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VH1 Spoofs "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" ads

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July 17, 2006 10:00:43 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

I own a Mac. But I mainly use a PC.  What really makes me sour on using a Mac or even buying a Mac is firstly the fanatical Mac community that acts more like a cult at times and secondly the pretensiousness of Apple in how they market the thing. It's like they consider the on-line "jerk" to be their core market demographic.

When I hear some Mac guy talking about how they're doing all these neat things I just want to say "Yea, that's nice. I've been doing preemptive multitasking for a decade now. Sit down."

Check out this parody / spoof of the Mac vs. PC ads.

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Reply #1 July 17, 2006 10:31:50 PM
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uShut.

 
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Reply #2 July 17, 2006 11:16:44 PM
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Love it....
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Reply #3 July 18, 2006 12:06:23 AM
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"What really makes me sour on using a Mac or even buying a Mac is firstly the fanatical Mac community that acts more like a cult at times"

Who cares what other people say, think, or do? I just use whatever works for me and makes me happy. I don't care at all about any fanatical community of any product or company.
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Reply #4 July 18, 2006 1:38:40 AM
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I hate the fact that the originals are full of lies. It seems odd to hear about Microsoft getting sued constantly for bundling tons of apps in the OS, while Mac tools portray windows as only coming with a calculator. Also how much "fun" they are, even though the electronics stores I go to seem to only have a couple aisles of Mac "fun".

Like music, movies, etc., the biggest posers are always the people who are deathly afraid of being posers. Every time I see someone say they wouldn't be caught dead using a PC it reminds me of unwashed people in college that wouldn't have been caught dead listening to any band the average person had heard of. The minute one became popular they refused to listen to them any more.

Given that, I wonder if popularity will really help Apple, or if their core fans will just reject them because they've become too mainstream. I think the parody ads here are dead on.
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Reply #5 July 18, 2006 2:36:11 AM
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Thanks Draginol...That was friggin' hilarious!!
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Reply #6 July 18, 2006 4:51:43 AM
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Nice one. Have you seen the Mac Rant video? http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/5452/Why_Macs_Suck_A_Video_Rant
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Reply #7 July 18, 2006 7:26:23 AM
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uShut.

Ditto

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Reply #8 July 18, 2006 7:34:14 AM
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people in college that wouldn't have been caught dead listening to any band the average person had heard of. The minute one became popular they refused to listen to them any more.


Ahh, I see you've met my brother 

Videos were hilarious!
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Reply #9 July 18, 2006 9:44:46 AM
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I found em funny. Anyone that I've spoken to who is passionate about their mac absolutely loathes them.
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Reply #10 July 18, 2006 10:15:58 AM
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LOL!
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Reply #11 July 18, 2006 1:58:18 PM
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My daughter just bought a Mac (against my very clear, reasoned advice) because her boyfriend has one.  I can't wait to show her these two hilarious videos! 
 
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Reply #12 July 18, 2006 8:36:02 PM
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I'd be surprised if any of the (real) Mac vs. PC ads convince (Windows) PC users that they should buy a Mac. For those that do, they're going to be really irritated when they find that Macs do not include drivers for everything, that there is indeed a slew of useless software installed on their Mac, and even more irritated when they find that Macs do crash.

It seems to me that Apple is preaching to the Choir.
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Reply #13 July 19, 2006 11:35:10 AM
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Well said Tom.  Moreover, PC users would likely get annoyed at the lack of choices in software. Not the big stuff mind you but lots of little utilities and apps.
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Reply #14 July 19, 2006 3:25:36 PM
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Everything you need comes in one box.*






*assuming you don't need a keyboard, mouse, or display.
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Reply #15 July 20, 2006 11:49:55 AM
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uShut.


Ditto


Ditto
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Reply #16 July 21, 2006 5:24:21 PM
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I found em funny. Anyone that I've spoken to who is passionate about their mac absolutely loathes them.


I think getting angry over the spoofs is as silly as getting angry over the actual ads themselves. Ads are stupid. That's a fact of life. Not everybody can make cool ads like Jack in the Box!
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Reply #17 July 21, 2006 7:13:15 PM
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It seems to me that Apple is preaching to the Choir.


Ouch! Me thinks you are right!
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Reply #18 September 7, 2006 3:40:29 PM
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Awesome.
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Reply #19 November 10, 2007 9:24:34 PM
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I'm using a Mac and I'm having fun. I also happen to run windows on my mac for the best of both worlds. PS those commercials could have used an extra five minutes of work as the first five minutes didn't make them all that witty.
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Reply #20 November 10, 2007 9:56:04 PM
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Um, bit of an old thread...   
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Reply #21 November 10, 2007 11:16:10 PM
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Um, bit of an old thread...


Um, since when has there been a time limit on Mac bashing????

That's right, he didn't!

Oi, get orf, this is an old thread.
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