Comments on: Mossberg Prompts New GetAMac Commercial? http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/ 365 Days Of My Experience With Apple As A Switcher Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Galley http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-781 Galley Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:21:08 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-781 My friend bought his wife a $400 Compaq laptop running Vista. Granted it only had 512MB of RAM, but it took nearly five minutes for it to boot up, and for all of the craplets and their background processes to stop running. My friend bought his wife a $400 Compaq laptop running Vista. Granted it only had 512MB of RAM, but it took nearly five minutes for it to boot up, and for all of the craplets and their background processes to stop running.

]]> By: DBL http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-783 DBL Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:56:57 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-783 You've got the titles of the last two commercial backwards just thought you should know. You’ve got the titles of the last two commercial backwards just thought you should know.

]]> By: Marcas http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-788 Marcas Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:03:08 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-788 I like the trial ware commercial ,very funny, but full disclosure - most Macs come with a trial of iWork and a Microsoft Office test drive. These are of course usually full versions that just only work for a month or so. Clearly the Mac is better about this than the PC, but... there is *some* trial software on Macs. I like the trial ware commercial ,very funny, but full disclosure - most Macs come with a trial of iWork and a Microsoft Office test drive. These are of course usually full versions that just only work for a month or so. Clearly the Mac is better about this than the PC, but… there is *some* trial software on Macs.

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-790 Nick Young Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:52:23 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-790 Galley, I know what you mean. My in-laws have a Dell Inspiron 6000 and it's slow as molasses. Just like your friends Compaq it only has 512mb of ram as well. When the computer starts up it has to put stuff on the page file just to load everything. And it was like that out of the box. Quite sad :( DBL, Thanks for the tip. It was late last night and must have mis labeled them. Its fixed now. Marcas, Your right. MS Office and iWork are two such programs. There are some other things that could also be added to that list, like Quicktime, since it always bugs you to upgrade to pro. But I'd consider the small handful of somewhat hidden trial software on a Mac not that big of a deal compared to Windows Boxes :) Galley,
I know what you mean. My in-laws have a Dell Inspiron 6000 and it’s slow as molasses. Just like your friends Compaq it only has 512mb of ram as well. When the computer starts up it has to put stuff on the page file just to load everything. And it was like that out of the box. Quite sad :(

DBL,
Thanks for the tip. It was late last night and must have mis labeled them. Its fixed now.

Marcas,
Your right. MS Office and iWork are two such programs. There are some other things that could also be added to that list, like Quicktime, since it always bugs you to upgrade to pro. But I’d consider the small handful of somewhat hidden trial software on a Mac not that big of a deal compared to Windows Boxes :)

]]> By: OS11 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-795 OS11 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:45:38 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-795 the visuals on this particular commercial are most excellent, although I think there is an advertising error at the end... in which "PC" should have simply said... in a disgusted tone: annnd, I'm a PC. reaffirming the big, ungainly stereotype of the PC in society's mind. chiat/day, missed by 35% on this one. the visuals on this particular commercial are most excellent, although I think there is an advertising error at the end… in which “PC” should have simply said… in a disgusted tone:

annnd, I’m a PC.

reaffirming the big, ungainly stereotype of the PC in society’s mind.

chiat/day, missed by 35% on this one.

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-796 Nick Young Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:54:47 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-796 You know... I hadn't thought about that. They missed a big opportunity to drive the point home. The whole "Ahhh ahhhh I forgot something" comment didn't do much in terms of effectiveness. Your idea is much better in my opinion. You know… I hadn’t thought about that. They missed a big opportunity to drive the point home. The whole “Ahhh ahhhh I forgot something” comment didn’t do much in terms of effectiveness. Your idea is much better in my opinion.

]]> By: OS11 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-797 OS11 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:02:06 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-797 yeah, for some reason it clicked in my head this wasn't the best "final" response from "PC". it was anti-climactical... :) this ad whole series is all about "changing brain connections" in society concerning Windows verses Macs... and overall i think it's highly effective. BUT ending on "ahhh I forgot something" is weak, weak indeed, especially since the humor of having a ballooned "PC" is such a one shot deal. - yeah, for some reason it clicked in my head this wasn’t the best “final” response from “PC”. it was anti-climactical… :)

this ad whole series is all about “changing brain connections” in society concerning Windows verses Macs… and overall i think it’s highly effective.

BUT ending on “ahhh I forgot something” is weak, weak indeed, especially since the humor of having a ballooned “PC” is such a one shot deal.

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]]> By: ex2bot http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-799 ex2bot Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:08:51 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-799 Quictime never bothers me about updating. Just set the system clock twendy or more years into the future and run Quicktime. Click "later" when prompted and Quicktime will wait until later - much, much later. Twenty years into the future. Not my original idea. I read about it years ago. Somewhere. Wasn't twenty years ago though. ;) Bot Quictime never bothers me about updating. Just set the system clock twendy or more years into the future and run Quicktime. Click “later” when prompted and Quicktime will wait until later - much, much later. Twenty years into the future.

Not my original idea. I read about it years ago. Somewhere. Wasn’t twenty years ago though. ;)

Bot

]]> By: Nick Young http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-811 Nick Young Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:34:24 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-811 Wow, neat trick. I tried it, but I couldn't get the upgrade window to come up, lol. Next time it pops up I'll try it mid stride. Thanks for the tip :) Wow, neat trick.

I tried it, but I couldn’t get the upgrade window to come up, lol. Next time it pops up I’ll try it mid stride.

Thanks for the tip :)

]]> By: Full Screen Quicktime Without QT Pro! at Keynote 2 Keynote http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-819 Full Screen Quicktime Without QT Pro! at Keynote 2 Keynote Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:33:41 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-819 [...] late and I have to drive 400+ miles tomorrow so this’ll be a quickie :) After talking about trial software that comes with OS X I started thinking about Quicktime and what ‘going pro’ actually gets you. And to tell [...] […] late and I have to drive 400+ miles tomorrow so this’ll be a quickie :) After talking about trial software that comes with OS X I started thinking about Quicktime and what ‘going pro’ actually gets you. And to tell […]

]]> By: Three New Get A Mac Commercials Hit The Street! at Keynote 2 Keynote http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-963 Three New Get A Mac Commercials Hit The Street! at Keynote 2 Keynote Tue, 08 May 2007 12:47:18 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/04/16/new-apple-getamac-commercial/#comment-963 [...] Video. Powered by Gregarious (39) Apple sure does like to post new Get A Mac commercials in groupings of 3. This time around the powers to be are really dogging on Vista. Two of the three videos come right [...] […] Video. Powered by Gregarious (39) Apple sure does like to post new Get A Mac commercials in groupings of 3. This time around the powers to be are really dogging on Vista. Two of the three videos come right […]

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