Mac commercials and TV ads

[planetwave2000]

What's up macrumors.com,

It's been a while since I have seen the Mac vs. PC commercials I kinda miss them (they're funny). All the commercials I see now is all about the iPad, iPhone 4 and Macbook Air.

Has Win7 significantly improved since Widows Vista? Are all those Mac ads about PC are not true anymore (except for virus)? I have not used PC (not @ home) since Windows XP except where I work at.

How stable is windows 7? I am planning to boot camp my Imac 27 inch (mid 2010 model). Is it worth it to install Win 7 on Macs? Or some people Install windows on Mac "just to have it" and getting the "best of both worlds". Reason why I want to install Windows on my Imac is because I have some plug-ins for Photoshop (windows compatible only) I want to use.

 

[stridemat]

What's up macrumors.com,

It's been a while since I have seen the Mac vs. PC commercials I kinda miss them (they're funny). All the commercials I see now is all about the iPad, iPhone 4 and Macbook Air.

What's up!

I think I remember reading somewhere that they have ceased to be produced.

Has Win7 significantly improved since Widows Vista? Are all those Mac ads about PC are not true anymore (except for virus)? I have not used PC (not @ home) since Windows XP except where I work at.

I have never used W7, but it seems like it is a big improvement from Vista.

How stable is windows 7? I am planning to boot camp my Imac 27 inch (mid 2010 model). Is it worth it to install Win 7 on Macs? Or some people Install windows on Mac "just to have it" and getting the "best of both worlds". Reason why I want to install Windows on my Imac is because I have some plug-ins for Photoshop (windows compatible only) I want to use.

For your needs it will be stable enough

 

[iMac-do you?]

7 is probably the most stable version of Windows I've used (probably because they took some inspiration from Apple...), I had it on my PC before I tore it apart, sold the bits, and bought an iMac

As an alternative to Bootcamp, you could always use something like Virtual Box to install Windows, therfore negating the need to reboot out of the lovely OS X to use Windows. I use XP this way for a program I need to use which is Windows only, and for me it works great.

 

[planetwave2000]

Do i still need to install an Anti-Virus?

 

[rkaufmann87]

Do i still need to install an Anti-Virus?

Yup!

BTW the Buy a Mac commercials ended about a year ago. It was pretty well publicized. If you miss them you can find them on Youtube.

While I'm not a Windows 7 users (made the transition to 100% OS X) my understanding is it's a great OS. About the only major issue is so many people develop viruses for MS Windows so they're a constant threat. While none exist for OS X there are trojans however you have to be pretty stupid to download a trojan.

 

[biggd]

Do i still need to install an Anti-Virus?

You do
Most viruses now a-days are malware or scareware. They come in through adobe and java exploits. I spend 40% of my week removing them. If it wasnt for them I would switch back to pc.

I think the Mac app store will make me stay

 

[rkaufmann87]

Do i still need to install an Anti-Virus?

You can bet your anti virus drugs you do! Windows unfortunately is prone.