Apple May Suck But They Have Cool Ads

IMO mac is complete Rubbish, even when you compare software that suppose be so easy to use on mac its way behind, flash is one example. anyway windows is far from perfect but mac is waaaaay further

Seriously? Have you even seen how the web looks on a Mac?

Apple ads really kick ass

Saw, that pretty funny. I mean, not amazing, but funny enough.

btw- I hate to be that guy, but your spelled techcrunch incorrectly

Pretty cool ad, love these guys :D
Very innovative and original and catch eye.

HP has some interesting photo flipping commercials too

Even though I like the ads, as a self-described tech geek I have to admit that Apple sometimes seriously misrepresents the situation. Like the commercial about Vista Upgrade. They made it seem like in comparison to Vista, Macs were easy to upgrade to a brand new OS. I've known plenty of people who would tell you this wasn't true.

Ah, nothing ensures a rush of comments like Apple vs. PC linkbait. Hats off to John!

Both OSs are overbloated with touchy-feely fluff that has bugger all to do with getting things done. I don't want to "experience" my operating system - I want it to stay the hell out of my way while I run real software. I long for the days of my Amiga when the OS fit on a floppy disk and did everything I needed, and nothing I didn't.

Well, it's been exactly one year since I made the switch from PC to Mac... Over the course of this year, I've had nothing but great experiences with this thing.

* It works. All the time.
* After learning my way around, I really love the OS.
* I've never had a problem with viruses, spyware, etc.
* Installing and uninstalling programs is a snap.
* Apple customer support is excellent.

Sure, there was a short period of time at the beginning where it was a bit frustrating (keyboard shortcuts, getting acquainted with Mac software, etc.), but I really enjoy using my computer now and I'm much more productive on this machine than I ever was on my Windows system.

Hope this helps.

I got a PC as my daily desktop and a Macbook when I am on the move. For a tech-savvy person, moving to Mac OS X is not as hard as I expected. If you are stuck, there's always Google. :mrgreen:

Also these are funny:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ORIrVNEYAZ4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WEiLqZXa060

Macs are for n00bs who can't build a REAL computer and for people who just want to think they are cool. John make sure if you ever see me with a mac punch me in the face!

great ads and you cant expect them not to do it right.

umm...whats wrong w/apple? they are way advanced, in hardware and software, that of pc's

IMO mac is complete Rubbish, even when you compare software that suppose be so easy to use on mac its way behind, flash is one example. anyway windows is far from perfect but mac is waaaaay further . and those commercials sucks also, to me are very annoying as mac pretends to be cool, pathetic. had nothing against mac before as I had not much experience using it, however after spending with it few months with I gave up, just could do better work on my pc. dont get me wrong, i dont work for microsoft or anything, i just dont like all the bad mouthing people giving windows when other OS's are not better anyway.

I love Apple! Their creativity and branding is truly amazing.

Aha! I just found one of these ads. That's so impressive. I bet the CPM on it is very expensive.

Im a the bottom :smile:

I don't like Mac. It gave me too much trouble long time ago and that was the reason I still don't like apple products. :smile:

Apple products look great but are geared towards newbies and those who prefer style over substance. How can you seriously function with just one mouse button...I don't get it :shock:

Yeah Macs still suck...
I guess you have to say that since you sell those ghetto PC's on your tech sites.

I work in a mixed Mac/PC/*nix environment at a university. I have extensive experience in using and supporting all of these platforms. If the Linux had a slightly better interface package (it's almost there), I'd have Linux on my desktop and laptop. But right now, it's Leopard (UNIX). Windows (any flavor) would be my dead least choice.

i use both mac and pcs. its all marketing. folks at apple are marketing elites. for the price of the base mac, you can buy a top of the line pc. course the rich and trendy rather overpay. thats part of the appeal.

I know you have a lot of PC's, but I thought it was due to pure ignorance. Now I know it is :twisted: Only people, who have never enjoyed a Mac, would say rubbish as "they suck".

Even Joel Comm has admitted that Windows is crap (http://www.joelcomm.com/windows_is_crap.html) and he's changed his PC with a computer, an iMac.

I must admit that I don't have the time to use a PC - getting stuck with problems all the time, not being able to have 15-20 programmes open etc.

Life is too short for Windoze :evil:

So John, I'm curious...what's your reasoning for saying Apple sucks? How many Macs have you owned?

I think Mac rocks. And I am a long time PC user until I converted. Macs are a lot more stable than PC, especially during downloads. There are different advantages of working with both, and now that the new iMac offers both, I have the best of both worlds! :twisted:

Even though I respect Apple for it's extremely solid products, with very high build-quality, but after that I really dislike the company. Their ads always seem to be putting somebody else down, instead of claiming how good their own products are.

Not to my liking at all.

PS: John Chow, I think macs suck too :D

It's not Apple computers that I hate but more Apple users. In general a bunch of stuck up, arrogant (wow my Apple is ace) toss pots in my opinion.
On a related thread my daughter was forced to use Apple technology whilst at primary school, she's just started secondary school and switched over to Windows based machines. She prefers Windows, she' not much of a techy so that surprised me a lot.

I like their ads....it's all about the PR, people think Apple products were made by God himself.

Hi John,

At Apple we always take complaints about our products and services seriously and would love to hear your feedback on how we can improve them.

Regards

Steve Jobs :cool:
Apple Inc
Disclaimer: This comment is not in any way endorsed by Apple Inc and may not even be the real Steve Jobs!

When I first saw the ad on techcrunch I just thought it was just the ad on the right hand side and never even noticed the leader board. Thanks for pointing this out to me John as the ad has just started making sense.

Its not even the ad that counts its the fact that they have got people talking about it though. Think about it all the viral mileage they will get through this. Your blog post being a prime example, I believe techcrunch have also blogged about the ad, and it has hit the digg front page as well.

Everything is fair in love and war and now a days business competition! You are breaking a lot of hearts with that headline! The ads are very creative and effective. Quite whether it will translate into sales is to be seen.

Do you have any sort of justification whatsoever for your "Apple computers suck"-statement? Otherwise it is a rather douche comment.

Creativity is alive and well... Great ads. We've got a lot to learn from this campaign.

"While Apple computers still sucks, I have to admit their ads are pretty damn cool."

Wow. What an insightful and informed comment.

I love the apple commercials! I just dont like the products.

Interresting John - I don't like Apple either, because of how they conduct bussiness and many of their users. Care to elaborate why you don't? Personally I am a linux guy, and it seems privoxy is blocking your site John - had to manually override it for it to let me in here, hehe..

I don't think that happened with the old design, now privoxy things your site is ham. Pwnd!

John Chow evil as ever. I believe you are just trying to ignite the old Mac vs PC discussion to get a lot of comments, aren't you? ;-D

By the way: I know a real "Mac" who sucks. But she's no computer. *g*

Mac are the King of Ads Marketing...they are so creative when it comes to marketing their products. And that's all they are good at.
I have a Mac at the office and any time you want to customise something, it break.

Vista user here, though I prefer XP...

nooooooooooooooooooo

well, I like mac
but where I live it is very, very, and VERY expensive...
I want to try a mac some day.

ps: I use WinXP :smile:

The computer class at the closest local high school is all macintosh, the one down the street is all IBM, a third local highschool is all amd. I should know, I set up the fiber optic networks for them. At least the school board isn't biased :)