: <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0001166/" rel="nofollow">James Duval</a>. Sorry, wrong link, here's the right one: James Duval.

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