New Apple TV Ads Make Fun of Microsoft Vista
While the new Apple ads are pretty funny to us ubergeeks at Switched Headquarters, we're getting a little uncomfortable with the endless flogging. This reminds us of those old cartoons in which the poor bullied nerd disappears for months, drinks protein powder, gets all buff, and then comes back and beats on the bully. Intensely. Over and over again.
Who's the bully now, Apple?
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJohn DoeFeb 27th 2008 9:02PM
I work on 3 Mcs to every pc.. damn mac hardware and software suck...keep up the good work apple your putting my kids though college!
boredwellNov 12th 2007 6:03PM
David and Goliath...where's your sense of humor...the kid's just taking a justified shot at Big Boy's inferior products...
JohnNov 12th 2007 6:37PM
Apple people are so defensive about their chosen money sink. They ALWAYS have to point out that it is the best. So close minded. Why do you care so much about it? It's like the Hare Krsna community about a computer product. I think it must be a matter of taste and requirements that dictates the best platform. It is difficult to be credible with reflexive statements like "inferior product" about something so dominant in the marketplace. Such a sociological phenomenon.
netzdudeNov 12th 2007 8:36PM
Sad to say all the computer experts say stay if you have windows xp......Vista is not worth the cost or the aggrivation. Leave it to microsoft to come out with software that works great provided you've bought the latest up todate computer
JohnNov 12th 2007 9:11PM
That is a great commercial, very funny. And to John's, post it is also difficult to be credible if your belief is that market dominance has anything to to with quality. Apple geeks are Apple geeks mainly because Apple's OS is superior to Microsoft's in almost every way.
scorpionhoneyNov 12th 2007 10:55PM
MS as some "poor bullied nerd"! Get real. Think it'd be a great idea in this case if Apple *could* cause the real bully to clean up it's act. Be nice if MS could actually give you value for all the $$$ you sink into Gate's inferior products.
jeevesNov 12th 2007 11:14PM
MS deserves any criticism offered--shoddy OS all around. Go Apple!
DavidNov 13th 2007 1:21AM
Vista is a bloated, slow, unreliable hog of computer resources that is incompatible with much of business software. I bought 20 computers and "downgraded" them all to XP Pro so they would perform reliably. Vista appears to be the next incarnation of Milennium Edition.
pmytherapynetNov 13th 2007 2:38AM
How short our memories are - much the same talk about XP when it first came out. Get therapy. www.MyTherapyNet.com
MakimausNov 13th 2007 4:17AM
Last April the loss of my laptop computer required a new one, and I made the mistake of assuming that Microsoft Vista was at least similar to the XP version. No such luck. Not only have the good people at Microsoft thrown out the baby and the bathwater, they've reconfigured the tub so that it doesn't fit into the bathroom, and then filled it with a load of useless sludge that gums me up every time I log on. The next chance I have, I'm switching to Apple.
Charlie JacksonNov 13th 2007 5:30AM
Hey Idiots at Apple. Take care of your stupid iPhone problems first and video problems on your Macs too
ThiagoNov 13th 2007 7:20PM
Apple should shut the f*** up and look at how shi*** their products are.
Reid HyamsNov 13th 2007 7:41AM
I've used both Windows and Mac OS-X... I've been an Apple user for two decades. MS is simply following the leader, which is Apple and they're not doing a very good job at it. Especially, with Vista. Windows Vista is nothing than a bad copy of Apple's OS-X. Although, I do admit that MS has some great software and the prices are generally lower for the entire product. But, for the most part their OS is inferior and Vista is a downgrade from XP. Apple sets the standard in the quality department, although to be fair... Both have their problems.
Reid HyamsNov 13th 2007 7:43AM
APPLHAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SUPERIOR OF THE TWO!
MikeNov 13th 2007 8:27AM
MS arrogance is unbelievable, that's the main problem behind their crappy OS. They somehow think that if they make you will buy it, so far they have been, mostly, proven right. My next computer is going to be an apple, I'm sick of never getting anything that works right out of the box.
What was the last MS release that worked???
DNov 13th 2007 8:57AM
It's about time someone got the guts to say it. Well done Apple.
TontoNov 13th 2007 8:51AM
Apple is only saying what we real computer geeks (Especially the Beta Testers), have known for a long time, and that is VISTA is a poorly designed OS and will go the way of Millenium. If Apple was to lower it's prices on it's products, they would out sell MS
snarlosNov 13th 2007 8:59AM
"It is difficult to be credible with reflexive statements like "inferior product" about something so dominant in the marketplace" (prev. comment)
What? How quickly we forget the Beta vs VHS tape issue. VHS won out because big corporations that created VHS had more more to spend to confuse the public into buying inferior technology. That is why it is so important for Apple to keep letting the public know the truth about inferior PC products and software. Just because Gates has more money to deceive the American Public doesn't make his products better--just more dominate. Don't forget--it was Bill Gates that wanted to buy Apple in the early days of computing, because in his mind, Jobs had the superior operating system.
AvaNov 13th 2007 9:12AM
I converted to Mac 2 years and wish I had years ago. How is it that such a defective product as Windows has made Bill Gates billions? Yes, Apple is more expensive, but think about all the money so many have wasted over the years with Windows. I haven't had one problem with Mac in 2 years. Unheard of with Windows!!!!
Kevin TaylorNov 13th 2007 9:48AM
I build mid to high level gaming rigs and have used Vista Home Premium 64-bit (oem) on my last four builds with no problems. There are a few things you need to do to have a successful install but nothing really difficult. Things like having all current drivers and installing using no more than 2GB of ram. The only thing I don't like about Vista is having to use Vista Ultimate for a dual processor machine. In this case, XP Pro x64 will work.