lol, mac guy gets sacked

[mundane]

I'm a strong PC enthusiast, but I found the series mildly entertaining when they at least tried to present some kind of factual comparison.

 

[Perknose]

Well, even though I seldom miss an opportunity to dislike something, I LIKED both actors and the whole recent Apple TV ad campaign. To me, it was reminiscent of the (way) old VW bug ads that won so many awards and so much acclaim.

As for being an emo fanboy on either side of the Mac/PC divide, knock yourself out if you need to, but why do you need to?

I see merit on both sides, and am simply glad that there still exists a viable alternative to Bill Gates' bandwagon, just as I am equally glad that the market isn't fractured amongst too many otherwise incompatible standards, and that we do have a dominant, low cost standards compatiblity setter.

Finally, lol at all the pathetic keyboard lords trying desperatey to feel superior to the real life Justin Long.

 

[Coolone]

What I think would be funny is if Apple paid the PC guy to work out and get all buff and in shape, and then make HIM the new mac guy, what with boot camp and all.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
err.. didn't he only agree to a set of commercials.. and not want to do anymore?

Originally posted by: bamacre
No, they make a good OS, and a good computer, but the incompatibility with standard hardware, and their enormous price tag, are WAY more than enough for me to stick with Windows.

Enormous? That's a bit of a blanket statement. But I agree for the most part you're paying a premium. Some items are a decent deal for a good number of poeple.

What standard hardware are you talking about? I'm honestly curious.

Yes, enormous. But I am a Dell Outlet junkie.

What kind of standard hardware? Uhh, motherboards? Hell, you can't build your own Mac, not with new parts.

 

[aidanjm]

everyone should check out Jeepers Creepers, and also Jeepers Creepers 2 - moderately entertaining horror pics from a few years back, which starred "the mac guy"

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Coolone
What I think would be funny is if Apple paid the PC guy to work out and get all buff and in shape, and then make HIM the new mac guy, what with boot camp and all.

Or possiby a hybrid machine coming out of dual boot camp.

 

[MaxDepth]

At the end of the day, Mac guy was smug, and smug is not cool or popular. Smug gets punched in the face, or, like today, fired.

Can I still punch him in the face?

 

[I Saw OJ]

Maybe him and the Dell kid can hang out now.

 

[mugs]

Why does everyone get so worked up over these ads?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Maybe him and the Dell kid can hang out now.

Dude, you're getting a Mac!

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
why would he type cast himself as the "mac guy" for the rest of his career?
I am sure it was something that was mutually agreed on. As others have said, he is a movie actor, not just commericals.

The PC Guy on there... i don't think i have ever seen him in anything else.

"It seems that people didn?t really care for Mac guy."

Not from the people I have talked to.

They thought the PC guy did a horrible job.

I also thought the PC guy would go.

Not fond of the whole campaign but better than before which was practically nothing.

Apple blew it on this one unless of course they hire me

 

[Genx87]

She adds (somewhat implausibly, perhaps), ?Justin?s a movie star, not a commercial guy.?

lmao yeah Jeepers Creepers and that crappy university movie.
Star indeed!

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: spikespiegal

Microsoft products are clunky, painfully designed, and a terrible user experience from start to finish in comparison to mac software

Actually OSX is designed for people too dumb to figure out windows XP, which is another reason we have so many tech jobs being out-sourced to India.

As for OSX being inferiour to Windows, I'll offer you the same challenge I give the other Mac users:

- Google the top 10 24/7 Web Host/Application providers in your area, and show me *1* using either Apple hardware or OSX.

- Walk into any corporate server farm on the planet and show me the ratio of Windows boxes to OSX. Then note the education level and experience of those running those servers compared to the junior_college_graphics_arts flunkie raving about Apple in the media dept.

- The 10,000+ users I support don't have a problem With windows, so maybe it's just you.

- Compare the ratio of profit Microsoft makes selling actual business software -vs- hardware -vs- Apple selling iPods. Essentially, if it weren't for the iPod, Apple stock would be on the junk bond list.

Having a huge market doesn't make it better to use. To say OSX isn't a great OS is crazy, and makes you sound like a fanboy.

Markets rarely lie. If Apple and their Mac was the superior product for the price, Microsoft would never have become the monopoly they are today.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
why would he type cast himself as the "mac guy" for the rest of his career?
I am sure it was something that was mutually agreed on. As others have said, he is a movie actor, not just commericals.

The PC Guy on there... i don't think i have ever seen him in anything else.

Actually I'll always remember Justin Long as "Warren Cheswick" from "Ed"

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519043/

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Having a huge market doesn't make it better to use. To say OSX isn't a great OS is crazy, and makes you sound like a fanboy.

Markets rarely lie. If Apple and their Mac was the superior product for the price, Microsoft would never have become the monopoly they are today.

I love how bad people on this site are at making arguments.
"It's a good OS!"
"But it has a lousy price/performance ratio!"

Maybe so, but iamwiz82 never said anything about price/performance ratio, just that it was a good OS.

You're not going to find many people saying that BMW gives you more value for your dollar than Honda either, but that doesn't mean BMWs aren't good cars.

And regardless, comparing Apple to MS on price/performance is kind of stupid. OS X is cheaper than windows, and does all the same stuff. It's the Apple hardware that people tend to complain about as being too expensive. Compare Apple to Dell or HP if you want to talk about the price/performance ratio, not Microsoft.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Genx87

She adds (somewhat implausibly, perhaps), ?Justin?s a movie star, not a commercial guy.?

lmao yeah Jeepers Creepers and that crappy university movie.
Star indeed!

Jeepers Creepers was an OK horror flick. It wasn't total junk.

 

[OutHouse]

sorta like real life uh?

 

[kalster]

Mac OS is pretty cool, I prefer having a great ui along with a solid bsd kernel. something windows doesn't have at this point

 

[randay]

This is not news to anyone except "mac vs. pc" fanboys. moving on.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: notfred
OS X is cheaper than windows, and does all the same stuff.

Buwahaha. That's only true if you don't purchase the yearly upgrades, in which case, OS X would not have all the features that Windows provides.

 

[Martin]

Actual products aside, I think Slate got this one right

As the Mac character, Justin Long (who was in the forgettable movie Dodgeball and the forgettabler TV show Ed) is just the sort of unshaven, hoodie-wearing, hands-in-pockets hipster we've always imagined when picturing a Mac enthusiast. He's perfect. Too perfect. It's like Apple is parodying its own image while also cementing it. If the idea was to reach out to new types of consumers (the kind who aren't already evangelizing for Macs), they ought to have used a different type of actor.
...
The writing may have something to do with this, too. Hodgman gets all the laugh lines! And Mr. Mac comes off as a smug little twit, who (in the spot titled "WSJ") just happens to carry around a newspaper that has a great review of himself inside. (Even Norman Mailer usually refrains from such crassness.)

Those ads really did make me want to bash that guy's face in with something blunt and heavy.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Martin
Actual products aside, I think Slate got this one right

As the Mac character, Justin Long (who was in the forgettable movie Dodgeball and the forgettabler TV show Ed) is just the sort of unshaven, hoodie-wearing, hands-in-pockets hipster we've always imagined when picturing a Mac enthusiast. He's perfect. Too perfect. It's like Apple is parodying its own image while also cementing it. If the idea was to reach out to new types of consumers (the kind who aren't already evangelizing for Macs), they ought to have used a different type of actor.
...
The writing may have something to do with this, too. Hodgman gets all the laugh lines! And Mr. Mac comes off as a smug little twit, who (in the spot titled "WSJ") just happens to carry around a newspaper that has a great review of himself inside. (Even Norman Mailer usually refrains from such crassness.)

Those ads really did make me want to bash that guy's face in with something blunt and heavy.

Agreed. Everytime I saw one of those commercials I wanted to smash in his face as well.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal

Microsoft products are clunky, painfully designed, and a terrible user experience from start to finish in comparison to mac software

Actually OSX is designed for people too dumb to figure out windows XP, which is another reason we have so many tech jobs being out-sourced to India.

As for OSX being inferiour to Windows, I'll offer you the same challenge I give the other Mac users:

- Google the top 10 24/7 Web Host/Application providers in your area, and show me *1* using either Apple hardware or OSX.

- Walk into any corporate server farm on the planet and show me the ratio of Windows boxes to OSX. Then note the education level and experience of those running those servers compared to the junior_college_graphics_arts flunkie raving about Apple in the media dept.

- The 10,000+ users I support don't have a problem With windows, so maybe it's just you.

- Compare the ratio of profit Microsoft makes selling actual business software -vs- hardware -vs- Apple selling iPods. Essentially, if it weren't for the iPod, Apple stock would be on the junk bond list.

Haha man you are a dumbass!

 

[fbrdphreak]

At the end of the day, Mac guy was smug, and smug is not cool or popular. Smug gets punched in the face, or, like today, fired.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that quote is classic and true

 

[Dominionion]

Replacing Justin Long makes perfect sense. The Mac people in my office end up buying a new Mac every 6 to 12 months because Apple won't trust the User with the hardware, so the Users can't upgrade anything. So instead of another year of Justin Long, we have to get whole new Mac guy. The PC guy should slowly fade before a new PC guy is introduced every three years. AND the old PC guy could stay in the background serving some useful purpose other then filling the 'For Sale' portion of Craigslist.