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Offline pmp6nl

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Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« on: August 06, 2008, 11:28:35 PM »
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Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
In the end, Apple's flagship product is nothing more than a really good PC.
by Lance Ulanoff

"I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC." I've heard these phrases countless times on TV and the Web. Heck, the ad is even running on the PC Mag Web site right now.

This brilliant ad campaign from Apple, which manages to make PC users look like uptight boobs, is entertaining and impressively effective. It also helps foster one of the greatest misconceptions of our still relatively young digital age: that Windows-based computers are PCs while Macs are, well, something else. Of course, that's wrong—dead wrong.

If the ad were accurate, John Hodgman (the actor who plays the "PC") would say, "I'm a PC," and Justin Long (the actor who plays the "Mac") would say, "And I'm a PC, too." Why? Because a Macintosh is a PC!

Pardon my frustration, but this common misconception has had a long and lasting impact on the venerable brand you're patronizing right now. Here's a typical conversation I have on an alarmingly frequent basis.

Read On at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327233,00.asp


I get so sick of those people professing that macs are so much better or that they are so different than a windows based PC... even when they cannot give accurate reasons.

Oh well, some people just get sucked up by marketing.

(Of course I dont hate macs or anything, I think you should choose the OS that best suits your needs... or dual (multi) boot like I do)
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2008, 12:14:58 AM »
I thought I should add a bit of comedy to the debate:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_kGL3M5Cg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-22EpQOm8c[/youtube]

Not as funny:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRPEIo0LLHQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDgEdcFTquM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAc2oSgCZZI[/youtube]
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2008, 12:18:43 PM »
I like my Mac because when I right click within a folder, "New Folder" is the first option, rather than being buried.
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2008, 05:16:53 PM »
I like my Mac because when I right click within a folder, "New Folder" is the first option, rather than being buried.

Thats a lot more logical.

Right now I am going to attempt to install windows inside linux
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2008, 06:27:06 PM »
I like my Mac because when I right click within a folder, "New Folder" is the first option, rather than being buried.

Wait!? Your mac has a right click!? with no extra button combo's!?!? AMAZING! THEY HAVE LEARNED! :P sorry anoyance of mine...

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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2008, 08:09:08 PM »
They've actually supported two-button mice since OS X first came out (and maybe before).  On the newest Powerbooks and Macbooks, you can do a two-finger-on-the-trackpad-and-click to right click (previously it was ctrl-click).  The mice that come with the desktops have two buttons, it just doesn't look that way (it senses pressure on each side of the mouse), as well as a "squeeze" you can set for whatever.
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2008, 09:48:08 PM »
I guess they are trying to hide that they finally came from the dark side ;)
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2008, 09:37:26 PM »
I know a few people that have been brainwashed from mac commercials and common talk.

But if you like them you like them, its not like they are terrible, just not for me.

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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2008, 02:51:27 PM »
haha, what are you talking about, MACS so pawn pcs.  They are in no way personal computers, they are super computers.

So it would be PCs vs SCs
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Re: Macs Are PCs, Dammit!
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2008, 08:25:05 PM »
haha, what are you talking about, MACS so pawn pcs.  They are in no way personal computers, they are super computers.

So it would be PCs vs SCs

Really?  Are you sure?
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