[BNM] New Apple vs. PC ads

[joe aliferis]

I am a mac user (predominantly) but that ad was not great...

1. Apple want to dispel the myth that Macs cannot be used in conjunction 
with PC's (i hear this krap all the time from PC users)

Good idea - nicely done

2. Apple want to suggest that they have better driver support for third 
party devices (like digi cameras)

this is not really true, although i hate to admit it, WinXP has about 
the same level of plug n' playability as MacosX

joe


Tom Coady wrote:

>On 5/2/06, james <aqrf11 at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
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>>eh? still confused about what you mean
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>OK lets start again. You said the ads were "based on fairly dated
>concepts of the difference between Macs and PCs in places."
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>I said considering Windows itself has not changed for some time that's
>what you might expect. You then told me that "PCs changed with Windows
>XP imho" at which point I checked when this was introduced and
>discovered it is even older than I had originally assumed. Or was that
>your point all along, you can't compare systems released in 2005 with
>one that was last refreshed in 2001?
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>>I would say Windows HAS improved since Windows 98, iw with Win XP? Is that
>>what you're saying? Or is that what you are querying? If the latter then I
>>can confirm that WinXP is a far preferable experience to Win98 ... WinME?
>>Don't even go there!
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>Thanks - as I said I am also long enough in the tooth to remember DOS
>1, CP/M. COBOL, TTY etc. I was trolling for a flamewar, damn.
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