My thoughts on…those Mac vs. PC ads
Mac vs. PC, a war that has been waged ever since computers fell into the hands of the average Joe. Both factions have advanced computing as we know it. Apple has made computers and their interfaces more stylish, and Microsoft has made computers available to the masses. And while Microsoft has over 90% of the market share, the little computing company that could still fights on. Its latest success, the IPod, has made the CD player obsolete and is almost as popular as sex, drugs and alcohol in colleges. But Apple’s primary goal is to get you to take the blue pill and escape the Microsoft matrix, and it hopes its new commercials will do just that. They feature two guys, used to portray Mac and PC users. The PC guy is a nerdy, lame middle-aged suit, while the Mac guy is a casual, hip young adult. Is it me or do they look a lot like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? The Mac guy brags about the cool stuff he does, like video and podcasts, and the PC guy tries to compare but always falls short, coming up with spreadsheets and pie charts. Here are some of them.
There have been a lot of Mac ads in the past, but these ones are getting a lot of attention because they insult PC users, comparing them, well, to the PC guy. PC users are being persecuted, suffering insults such as “You’re such a PC!”, worse if you own an IPod. PC users have fought back, creating spoofs of the infamous commercials. Needless to say, there’s a bit of controversy surrounding the ads. That’s probably what Apple wants, as there’s no such thing as bad publicity. MySpace wouldn’t have overtaken Friendster as the #1 social networking site if it never got any bad press. I like the ads, and look forward to seeing them. I’d like to try a Mac someday, as I’m always open to new things (except that). They seem like pretty awesome systems. If my experience warrants me to switch, then I probably will. But for now, I am a PC guy.
