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Did you just really say that? Are you kidding me? ]]>Feb 4th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
I loathe this ads, the only reason mac doesnt have viruses is no one would want to waste there time on the few mac users there is. I have never gotten a virus on XP anyway.

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He can think his own products are the worst, even though he has to say they are the best when he's in public. He just has to convince you to buy them all...]]>Feb 3rd 2007 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
Who is the one always touting 92% market share? I think you have that backwards buddy.]]>Feb 3rd 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
I thought the "switch" campain was bad until I saw these new commercials. Those were annoying. But these are annoying plus insulting to my intelligence. ]]>Feb 2nd 2007 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 9th 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
Windows (XP) has all sorts of 'fun' stuff for families. None of it works that great, but its there. Like windows movie maker or WMP.

Windows OSs aren't MS Office. But sometimes its fun to think of them that way. The ads are to MS users like Chapelle's Show is to white people.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
The ads aren't making fun of windows USERS, they are making fun of COMPUTERS that run windows.

Ever seen the commercials? They start with introductions along the lines of "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC", NOT "I'm a Mac user and I'm a PC user".

Again, the ads aren't saying that PC users are dullards are klutzes: they are saying that PCs that run Windows are klunky, bloated machines that aren't good for much else than spreadsheets, where Macs are sleek machines that are good at "that creative stuff".

Whether you agree is irrelevant: the fact is that the ads don't make fun of the users, just their crappy computers.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 3rd 2007 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
By extension the ads are making fun of users.

]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Those ads are just to make the few diehard Mac fans feel good in the morning]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
As for Windows being slow/clumsy and crashing all the time, I'd like to point out that my Mac (Dual 2Ghz G4 running OSX 10.4) also has a lot of issues, including crashes (the 'black screen of death'), problems with permissions and it doesn't even come standard with a defragger. It's generally slower than Windows XP at booting and shutting down. It's constantly being patched through security updates (like Windows) and virus protection is virtually non-existant. Yes, Macs are generally free of virus attacks but it's not invulnerable so prevention is better than being being caught with your pants down one day. I can also say that out of the Windows users that I know (quite a few) and also the die-hard Mac fans (some of my colleagues), PC users are no way any different from the average mac user. PC users are not any smarter or dummer than the latter.

I guess the reason I've never really 'switched' even though I am more of a mac user than some mac users, is because of this 'I'm better than you' attitude that apple tends to portray. If I had to make a choice tomorrow between my pretty mac or my reliable PC, I'd be running away with my PC.

My 2c.]]>Feb 3rd 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
I'm surprised a person who has used macs for 15 years hasn't heard of Virex.]]>Feb 5th 2007 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
Like Bill, many just don't get it.]]>Feb 5th 2007 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
But the users who aren't to smart think they do and get angry. And that is really funny :) because at that moment the user unknowingly extends the ad so it makes fun of the user as a consequence of the users own action.

Its awfully evil and it makes us Mac users feel really smart, and rich too. Because we know that most of the Apple haters are just angry because they can't afford to buy superior and good looking Apple branded products. ]]>Feb 9th 2007 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
As I've stated before, when OSX came out, plenty of Mac users found they had to buy brand new machines so that their systems didn't run like molasses in winter.]]>Feb 4th 2007 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
They point out that if you want to upgrade to Vista, you probably need to upgrade your hardware. Fair enough, but if you follow the ad where they want you to go, you will have to buy an entirely new Apple machine.

Not to mention that the jump from OS9 to OSX wasn't particularly kind to Mac owners who didn't want to upgrade.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 10th 2007 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
Everybody knows what image they were going for. They are indirectly insulting everybody who would be stupid enough to buy a PC. ]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
OSX doesn't run most gaming applications natively. It needs Windows to do it. Apple doesn't care about gaming.]]>Feb 3rd 2007 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
That would really be a blow to Apple.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 3rd 2007 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
]]>Feb 2nd 2007 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
I dont get it.

Besides, VISTA sounds cooler than X. X is a drug.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/"I heard windows was on 90% of the worlds computers.. so how is Apple better?

I dont get it.

Besides, VISTA sounds cooler than X. X is a drug."
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Yeah. A lot more people own Hondas than Porsches, too. That doesn't make Honda better.

You clearly DON'T get it.

Vista is a point of view. X is the roman numeral for 10.
]]>Feb 2nd 2007 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/ "I think Bill once said he read Engadget"

Judging by the comments, he writes all of them too!

You'd think with 95% marketshare, Windows supporters would cut their competitors some slack. Windows won a LONG time ago. So what if Mac wants to advertise itself as an alternative choice for some people.

Even if Mac doubled, it wouldn't affect the fact that everyone has to use Windows. It's not going away.]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
Firstly, Apple hardware IS NOT PC hardware - sure the guts are the same but Apple just puts much more thought into the design of their machines (and I'm not just talking aesthetically).

I'd like to re-emphasise that the ads are not comparing users, but systems.

The ads are, of course, hyperbole of the real situation and clearly Bill Gates cannot respond "jee golly I love those ads, they're hilarious!" and the only answer he can really give is "it makes no sense"...

I'd say that the points being made in the ads are fundamentally correct once you look beyond the hyperbole.

I also feel that the ads are just begining to wear a little thin now but when they were debuted, they were a prime example of Apple's awesome marketing machine - certainly a million better than what's been coming out of Redmond.

Has anyone been listening to the hyperbole surrounding Vista's lauch! Makes me want to scream! Bill Gates talking about his original vision of a GUI with windows - now entering the next phase - hold on, wasn't it Apple that moved the PC industry on beyond CLIs?]]>Feb 2nd 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
(hint, it wasn't MS either)]]>Feb 3rd 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/
All they are really good for is so Mac users can laugh at the "dorky" PC guy and feel smugly superior because they bought a white computer instead of a beige one....]]>Feb 2nd 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/His best lines always come from the "we're not copying Apple's OS" while looking at you with a straight face.
Hilarious !]]>Feb 2nd 2007 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/bill-gates-on-mac-ads-i-dont-even-get-it/Feb 2nd 2007 6:59PM