I hate Mac commercials

I like to start by saying I love my IPod and my next laptop has a high chance of being a Macbook but the commercials just piss me off. They have the greater than thou attitude about how there products don't crash or get viruses. I don't know if they have ever used one of there own products but they crash about just as much as PCs. Yes, Macs can get viruses. Surprise! (I am talking this fact from personal experiance. My roomate has a Macbook and he usually told me when his laptop crashed.) Sure Macs are fine products but shut up Justin, you dirty hippie!

Agreed. 

A company with as small a marketshare as Apple has will do whatever it takes to increase it, marketingwise . This tends to Include cheesy time-machine gags and lies.

Only good thing that came out of those ads were the parodies.

I see the ads more as..'That's clever'. They don't exactly make enticing arguments to suddenly switch to Mac.

How long has apple stuck with this ad campaign, is it 3 years now?

"How long has apple stuck with this ad campaign, is it 3 years now?"

I like them and Mac users are elite.

I used PCs for probably 19 years before making the switch...I doubt I'll own a PC again.

"@Suicrat: Do you know what percentage of the market they have? Just curious, because walk into any college classroom and you'll see tons of em'!"

To be fair, windows sucks.  Every operating system is better than Windows.  I am not going to go about tell anyone "Hey switch to some other operating systems" because some people aren't going to give two shits.  However, anyone who uses computers frequently should really consider switching to another platform.  Although any person who goes out to tell me that "Windows is the best thing ever" has got Microsoft's dick mounted in their mouth.

Macs have a lot of premium features built into them but they are expensive.  A nice alternative is Free BSD.
I would also recommend trying out Linux and Solaris.

Macs can get viruses? Ha! 

"I like them and Mac users are elite.I used PCs for probably 19 years before making the switch...I doubt I'll own a PC again. "

"Macs can get viruses? Ha! 

And on there own, Macs hardly ever crash. They usually crash once programs are added such as Limewire. I'm not saying they don't sometimes crash, but honestly, it doesn't hardly as much as any Windows OS.

I don't even own a Mac but they don't market false information.

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I know the technical term for PC's. I am not an idiot. 

Yeah I agree, they neglect to mention that Macs crash the same if not more than PC's, and also that Mac's rarely get viruses because nobody really designs viruses that only affect 4% market share. Plus Justin Long is a douche.

PC Term comment was not directed at you.

However I hate people that jump on bandwagons just because it is the in thing; as most people that own a mac don't need a mac and will never use anything that makes a mac what it is.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23941/53/

First link in google search of "Mac hacked in 10 seconds"

And Justin Long is funny and well as a Mac user I hold nothing against him. Mac vs Windows is the same as XBOX vs PS3...both have their advantages and their downfalls. NOTHING IS PERFECT.

I'm dual booting OSX leopard with vista (yes it's possible) and I prefer Vista. Allot of programs I use can't run on macs and my Zen X-FI doesn't show up on OSX for some reason.

With your comment on viruses, then one following about market share and Apple's small percent. I'd be curios to know what the virus ratio on average for both is, as I've always had an assumption that Mac appears to have less viruses as they're less on the market so they're less frequently reported or targeted. That's not fanboyism just curiosity.

I've never had a virus in using Windows for 11 years.

The ads are cute and obviously the work of genius PR. That being said, both Microsoft and Apple are both pathological liars.

I've got a windows pc being used as a file server and a macbook. I can't remember the last time the PC crashed. It's been years I'm sure.  And the macbook has never crashed on me. Now that being said I havent had it nearly as long.    Crashing and viruses are an enduser problem. Not a hardware one.

Macs when it comes to crashing are FAR more reliable. My PC crashes at least 4 times a week. My mac has crash 4 times since I brought it. (it's been almost a year now). They are just better built. plus the operating system isn't havily intergrated with the internet browsing application. Which I think is one of it's major flaws. (Xp & prior I referance too as I don't own Vista).

I like the mac ads because they make me laugh.

Peace.

PC should just turn to the mac and say  "Fuck you, I'm gonna go play some games now, wanna join me? oh wait! my bad"

PC is a general term used for PERSONAL COMPUTER; Operating System doesn't define what a "PC" is.

Microsoft/Windows have gone about saying they can play Games and are cheaper than a Mac in Ads of "I am Windows" or something like that, something really dumb and bad like that.

Windows machines crash more often due to driver issues or software issues? Why? Because there are more people writing for it. There are more manufacturers for Windows based machines as Apple/Mac have to approve and distribute things for their hardware most often with updates. When you have peripherals and hardware that is specific for that  device (much like Microsoft does with the XBOX; however 3rd party stuff has recently surfaced) you are paying more for that "support" behind it.

Well at least the ads helped me learn that mac users are smug,  pretentious art school hipsters that I would never want to hang out with, and can disassociate myself from by never buying a mac.

The real problem with the mac ads are they are based on out-dated stereotypes; yet they work because non-technical people don't realize this. I would respect the commercials much more if Apple would just showcase what their computers are about and everything you can do on them. Companies that only advertise by trash-talking their competitors usually are hiding something themselves.

But hey, it's marketing!

I've been a Mac user since I was five and I can't stand these fucking ads, thankfully I don't watch cable/satellite so the only time I see the ads are when people complain about them.