I’m a PC girl through and through (I could never warm to a machine that makes you ask for your disk back, no matter how sexy the design) but the get a mac ads have got me wondering for the first time whether I made the right decision in upgrading to a shiny new PC.
Apple have apparently been running these ads in the states for a few months but they’re just breaking over here. They make choosing a mac the cool, sensible, rational, practical but still slightly subversive and creative thing to do.
Effectively, the ads promise a machine that can run windows, msoffice, itunes, imovie, iphoto etc AND never crash or get a virus. Sounds like an ideal world, so why haven’t companies switched over? I guess change can be scary.
Oooh, ooh. Get a Mac. I crossed over to a Mac about two months ago and I won’t be crossing back. They really are better – cleaner, smoother, more efficient and much more logical in their interfaces than PCs. (plus they look damn pretty)
I’m with you – I’m a PC bloke who was impressed enough by the ad to think ‘maybe I should be on a Mac at home’. We run both Macs and PCs for creative and suits here in my company which means most days the IT team are running screaming from the building.
I saw the UK version today – and think I actually prefer the American ads – macs are somehow cooler by being American rather than a bit rubbish and British (the American mac guy is better looking too). The Japanese ads are funny and worth a look – check them out on youtube (search for getamac).
I had a 21 year old girl in a group last night tell me.
“The thing I want most right now is a Mac laptop. I wasn’t bothered what kind of laptop until I saw the advert with those comedians this week. It said how macs are better for photos and music and don’t get viruses and stuff”