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New MS Laptop Hunter Ad

Melrose said:
The comments on the video tell all: WHO uses a laptop for video editing? Kind of says what quality work she does if that's what's she's looking for..

..I can't imagine some video geek from Pixar or Dream Works walking into Best Buy going "Okay, so I need this laptop... I'm a video editor..."
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So why is Apple then always showing off Final Cut Pro on MacBook Pros? Or is it blasphemy to ask that question?

And wasn't even TODAY a link on this site's "Mac Bytes" section to "MacBook Pro on Mount Everest" - with a guy using Final Cut Pro to edit the daily footage on a notebook?
 
ok ok. i thought the first two were funny but this is a bit ridiculous.

i just /facepalm every time they throw in any tech jargon, they just sound very silly.

and 2gb of ram being a problem?

if you're so tech savvy buy yourself 4gb for like 50 bucks and put it in yourself, GEEZ.
 
asphyxiafeeling said:
ok ok. i thought the first two were funny but this is a bit ridiculous.

i just /facepalm every time they throw in any tech jargon, they just sound very silly.

and 2gb of ram being a problem?

if you're so tech savvy buy yourself 4gb for like 50 bucks and put it in yourself, GEEZ.
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I've used Final Cut Express quite happily on my 2006 MBP with 2 GB.
 
ziggyonice said:
This is probably the worst one yet.
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Agreed, she went against everything that she told the audience, and everything the helper said to her......

She said fast processor, she could have got better with the mac

the helper even said "THIS IS GONNA BE A FAST PROCESSOR, FOR VIDEO EDITING THATS GONNA HELP YOU ALOT" and she went on a deciding factor of ram, which is actually running at a slower speed than the macbook pro

And she said "portability is super important" she went for a larger, lesser quality screen, baring in mind she wanted something portable and for design standard.

And, while this may have not been what she asked for but.... she would have got a far superior video editing application with mac in comparison to windows.



I think this ad was Microsoft trying to challenge the 'artist=mac user' idea and they haven't succeeded.... disregarding everything that was told to her and that she asked for herself.

Also.... i just noticed this but where she brags about the processor on the HP she doesn't even mention what the one on the mac was, even though it's speed was greater and would have been something she was interested in.
 
kockgunner said:
Yeah. Complaining about RAM these days is pathetic. She dismisses the Macbook Pro because of the stock amount of RAM. I just saw 4GB 1066 RAM today for $55.

Also, the ad started in mid afternoon and ended in the evening. Assuming these ads are real (unlikely), she sure took a long time deciding which laptop to get.

Anyone else notice they always show the Macs with the old Tiger background, not the Leopard background? Are they trying to make the computers look ancient and removing all mention of Leopard?
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Dude I agree. BUT.. Apple is LAME for their lack of recognition in this department. All of their computers - Even the Air - should come stock with 4gb's.

We pay a premium for their computers. I enjoy doing so because everything works. Apple has put themselves in this battle (Im a Mac/ Im a PC Ad's). Now, they need to step up and fill in these type of lame cracks.
 
Maven1975 said:
Dude I agree. BUT.. Apple is LAME for their lack of recognition in this department. All of their computers - Even the Air - should come stock with 4gb's.

We pay a premium for their computers. I enjoy doing so because everything works. Apple has put themselves in this battle (Im a Mac/ Im a PC Ad's). Now, they need to step up and fill in these type of lame cracks.
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Uhh, can I ask why? Leopard runs great on 2GB and FLIES on 4GB, but you sure as hell dont need it now.

Good luck with 4gb in the air right now, let me know how your lap feels ;)
 
Two Mac comericals

1

"Hey I'm a mac" (soccar shorts juggling a soccer ball)
"And I'm a pc and I have bigger boots so I can play soccar better than you mac" (big boots with a soccer ball sitting on the laces)
Mac: "Hey buddy wouldn't it work better if you were a little more agile maybe?"
PC: Nope if I wore regular cleats I know you could beat me that is why I am wearing these" "Score" (Mac shoots the ball past him)
Mac: "You mean my score"
PC: "No we switched goles"


You guys get the drift


Hey I'm a mac (normal)
Hey I'm a pc (superman suit)
Mac: "PC, whats with the power suit, going sumo wrestling?" [something like that I don't know exactly]
PC: "Actually I wear this all the time"
Mac: "You wear that all the time."
PC: "Yep me and my buddies are wearing these now, {wispering} our legs are getting too weak to hold us up"
Mac: "Really feel for you PC"
PC: "I'm fine all people need to use me is to buy a superman suit"

rough but hey who knows
 
She should have bought the White MacBook with 4GB RAM!! She said she needed Firewire, fine, no aluminum but the white one would be fine. Instead of that HP Hunk of Junk!
 
DeanCorp said:
She should have bought the White MacBook with 4GB RAM!! She said she needed Firewire, fine, no aluminum but the white one would be fine. Instead of that HP Hunk of Junk!
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And do video editing on a 13" screen?
 
NT1440 said:
I really hate when they throw tech jargin into commercials in order to impress people.

The amount of included RAM is really a deciding factor for someone who is supposedly mildy tech savvy? Really?
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Absolutely. My decidedly un-tech friend was concerned that his new computer would have plenty of harddrive space and RAM. He wanted the best he could get for under $500. This ended up being 3 GB and 320 GB. But more importantly it was under $500
 
Dumb chick

Dumb chick makes dumb choice based on advice from dumb guy!
Apple has nothing to worry about.
 
These points were pretty much already stated, but I'll just restate them anyways to drive home the point:

1. Mac OS X's memory management doesn't suck like Vista.

2. Good luck running Final Cut (Pro) on a PC (you're not going to)

3. Every professional film crew I've seen on behind the scene type stuff or interviews are using Macs, so it doesn't take a professional film editor to know that Macs are the industry standard in that field.

4. APPS APPS APPS. You get iMovie out of the box with a Mac which is above and beyond anything you'll find on a PC out of the box. I tried video editing on a PC and it was just a nightmare. Third party software is hit or miss (mostly miss), and I found Adobe Premiere to be a little rough around the edges, which is unfortunate because that's probably the best video editing software you'll find on a PC.

5. Reliability. I don't even need to explain this.
 
and who needs a huge hard drive just get a 3rd party 2 TB external some of us do fine with a relatively small amount of storage space (now i hae jinxed myself and will need 6 TB of space next week, just kidding)
 
bki122689 said:
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
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puckhead193 said:
Well i hope she enjoys using Final Cut... o wait. Enjoy avid? :confused:

:p
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Although it's sort of off-topic, most feature films are made using Avid.

From an Avid press release: "All of the nominated and award-winning films in the Best Motion Picture, Directing, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, Documentary Feature and Original Score categories at the 80th Annual Academy Awards® were created using at least one Avid®, Digidesign®, Sibelius® or Softimage® system." (note that all those companies are owned by Avid)

However, as others have said, you're not going to be editing big productions on a laptop. And I hate these ads as much as the rest of you.
 
This is the funniest one

Alright this commercial is just downright moronic. She is a filmmaker and she wants to edit high end videos, what is she going to use premiere? HA HA HA have fun with all your non-standard video types. Have you ever tried editing HD in premiere, yuck does not work well. Have fun with windows and premiere and I'll be laughing at you at the film festival when I win and your film is not even finished because you had windows and premiere and I have Final Cut Pro, the standard now in the entertainment industry.
 
dyler said:
Alright this commercial is just downright moronic. She is a filmmaker and she wants to edit high end videos, what is she going to use premiere? HA HA HA have fun with all your non-standard video types. Have you ever tried editing HD in premiere, yuck does not work well. Have fun with windows and premiere and I'll be laughing at you at the film festival when I win and your film is not even finished because you had windows and premiere and I have Final Cut Pro, the standard now in the entertainment industry.
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Because premier is the only thing available on Windows for video editing. :rolleyes:

on the other hand can you even hardsub ssa/ass subtitles into an avi using OSX? It's a simple question.
 
Beric said:
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.
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How would you emphasize with Lauren? I can see how you would empathize with her.
 
brianj1400 said:
Dumb chick makes dumb choice based on advice from dumb guy!
Apple has nothing to worry about.
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She went shopping at Frys....where nobody knows a thing, not to mention you cannot pronounce anybody's name who works there...:confused:
 
NewSc2 said:
That's my local Fry's! I live like a block away.

And that isn't the right parking lot. :confused::confused:
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Trundle said:
She went shopping at Frys....where nobody knows a thing, not to mention you cannot pronounce anybody's name who works there...:confused:
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In all these Microsoft 'Laptop Hunters' adverts, its always night time when they leave the Best Buy, Frys, etc with their laptops. Yet when they enter the stores its like mid-afternoon broad daylight.

I think there is something odd going on here.
 
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