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Originally posted by themacko
Umm, these are real people telling their real stories. Not everyone has Windows XP (which is no more stable than 98, IMO). I think the switch commercials are just fine and are targeted for the perfect audience of PC users who don't know that Macs are a viable substitute for PCs which tend to be buggy and flakey.
Non tech-heads don't care about numbers and facts, they want something that works well and is reliable. That's exactly the point that the switch ads are making. |
Buggy and "flakey"? Is it fact or opinion that PCs are "flakey"? Can you give any "real world" examples of how PCs are more or less "flakey" than Macs?
The truth is, Macs are just as "buggy" and "flakey" as any other commercial operating system.
I use OS9, and it brings the WHOLE SYSTEM down all the time--virtual memory is a frickin' joke. At least with Windows, you can get out of a problem without bringing the whole system down. I only get the "blue screen of death" when the AMD chip overheats in the laptop--and that's rare. It's no more of a hassle then when Apple starts up with a "system error" reboot message.
As far as OSX is concerned, I hope Jaguar is as fast as it needs to be, because previous versions are frickin' slow compared to XP. I did a side-by-side comparison, and I could get the new iMac to crash numerous times while XP ran quite smoothly and stable.
If non-tech heads want something that is stable, one could recommend either platform. Apple switch ads are a feable attempt at wooing customers. I think Apple needs to "think different" about their marketing strategies at this point... just watching these ads makes me want to buy a PC.