Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Agree that the Mac ads, although funny - come across as a bit unctuous. Really they should just show a screen cap of people getting shit done with an iPod like soundtrack. The UI of OSX sells itself.

I like this because I hate the Mac ads.

I have nothing... NOTHING against Macs, nothing at all. They are dead sexy pcs (yes, PC is a PERSONAL COMPUTER, so both Macs and computers running windows, and those running linux are ALL PCs), yes they have pretty environments etc.

BUT

The ads try to suggest that they NEVER crash, that they NEVER have issues, that they ALWAYS work.... Bull Shiiiiiiit.

I've always had to use Macs from time to time, it comes with the territory when you do web stuff, you have to test all popular platforms. And while I like a lot of stuff about them... um... I've crashed macs. I've had macs not do what I want when I want because a) I couldn't for the life of me work out how, or b) you needed to buy some third party app to make it possible.

Same things can be leveled at Windows machines, but they never claimed to be perfect ALL OF THE TIME. And blue screens of death? I, truly couldn't tell you the last time I had one of them... really, I can't, I don't remember, because they don't happen. (well, I'm sure they still do, but no moreso than the mac oh oh moments)

And somehow trying to suggest that Macs are all hip and edgy and FUN, and Windows is nothing more than business??? Um, care to compare games libraries?

So, big F*cking upvote for me, as I'm sick of Windows just lying there and taking it and letting Apple create this false impression of what Windows is.

dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Unreleased-Mac-Ad
*discard

I did sift the song...and guess what...it faired worse then the mac ad

From the Guardian Piece again, my favorite part, as a gamer (and mac ad hater, the os is ok, the marketing and "cool factor" of it makes me want to kick babies)

"Aside from crowing about sartorial differences, the adverts also make a big deal about PCs being associated with "work stuff" (Boo! Offices! Boo!), as opposed to Macs, which are apparently better at "fun stuff". How insecure is that? And how inaccurate? Better at "fun stuff", my arse. The only way to have fun with a Mac is to poke its insufferable owner in the eye. For proof, stroll into any decent games shop and cast your eye over the exhaustive range of cutting-edge computer games available exclusively for the PC, then compare that with the sort of rubbish you get on the Mac."

Don't even get me started on those Mac ads.

New Mac ad about spyware:

"Trust Mac"

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/