Hilarious, old Apple commercial

she’s smokin hot

Ah, the good old days of computers that were heavier than your suitcase, and laptops that stayed on for no longer than 20 minutes.

No. It’s hilarious.

Of course she knows nothing about computers. That’s why she’s using a Mac.

I love how the PC commenters can’t figure out the meaning of the ad … Oh, and yes, she’s really cute…

If you remember those days; price was a much much bigger decision factor than it is now. I recall we couldn’t afford a Macintosh. Did I use a PC? No, an Apple IIe clone.

Look at the size of that thing!

It means that you don’t need to know how to use a Mac in order to be able to one, but you do need to know how to use a PC in order to use one, I am a mac user who could probably run circles around most PC users as I’ve used them for years but now I’ve switched because I’ve had it with the absolutely rubbish operating system which Microsoft sells.

If you compare platforms, Mac is like a Bic lighter, and PCs are like Zippos. You are discouraged from tinkering with a Bic, you can’t open it up or replace the fuel, or any part that wears out. When that happens, you throw it out and get a whole new one. I know that’s an oversimplification, but Apple’s business model relies on people who can’t fix or maintain their equipment, and just want to throw lots of money at any problem with the machine. Please save us Mr. Jobs! Make it “just work”!!

With a Zippo, you need to replace the flints, fill the fluid, polish the nickel plate, and maybe oil the striker wheel once in awhile. Sometimes it doesn’t light on the first strike. You curse it, and the guy who made it, but ultimately you have to blame yourself if it gets messed up. But a with little maintenance, it’s the best lighter you can get.

But that analogy doesn’t hold up on price, Macs are much more expensive, like Zippos.

Apple’s ads were always targeted at M$. It’s the only way they know to do business.

Ah, Mac. Dump apple. Why? most computers are PCs, with macs in now there fucking up compatibility. I have to change a freaking word document three diffrent times into diffrent format then i can open it on a mac in a microsoft word proccesor. And with a windows registry, google “CCleaner” and run that, now your reg is free and clean.

simply macs always been more user friendly and works (mostly).

Macs sacrifice functionality for ease of use… so much so that they don’t actually DO a lot of what you’d want to do with a computer. Making them suck. Just like ipods as opposed to competing portable media players.

I want to ask a question of everyone who has been trashing on Macs. Why? I don’t get it, why is the use of a Mac all of a sudden a social taboo? I’ve used both for many years, being born and raised on Macs, as well as using PC’s all through school, I’ve come to know both quite well, and they both have their strengths.

Macs are very user-friendly, immune to viruses, and take very little work to do what you want. Installing a piece of software is uniform, OSX has a built in installer that installs premade packages, rather than each program having it’s own “setup.exe”. However, it’s not compatible with most software, unless you find a special version. Blame the software companies for not making it compatible. And now, there’s multiple ways to get around that issue. All the new Macs can use both Windows XP and Vista, using either a direct boot or using windowed mode to get both at once. Even more impressive, is CrossOver, a up and coming app that allows Mac OS X to interpret exe’s and the like without even having Windows installed.

PC’s, on the other hand, their strength lies in versatility. They can be upgraded with almost no consideration to compatibility, often reducing to “if it fits, it works”. Also, Windows-based machines will accept abused hardware more readily than a Mac. For instance, RAM that failed in a G4 of mine worked like a charm in a PC. But I can’t stand Windows, that’s the only problem. The endless threats of viruses, the unexplained problems, dll-hell, etc. OS X is so much cleaner and has less loose threads. Besides, Take the last three Windows OS’s. Windows ME, total flop, end of story. Windows XO, great improvement over ME, but I still hear a lot of people sticking with 98 and 2000. And Vista. Nice effort, big improvement over XP, but still behind the times. Ooh, Flip3D. It’s a new finish on an old product. I respect Windows’ strengths… when I see them.

I’ve used PC’s for years. I recently bought a Macbook. I took the risk because I knew, if all else failed, I could run Windows on it. I’ve never looked back. The OS X platform is tremendous, and the way that applications can work together is unbeatable.

Macs are for stupid people who will believe you when you tell them hardware is better, that’s why Apple dumped RISC and went to Intel…
Windows is also for stupid people.

@AGuyWhoUsesBoth:

Reasons Mac users bother everyone else:

The commercials
The attitude
Steve Jobs
Paying far more for far less and constantly trying to justify that decision

If you guys kept quiet rather than trying to constantly evangelize the platform then we’d shut up too.

OK, that is two comments now where I’ve heard people say that “Macs are more expensive”. It just isn’t true. It was true back in the days before Jobs took the helm (again), but it simply isn’t true anymore. Go and check yourself with some other comparable off-the-shelf PC maker (like Dell). Since Macs are based on Intel chips the comparison is simple. You’ll see that Macs now consistently come out about 5% lower than Dells, IBMs, and others with identical specs.

Of course, the bottom-line offerings of Macs are spec.’ed out like the mid-line models of most of the other manufacturers. So for those who are oblivious, it still may make the impression that “Macs are more expensive” but again it isn’t true. It is like comparing a Kia to a Mercedes. If you make your comparison part-for-part, the Mercedes will come out the better value. The entire line of offerings by Ford average lower in price, but also in quality.

So, the bottom line is, if you want a non-shitty computer, it is going to cost you, no matter whether it comes from Apple or Dell or IBM, (but it will be a little cheaper from Apple). If you want a shitty computer, for not alot of money, go with Compaq or something, but at least install *nix.

I’m always amused at how PC users misunderstand the whole “ease of use” thing.

If you’re an MBA, your business is finances. If you’re an engineer, your business is building things. If you’re an architect, your business is designing buildings.

If your a computer-engineer, your business is computers.

3 of them are not interested in wasting most of their day being semi-bad computer engineers.

If they’re on a Mac, chances are they’re more productive doing their JOBS because they’re not screwing around with their computers. “Waste a lot of time fixing things repetitively” is usually not in a job description unless you’re in computer or software design.

Again: only 1 of them wants to spend the day screwing around with computers. That’s not their jobs. Only one is a computer-person. Get it?

The advert was not making fun of mac users. It was pointing out that the macintosh at that time was an appliance for creating business documents while the PCs were computing devices that required you to have a great deal of technical expertise in order to operative them.

The business woman was able to use the mac as a tool for getting her job done as a business woman without having to worry about technical issues.

ok what the hell is every one arguing about its a stupid commercial from the 80′s who cares what it meant