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Comments for "Isn’t PC just the cutest thing in the world?"

1. Twenty 5

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 1:52 am

   I dont think Santa likes Mac in real life

2. Cullen D

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 2:11 am

   Hah, I like that one. It just wasn’t a douche bag advert, so I like it!

3. iSimx

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 2:29 am

   Great ad :D..

4. tino

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 2:49 am

   Oh yes. It would be so boring without the PC

5. SeBsZ

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 2:49 am

   Call me stupid, but am I the only one who keeps thinkin why the hell people call Windows computers PCs and Apple computers Macs? Aren’t they all Personal Computers? Why does PC=Windows and not Mac. I must be missing something? I see it everywhere and its frustrating. Hope someone can tell me.

6. tino

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 2:54 am

   @SeBsZ: Maybe the Mac isn’t personal?

7. tdm

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 2:55 am

   Macs are hardware… PCs are hardware. Windows is software that runs on both Macs and PCs, but Macs and PCs (Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc.) are different at the hardware level.

8. SeBsZ

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 3:16 am

   I understand that macs and pcs are hardware, and that windows and osx are software. However, why is it that when we say “PC” we refer to a computer running the Windows OS Software, and when we say “MAC” we refer to a computer running the Apple OSX Software. My point is, aren’t macs personal computers as well?

9. Roz

   Dec 15th, 2007 at 3:26 am

   Uhh tdm Mac’s are just PC’s now more than ever at the hardware level with their switch to x86 hardware. The external case may be different but there is very little that separates the internal hardware of any Mac from a vanilla x86 computer.

   The only one difference is Mac’s have EFI a replacement for the traditional bios but PC’s will begin using Unified EFI it’s successor.

   As to why everyone has settled on the PC term well I think its because like so many other things in life that get shortened down, abbreviated it’s the easiest and shortest thing to say to get across the meaning of an x86 compatible computer (with the assumption given that it’s running Windows).

10. Matt Sharpe

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 5:23 am

    Well, I think I’m going to do exactly what Apple says in this ad, and not buy a Mac, this Christmas or any other time.

11. John

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 5:50 am

    > The external case may be different but there is very little
    > that separates the internal hardware of any Mac from a
    > vanilla x86 computer.

    But a Mac generally separates its purchaser from more cash than does a PC…

12. Kevin

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 6:03 am

    I’m glad they didn’t decide to use Jesus instead of Santa.

13. quikboy

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 8:08 am

    Nicer than the usual ones, but I still hate Mac advertising. It’s so dumb.

    What’s more important is OS X vs. Windows.

14. Reinhard

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 9:19 am

    Never heard so much b*******t in my whole live, not even from Apple. I would not dare to talk about Vista if a had a product as lousy as Leopard. Apple? No, thank you!

15. rm20010

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 9:59 am

    It’s funny, but what I find funnier is Apple portraying the PC user as a moronic PC to Mac switcher with an agenda when Apple themselves are terribly guilty of doing just the opposite.

16. TraumaPony

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 10:29 am

    We say “PC compatible” because the “PC” was an actual computer from IBM a while ago. It had an 8086 (the PC-jr had an 8088), and what is now standard stuff (well, standard stuff that hasn’t been replaced).

    So, that’s why I”ve always wondered why the mac ads are allowed to even say stuff about PC’s like that without IBM sueing.

17. Orion

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    Long, Santa does not just blow the whistle, he also sings along with PC and Mac “Santa Clause is coming to town”

18. RC

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    I don’t know if they show them outside the US, but this is supposed to be reminiscent of those Rankin and Bass holiday specials.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin/Bass

19. Beau

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 4:26 pm

    Heh, I still love ‘PR Lady’.

    (Is it just me, or does everyone else hate Macs?)

20. Mitchel Tyrell

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    Beau,
    I don’t hate Macs, but their evangelists on the internet are garbage

21. anonymous

    Dec 15th, 2007 at 11:54 pm

    Yeah, but I prefer the hotter “Mac”.

22. Imran

    Dec 16th, 2007 at 5:59 am

    Cute and funny add

23. Bill Gates

    Dec 16th, 2007 at 11:56 am

    MAC FTW!

24. Anthony

    Dec 16th, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    Long you’re right. PC is very adorable. The chin hairs under ‘Mac’ are just scary!

25. Orion

    Dec 16th, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    I also personally like the actual people representing Mac and PC

26. Christian

    Dec 17th, 2007 at 9:35 am

    Adorable

27. Army Marsh

    Dec 29th, 2007 at 9:27 am

    The ad is smart and cute, and the predictable outcome, PC users bitching and moaning about it is too.
    Face it. The commercials are spot on. You don’t really think that they’d still be airing if there were any sue-able falsehoods in them do you?

28. Ste

    Jan 11th, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    Actually army, they arent making any complaints about any one pc manufacturer, so there is no libel. But actually, there are no falsehoods, just misinformation. Mac hardware isnt superior to pc hardware, it IS pc hardware, except its not easily upgradeable, like a pc. Someone might prefer OSX over windows, thats their call…. just install osx on your pc. People shouldnt have to pay premium mac hardware prices just for osx, and thats what they are doing.

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