Apple on Windows 7 | The Coffeehouse

bureX
Always a step ahead in stupidity.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-welcomes-windows-7-the-only-way-it-knows-how-with-a-new-c/

I love the smell of FUD in the morning... Now would someone please shoot every person who was involved in the making of this overwhelmingly creative ad, totting a white background as usual? Someday, that perfect smug storm that was predicted in South Park will come true, not caused by Prius drivers, but by Apple.

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

C'mon it's funny

bureX
Always a step ahead in stupidity.

In reply to Minh

#Oct 22nd @ 6:50 PM

The first time I saw those shades, I actually thought someone MSPaint-ed some weird thick, brown eyebrows on PC's forehead Smiley

magicalclick

Yeah, again, the stupid yong guy forgot he has 10x more problems, but failed to mentioned it.

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to magicalclick

#Oct 22nd @ 9:11 PM

The "let's go to a commercial", "we are a commercial", "let's go to another commercial" bit in the third video was funny. Other than that, meh.

Larry Osterman

In reply to Sven Groot

#Oct 22nd @ 10:42 PM

I'm with Sven. In particular I was thinking about all those people who were carrying all the stuff that was on their PC as they were switching to the Mac.

Is Apple really claiming that you can move all your stuff (including all your apps and settings ) from the PC to the Mac? If so, I'm DARNED impressed.

I didn't think they could do that - all the sites I could find indicate that you need to manually move your stuff from the PC to the Mac which isn't nearly as easy as using the easy transfer wizard.

Bass
www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/

That comment section is full of lulz. I'm sorry, I have to commend Apple on this feat. It's like Apple successfully trolled every Microsoft fan on the planet with one 30 second commercial. Apple marketing are geniuses in manipulation.

Ray7

In reply to Larry Osterman

#Oct 22nd @ 11:23 PM

You can migrate all your apps and settings to your Mac, using this third party setup.

Not tried it, but I understand you install two bits of software on your PC and Mac, then it will install Windows in a VM on your Mac and transfer all the stuff over.

It must be quite a dilemma for Microsoft, but do you really want rubbish Macs since the majority of those who buy them will probably end up running Windows (on either the same machine or a separate one) anyway?

stevo_
Human after all

In reply to Bass

#Oct 22nd @ 11:54 PM

Uh yea, trolling your potential customers is genius..

Same old slanderous mac commercials.. yawn

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Tryhard.

Ray7

In reply to Minh

#Oct 22nd @ 6:50 PM

Is it me, or has this chap lost a bit of weight?

Sabot
My name is Dave Oliver. I'm a Technical Architect.

In reply to Ray7

#Oct 23rd @ 2:58 AM

I have a Mac ... and a PC so I'm kind of neutral in this debate.

Anyway to my comment ... these commericals for Apple aren't cool or funny. If anything they are a little sad, a bit negative, tiered and immature.

They question still has to be asked ... why are there so many machines around running Windows still? If others are soooooo great why haven't we all switched yet?

bureX
Always a step ahead in stupidity.

In reply to Bass

#Oct 22nd @ 11:54 PM

There's probably a footnote in some marketing book out there that says "don't piss off potential customers"...

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

In reply to Ray7

#Oct 23rd @ 2:58 AM

Well thank you for noticing... I have been working out

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

In reply to Larry Osterman

#Oct 22nd @ 11:23 PM

Is Apple really claiming that you can move all your stuff (including all your apps and settings ) from the PC to the Mac? If so, I'm DARNED impressed.

Although, the Transfer Wizard is a far cry from an upgrade install for the largest segment of OS user (XP)

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

So basically, Windows has evolved while Mac has been the same since Windows 2.0?

LeoDavidson

I watched the ad with the sound off. Dunno what was being said but the one thing I noticed -- and which told me it wasn't worth switching my sound on -- is that the PC guy did all the talking and the Mac guy said absolutely nothing.

Then at the end it shows a picture of a Mac as if I'd now want to buy one without being told anything about it. For all I know it's worse.

Apple are advertising sex-change operations by telling people how bad their current genitalia are.

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

In reply to LeoDavidson

#Oct 23rd @ 6:14 AM

Hello, I'm a fallus

JeremyJ
The pioneers would be appalled!

In reply to LeoDavidson

#Oct 23rd @ 6:14 AM

That is the problem I have always had with those commercials. You want me to switch but you don't tell me WHY I should switch. The only thing they say are "we don't get viruses" and "we don't have bugs", which is complete BS. So can anyone tell me why I would use a Mac over a PC? Is there anything at all that a Mac can do that I already can't do on a PC? I didn't think so.

One benifit I see to PCs is that it is probably a lot easier to avoid iTunes. Tongue Out

Bass
www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/

In reply to stevo_

#Oct 23rd @ 1:09 AM

It does seem to work. The kind of people who are trolled by this are people with emotional attachments to an operating system. Because it's insulting anyone, just an OS.

Larry Osterman

In reply to Minh

#Oct 23rd @ 4:36 AM

Yeah, but given the appcompat issues, I'm not at all surprised that the upgrade is blocked - the chances of software and drivers written for XP working on Win7 are relatively slim - a clean reinstall is safer.

brichpmr

In reply to JeremyJ

#Oct 23rd @ 6:32 AM

They tell you why you might want to switch or add a Mac....and with respect to malware, an entire cottage industry was constructed around the demand for detoxing Windows PCs....not the same for Macs. I can do anything on my Dell that I can do on my Macs.....the difference lies in how it gets done, and what I (as the user) think of the look/feel/process.

Windows 7 seems to do a real nice job of coating Vista with a better grade of lipstick. The current hype around '7' is a little over the top, imho, for what you really get.....opinions will vary.

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

In reply to brichpmr

#Oct 24th @ 9:22 AM

I felt that the hype over Win7 was aimed at all the XP users who decided not to upgrade to Vista. Xp -> Win7 is a big change from the user's perspective, so that's where the hype comes from.

Moving from Vista to Win7 has been good (except for minor issues with power management which I haven't got around to investigating further), although not an "OMG it's so different!" type of good (more a "that's nice" kind of good).

Herbie

LeoDavidson

In reply to brichpmr

#Oct 24th @ 9:22 AM

Given how easily people seem to find OS X security flaws when anyone bothers to look, I think the main reason you can use Mac without worrying about those things is because so few people actually do use one, making it not (yet) worth attacking.

brich

In reply to LeoDavidson

#Oct 24th @ 10:48 AM

"So few" is a relative term......35-40 million users (whatever the number is) is not as obscure as some would like to think. Savvy users worry about security on any platform. Asserting that OSX is not worth attacking is a long-standing mantra worn like a t-shirt slogan by some who would seek to rationalize the checkered history re security and malware impact experienced by millions of users on non-Mac systems. The jury is out for a while as Win 7 permeates the world of non-savvy users...we'll see whether the bad guys can cause problems for its users.