Last week, Microsoft put out an ad about a lady who wanted to buy a 17″ laptop for under $1,000. Not finding a Mac for that price, she quipped “I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person“. That line hit a major nerve among Mac fans for reasons I don’t really understand.
Obviously, the only Apple laptop that’s under $1,000 is the 13″ Macbook. Lauren, the girl on the commercial, ended up getting a 17″ HP Pavillion for $699.
The “I’m a Mac and I’m a PC” ads were started by Apple, depicting PC users as boring fat, bald guys in their 40s. Those were a series of ads hitting the PC population but we haven’t heard of any uproar similar to this one.
Microsoft fought back with their own “I’m a PC” ad later on and even had that one by Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld.
What’s most surprising about this ad is that it’s true — the price range for Macs ($999 to $2,799) are just beyond the reach of a lot of people who wanted laptops for simple tasks like word processing and surfing. That’s why netbooks, mostly under $500, are very hot in the market today.
The real winner here is Intel — buy a Mac or buy a PC, they both have Intel inside.
This is like adding insult to injury. We know that this planet is dominated by Windows users.
Yap mac is expensive and a lot of software’s are not compatible with it. a $600 laptop can do everything a mac can do. they just want to price it hi marketing strategy like buying expensive signature lady’s bag.
mac??!! whats cool about you maclovers huh?? ur macbooks are made by asus..its like paying an expensive laptop that is made in taiwan hehehe.. jokes on you, jokes in your wallet.
If you want to buy loptop go to mall of Asia. I love PC. i got my PC for 10,000 only
What’s wrong with these people, I enjoy both, they both have their strength and their weakness, but I agree Netbooks are getting the boatload of consumers. But for prosumers, nothing beats an alienware PC or the high-priced Mac…
I’m not a mac person myself. More of a PC type ;)