New MS Laptop Hunter Ad

[BMWFan]

You're telling me that the MBP isn't going to work unless you max out the RAM?

No, but if you want the MBP to "it just works as good as PC with 4GB RAM" in RAM intensive tasks like Audio/Video editing, you'd want to upgrade the RAM. With 2GB, it's more like "it just about about works".

 

[NT1440]

No, but if you want the MBP to "it just works as good as PC with 4GB RAM" in RAM intensive tasks like Audio/Video editing, you'd want to upgrade the RAM. With 2GB, it's more like "it just about about works".

""it just works as good as PC with 4GB RAM"

So your gonna take the marketing slogan, and tweak it to fit your agendas needs.......

Who is it in here that keeps talking about bias and fanboys?

 

[BMWFan]

""it just works as good as PC with 4GB RAM"

So your gonna take the marketing slogan, and tweak it to fit your agendas needs.......

Who is it in here that keeps talking about bias and fanboys?

just have a look around. it's more than a marketing slogan. that quote pops around every time someone asks why they should switch to a mac. it just works.

 

[NT1440]

just have a look around. it's more than a marketing slogan. that quote pops around every time someone asks why they should switch to a mac. it just works.

And yet again, what does that have to do with the point your trying to make? A MBP with 2GB of RAM works wonderfully.

 

[nplima]

My favorite part was:

“Is this graphics card going to be powerful?”
“Mmhm.”
“Wow.”

...

and that's about the best answer you can get in 1 second and to a vague question like that

 

[NT1440]

and that's about the best answer you can get in 1 second and to a vague question like that

Again its just a sad example of how marketing throws terms around to make it look technical.

"OMG she knows what a video card is, she must be more tech savvy than I am, i should listen!"

 

[gkarris]

Actually, does appeal to a lot of people who want to do videos.

Don't a lot of cell phones take videos you can upload to YouTube?

 

[kastenbrust]

She compared DDR2 to DDR3 RAM without making any reference to the difference other than 2GB vs 4GB, isn't that illegal under false advertising laws?

 

[Eidorian]

She compared DDR2 to DDR3 RAM without making any reference to the difference other than 2GB vs 4GB, isn't that illegal under false advertising laws?

Besides synthetic benchmarks how much of an improvement are you going to see in performance using DDR3 again?

 

[Consultant]

for $xyz after the coupon. it's a steal and a half!

Until you run into the usual windows problems.

Windows. Easy as 1-2 3 macrumors
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/693145/

She is a filmmaker, well that sucks for her because I am a filmmaker and in the industry 90 percent of the software we use is Final cut pro.

If this ad was supposed to be geared toward filmmakers than in was a waste of money. Film editors and know about computers and they would never prefer pc over a mac

Exactly. In addition windows is really inefficient when working with large files.

 

[Melrose]

She is a filmmaker, well that sucks for her because I am a filmmaker and in the industry 90 percent of the software we use is Final cut pro.

I'm making the assumption that if Sheila is dumb enough to use a laptop for video editing she doesn't realize the HP won't run Final Cut..

If she had done her due research before looking for a livelihood-dependent working computer (which she made it out to be) she would have read - in countless places - you can install ram aftermarket and save many dollars.

"OMG she knows what a video card is, she must be more tech savvy than I am, i should listen!"

Just what I thought...

 

[Michael CM1]

This was easily the worst yet. The fact that Microsoft thinks there is no difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is almost criminal. That DDR2 just sucks speed right out the window.

As you guys have mostly pointed out -- except for the apparent tool OP -- what kind of professional video editor doesn't even look at the software included? Find me one "pro" who says, "Windows Movie Maker is just as good as iMovie" and I'll find you a pro out of a job. And as was also pointed out, a severe pro would use Final Cut. That's about as standard as photographers using Photoshop.

Then we have the screens. We all know the MBP is 15.4 inches. How big was the other one? "Bigger?" What, 17 inches of lesser resolution works for a video editor? O-M-G.

"Firewire, webcam, USB." Is Microsoft just trying to look stupid? Those things are on every MacBook Pro (and iMac). Just wow.

 

[Eidorian]

This was easily the worst yet. The fact that Microsoft thinks there is no difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is almost criminal. That DDR2 just sucks speed right out the window.

Would you please prove this?

 

[Wikinerd]

If she asked Apple to upgrade her RAM, the machine would definitely be out of her budget.

...It's not like $50 is a lot compared to a $2000 purchase... If I can just spend $50 more and get the best of both worlds, I'd go for it...

 

[blackhand1001]

This was easily the worst yet. The fact that Microsoft thinks there is no difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is almost criminal. That DDR2 just sucks speed right out the window.

Are you kidding me. The front side bus has been the bottleneck on intel platforms for a quite a long time. The only thing that ddr3 does at the moment is give more overclocking headroom for memory clocks.

 

[NoSmokingBandit]

How would a new Unibody MBP not be up to par with a PC? The only thing that makes it worse than a PC is the HD capacity.

And another thing, what Frank says... "Is this plastic?". Most PC outer frames cannot compare to the new Unibodys.

I absolutely love how the fanboys bash pc laptops for plastic cases when not too long ago everyone was happy with the white and black plastic macbook. They must have been absolute **** too, huh?

 

[blackhand1001]

How would a new Unibody MBP not be up to par with a PC? The only thing that makes it worse than a PC is the HD capacity.

And another thing, what Frank says... "Is this plastic?". Most PC outer frames cannot compare to the new Unibodys.

Can you guys stop it with the unibody aluminum stuff. If thats all you can come up with to justify the price difference than you need to do better. I saw a toughbook demonstration at my school today, former student now works for Panasonic and the Macbook Pro is not anything amazing when it comes to durability.

Also, this commercial isn't meant for computer geeks like us. Its meant for consumers and trust me its pretty successful at what its supposed to accomplish.

 

[miles01110]

Also, this commercial isn't meant for computer geeks like us. Its meant for consumers and trust me its pretty successful at what its supposed to accomplish.

Oversimplification of a complex process with an intention to mislead? Yep.

 

[Pika]

No good film maker uses windows movie maker, it sucks.

 

[anti-microsoft]

What the hell is Microsoft doing? It's killing it's self! Is this reverse psychology? No wait, reverse reverse psychology? I don't know! They're making an ever bigger mess of themselves by airing these ads!

Ams.

 

[Beric]

At least I could emphasize with "Lauren." This ad is absolutely terrible, and I actually agree that MBP's are way to expensive for what they provide.

 

[jambosans]

I'm a PC and I can't use Final Cut Pro.

 

[GoodWatch]

Cute. I remember all the gloating over the 'I'm a PC and I'm a Mac' commercials. Now only sour comments. Yes, yes, I know.... If it ain't Apple it's crapple (Before you shoot off any comments: all my gear is ).

 

[B. Hunter]

The commercials are reflective of both the customer and the sales people wherever they are supposedly at. Each talks the same way. Neither knows what they are talking about. Been to Best Buy lately? None have a clue about the products they sell.

When is Microsoft going to develop a commercial like this with a customer that knows what they are talking about? Guess they don't want sales people to be put on the spot. To them everyone is stupid.

When is Microsoft getting into the hardware biz again?

 

[Beric]

Cute. I remember all the gloating over the 'I'm a PC and I'm a Mac' commercials. Now only sour comments. Yes, yes, I know.... If it ain't Apple it's crapple (Before you shoot off any comments: all my gear is ).

My next computer is a PC. But the Apple commercials at least try to be funny, and succeed.