Is it me, or are the MAC vs IBM commercials with the two guys truly witty?

[corkboard]

People who use Windows tend to refer to their computer as “my PC”. People who use Macs tend to refer to their computer as “my Mac”.

[elfkin477]

I prefer this series of ads instead:
Gaming
Security
Networking
Performance
Upgrading
Portability

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@slortar

Ah, that makes more sense. I only saw that one once…and to be honest, I tend to tune out mentally whenever I hear one starting up these days to avoid the inevitable brain hemorrhaging.

Still, the untrippable uber-ninja power cable is a sound product idea!

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

@pulykamell

@VCO3

I think that they make mac users look like the smug hipsters that they are; at this point, the usage of macs among 99% of the populace is about “cool” and nothing more.

And this attitude is just as irritating as the attitude in the Mac commercials. I sincerely doubt 99% of Apple users are about “cool.” Sure, there’s a certain percentage of it, but almost every single Mac user I know does so for professional reasons–the visual arts and music industries. We use our Macs because they’re simply the best tools for the jobs we have. I don’t think I’d be in any danger of being mistaken for a “smug hipster.” Others use it because they’re easy computers to use and they truly enjoy them. For me, the Mac has been the only computer I’ve ever had that was truly a joy to operate. It has nothing to do with trying to get some kind of stupid hipster street cred.

Whenever I go to developer conferences for HPC/cluster/distributed processing software, about half of the attendees have PowerBooks or MacBook Pros, half have PCs running some flavor of Linux or BSD, and a token couple of people with Windows. These are not, by the way “cool hipsters”–indeed, most of them are the antithesis of cool or hip, and a surprising number of them strongly resemble the “Thermians” on Galaxy Quest–but hardcore developers who need a robust, Unix-like operating system on a portable machine. Sure, you can run Cygwin under Windows, but we all know that sucks like a Hoover for doing anything truly useful. But then, VC03 is, if I recall correctly, the bloke who couldn’t figure out how to correctly compare specs between Macs and PCs, [thread=409292]claiming some 7:1 differential in price[/thread]. :rolleyes:

The commercials are grating, though, even moreso than the Apple “Switch” ads starting Real People who complain about being Too Stupid To Know Where The On Switch Is. For some reason, Apple likes to target the idiot-technophobe market as their primary demographic. My solution? Cover up the stupid glowing Apple logo with a picture of Hexley, the DarwinOS mascot. Yeah, it looks stupid, but not as stupid as that fricken’ apple thing.

@VCO3

Walk into any given coffee shop here in the city and you’ll see nothing but white hipsters Livejournaling on their macs. Trust me, nobody’s sitting in Uncommon Grounds running Max/MSP or Maya while they’re sipping their latte. It’s a fashion accessory to go with the wire-rimmed glasses.

Arrogance and ignorance rarely mix well. At any rate, I’ve seen plenty of wire-rimmed-glass-wearing Dell and Compaq owners sitting in coffeehouses browsing the Internet while I hack away at Perl scripts for work, or putz around with Blender. I’m not clear what grievence you have against Mac owners in particular–I’d suspect one stole your girl, but I find the prospect unlikely for any number of reasons–but you might want to load that thing next time before you start waving it around. Then again, perhaps not…you’re more likely to shoot yourself in the foot with it.

And I’m a little irked at not having the opportunity to introduce the TrueNuffTV parodies into this thread. Still, they’re quite fun, particularly the gaming one. “I’ll block your entire subnet! I am root!”

Stranger

[rjung]

I think people who interpret “Mac” as being rude/condescending/snobbish to “PC” have some awfully thin skins.

[xizor]

@mobo85

Around the time Nintendo’s Wii system came out, there was a parody of the Mac vs. PC ads which appeared on YouTube and the like featuring two women- the PS3 as a sensible woman and the Wii as a goofball who was willing to let you touch her and take her clothes off. The parody ad had the same flaw as the originals- the PS3 seemed like the person who would be more fun to be with.

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This is a hilarious parody! It came from a TV show called X-play on
the G4 network.