New recession-friendly "I'm a PC" ad delivers uppercut to Apple

[EnderJE]

All the PC person has to do is spend an extra 70 bucks on Kaspersky Internet Security. Virus/Adware/Firewall...it does it ALL...been running it a few years now and not one virus. So add 70 bucks onto the cost of the windows laptop and it's still WAY cheaper than the Mac. Nice try...but...FAIL

Hahaha. You're funny. I've done that. I've tried that. Yet, I kept getting viruses and stuff and bloatware on my PC. Hence, my switch to the Mac for my work computer. Like I said, the PC is an expensive game machine for me; but not much else.

But then again, I've got a little money and needed something to rely on. If you're poor and not using your computer for work, then I could see your point.

 

[canadianhitman]

Hahaha. You're funny. I've done that. I've tried that. Yet, I kept getting viruses and stuff and bloatware on my PC. Hence, my switch to the Mac for my work computer. Like I said, the PC is an expensive game machine for me; but not much else.

But then again, I've got a little money and needed something to rely on. If you're poor and not using your computer for work, then I could see your point.

*shrugs*

Money had nothing to do with my decision...at the time I bought both my desktop and my laptop, sky was pretty much the limit as far as budget goes...I guess I just don't like the way Macs 'feel'

As for the viruses, I don't know why so many people have so many problems...maybe I'm doing something right without even realizing it? I don't think I'm overly cautious, yet I haven't had a problem since I started using Kaspersky.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

X brand of a product is not exactly necessary. Y brand of a product is not exactly necessary. Every brand of a product is not exactly necessary. The product is not exactly necessary. No product is exactly necessary. Argumentum ad absurdum.





You listed music, games, youtube, surfing boards, photo albums -- sounds like entertainment to me.

Moreover, you must get funny looks when you use your PS3 at work.

....ok, let me further clarify my point:

You originally referred to the PS3 as a "game", yet Stanford U. for example is still using many of them in their labs. Install Yellow Dog along with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and you essentially have a Linux-based "PC" that was comparable in both features and performance to many desktops and laptops (minus portability) at the time of its release.

Hence, my reference to it in a price comparison, which was meant more as sarcasm than anything in the first place.

 

[EnderJE]

*shrugs*

Money had nothing to do with my decision...at the time I bought both my desktop and my laptop, sky was pretty much the limit as far as budget goes...I guess I just don't like the way Macs 'feel'

As for the viruses, I don't know why so many people have so many problems...maybe I'm doing something right without even realizing it? I don't think I'm overly cautious, yet I haven't had a problem since I started using Kaspersky.

Sorry, orb. After re-reading my post, that seemed like a money shot; but I didn't mean it like that. In college, when I was living on noodles and Oreos cookies, I had a PC.

Maybe you aren't downloading enough porn...

Or maybe if I just switched to gay porn, then maybe I have the same anti-virus success as you... <zing!>

 

[canadianhitman]

Sorry, orb. After re-reading my post, that seemed like a money shot; but I didn't mean it like that. In college, when I was living on noodles and Oreos cookies, I had a PC.

Maybe you aren't downloading enough porn...

Or maybe if I just switched to gay porn, then maybe I have the same anti-virus success as you... <zing!>

I assure you, I have a str8 porn archive that would make Larry Flynt blush.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Hahaha. You're funny. I've done that. I've tried that. Yet, I kept getting viruses and stuff and bloatware on my PC. Hence, my switch to the Mac for my work computer. Like I said, the PC is an expensive game machine for me; but not much else.

But then again, I've got a little money and needed something to rely on. If you're poor and not using your computer for work, then I could see your point.

90% of the world uses Windows PC's for work. What were you doing to keep getting viruses? I've looked up porn for hours at a time and came away with nothing more than a half dozen ad-ware cookies that showed up in an anti-spyware scan. AVG 8.0 free version paired with a free anti-spyware program works quite well.
Bloatware can be taken care of by uninstalling all the extra crap that comes with buying a vendor rig. All those software companies will go for the largest install base (PC). Can't blame them I suppose.
Apple will have the same problems if they ever get as big as PC's.

 

[chris302001]

90% of the world uses Windows PC's for work. What were you doing to keep getting viruses? I've looked up porn for hours at a time and came away with nothing more than a half dozen ad-ware cookies that showed up in an anti-spyware scan. AVG 8.0 free version paired with a free anti-spyware program works quite well.
Bloatware can be taken care of by uninstalling all the extra crap that comes with buying a vendor rig. All those software companies will go for the largest install base (PC). Can't blame them I suppose.
Apple will have the same problems if they ever get as big as PC's.

Not to mention a cramped up hand and a smile on your face!

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

*shrugs*

Money had nothing to do with my decision...at the time I bought both my desktop and my laptop, sky was pretty much the limit as far as budget goes...I guess I just don't like the way Macs 'feel'

As for the viruses, I don't know why so many people have so many problems...maybe I'm doing something right without even realizing it? I don't think I'm overly cautious, yet I haven't had a problem since I started using Kaspersky.

I've heard numerous PC-literate people who've tried Apple say that using the Mac OS interface more or less felt like an insult to their intelligence.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Not to mention a cramped up hand and a smile on your face!

Snap!!

 

[chris302001]

I've heard numerous PC-literate people who've tried Apple say that using the Mac OS interface more or less felt like an insult to their intelligence.

its the form factor (desktop) that bothers me.....