Conan Obrien Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...clm=BeyondVista i love that page.. especially the part that says "why upgrade to vista when you can upgrade past it" and "skip the hassles and choose the ultimate pc upgrade" Edited March 10, 2007 by Conan Obrien Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kahuna Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Reminds me of apple's winter t-shirts "To a PC user, it's not a gift, it's an intervention." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-323714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 great, just like the jealous childish brother that apple is making themselves seem like, its just like the bully, he bullys because hes insecure and possibly inadiquite in certain areas....... its silly, apples making themselves look bad. i dont see m$ trashtalking apple.... apple, for ex at wdc, they had as many instances of "vista, redmound, and w/e else m$ related" as they did leopard, osx, or anything apple, its silly! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-323795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda200x Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Heh, why buy a mac when you can get a PC for half the price :/ I think the apple ads are bs :s Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-323842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.C Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) i really dont see the point of all this advertising, most normal pc users only know of ipods, they probably havent heard of apple's operating systems, those who do know about it probably is really old and still has the classic mac os stuck in their mind. more advanced pc users will just use a hacked version of os x, and mac users wont switched anyway Edited March 14, 2007 by Eric.C Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-323854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 i really dont see the point of all this advertising, most normal pc users only know of ipods, they probably havent heard of apple's operating systems, those who do know about it probably is really old and still has the classic mac os stuck in their mind. more advanced pc users will just use a hacked version of os x, and mac users wont switched anyway Clearly, you don't know what you're talking about. Most people have a vivid image of Apple in their mind, and even if traditionally, Macs haven't sold in high quantities (more than 20 million), they have always had an enormous presence in stores because of the Apple brand, even with just a few machines to the side of the PCs. Also clearly, Macs are selling like hotcakes, particularly Macbooks. Just check some of the threads in this forum for the stats: Apple's never sold so many Macs! Are you telling me people just magically decided to buy Apple computers? Of course not! They were led to one through advertising. It's basic business. -Urby Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-323879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmurchison Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I see Microsoft trash talking Apple all the time. Steve Ballmer all but said the iPhone wasn't going to do anything. Months ago MS was crowing about what the Zune was going to do. Apple takes jabs at Microsoft. I think it's good honestly. It's akin to David taunting Goliath. However if Apple continues to find success those taunts may carry a bit too much weight. So I can see it from both sides. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-324532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Heh, why buy a mac when you can get a PC for half the price :/ I think the apple ads are bs :s That is wrong and you know it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-325204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dice7 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I would just like a mac mini for the size. but other than that I will have a big PC at my desk Dice Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-325232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzar Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 why get an x86 clone with a broken bios and some proprietary {censored} when you can get the real deal for half the price and with the parts you like more Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-325245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Clearly, you don't know what you're talking about. Most people have a vivid image of Apple in their mind, and even if traditionally, Macs haven't sold in high quantities (more than 20 million), they have always had an enormous presence in stores because of the Apple brand, even with just a few machines to the side of the PCs. Also clearly, Macs are selling like hotcakes, particularly Macbooks. Just check some of the threads in this forum for the stats: Apple's never sold so many Macs! Are you telling me people just magically decided to buy Apple computers? Of course not! They were led to one through advertising. It's basic business. -Urby Good post. Apple stands up, puts stuff out there, and now they are bullies? Bull***t. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-325252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrimes80 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I don't mind an intensive advertising plan (like Geico)... but I think Apple's starting to cross the line; I think Apple should be setting more of an example, not "rough housing" with the good old boys. Microsoft might "suck," but berating them even indirectly seems rather childish and a sharp contrast to Apple's more traditional advertising style. I have much more respect for a company who doesn't directly compare it's product with another. It's not just Apple, it's any. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-325690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberracus Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 So Apple should behave and be cool? when the market is FULL of people who KNOWS about Windows and dont know they got a chance to switch? When every windows user is full the virus and internet {censored} ? no, its not the time to be cool and passive, its time to vocal and stand up, to fight, t present battle. Im abosultely in favor of Apple marketing strategies. BTW jgrimes80 your sig is like that advertising......"Once you go Mac, you don't go back!!! " Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-330956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggie Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Mac or Windows, it's your choice. Still need to run a Windows-only application? The Mac is the only computer in the world that can run both Mac OS X and Windows XP. heheh im sure most of the people here could find a computer that can do both Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-331124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrimes80 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I'm not saying the current ploy won't work or isn't already successful, simply I'd perfer to see a more conservative style. I don't get my business by bashing competitors. Period. Apple's a good sized company, but if it pisses off the right combination of companies, it could burn hard. When you bash Vista, you're campaigning against more than just Microsoft. I don't care about an intensive advertising endevour, it's when you're directly challenging another product... Flex your muscle when someone's else screws with you, don't taunt because you don't know what it's in their arsenal or who's taking who's side. It's seldomly about who's right, it's typically about who's got bigger guns; who's willing to lose more; who's can afford to lose more.... Just a senario: Microsoft tells Intel to stop selling chips to Apple. Intel hesitates... meanwhile MS initiates talks of a proprietary alliance with AMD Now Intel will have to yeild or downside... they know retailers (Dell) will have to migrate to AMD don't think something like this could hurt Apple? don't think it's realistic? You can only shove someone so many times until they push back. And most people aren't even until they're ahead. (ideally - people would get pissed off and MS would crash to a 5% market share and Apple's Intel OSX ballons to 80%) BTW, I didn't write my "sig" nor do I know how to change it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-331137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Honestly, if I do get a Mac, one of the first things I'm going to do is install Vista via Bootcamp. Running Aero in one of those powerful new dual-clovertown 8-core Mac Pros would honestly be sick. It's not that I don't like OS X. I really do love it, but I currently use Vista as often as I use OS X Tiger. After Leopard rolls out, there's a good chance that might change. If you really think about it though, if Microsoft put so much work into Vista only for me to conclude that it's now on par with Apple's soon-to-be-outdated operating system, I'm actually complimenting Apple. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-331379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliber Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 So Apple should behave and be cool? when the market is FULL of people who KNOWS about Windows and dont know they got a chance to switch? When every windows user is full the virus and internet {censored} ? no, its not the time to be cool and passive, its time to vocal and stand up, to fight, t present battle. Im abosultely in favor of Apple marketing strategies. BTW jgrimes80 your sig is like that advertising......"Once you go Mac, you don't go back!!! " I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, but I'm going to assume it's some misconception that Windows PC's automatically have virusses. You know, this has been beaten to dead. You need common sense not to open and download every email-attachment, from people you don't even know. Or from some Chinese dude who's trying to hook you up on viagra. If you use an anti-virus package and a firewall, combined with half a gram of brains and common sense, you're set. I simply cannot understand what some Mac users seem to find so inherently incomprehensible about this I wonder what would happen if Mac OS was the most widely used OS, and you would have the entire lot of script kiddies on your necks. And for the record, I haven't ever seen a Mac advertisement, and I'm still going to buy a Macbook. People know Apple, they know they can throw Windows or Linux on Macs. There's no need for childish na-na-na behaviour from Apple. It breaks down the suave they normally show... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44744-the-new-anti-vista-page-on-applecom/#findComment-331629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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