you pay for what you get!

Its not all about raw specs, if it was, people would buy the cheapest no-name everything instead of paying extra for something you KNOW will be reliable, supported and do what it is meant to do.

Yes Apple products are expensive, but it is quality that matters. The OS, for example, is built with specs of the Mac in mind, if you buy a cheap laptop running Vista, well, it barely runs at all ! etc.

Its like the diff between quality of the cheapest 360 and a ps3 ! PS3 may be more expensive but is like 10 times less likely to break and runs smoothly/quietly without over-heating or scratching discs etc...aka high quality product.

Would have to be I'm a pc. With that little asian girl talking about how easy it is to email a picture or something. You can do that on any OS or computer with no effort at all. I'm more of an ubuntu/Leopard type of person. I don't play any pc games so I really see no point to use windows. Windows is fine and everything. But I prefer Ubuntu and Leopard over it.

Kind of crazy when Targets shoot back ehhh? everyone was well and done when Apple was the only one making ads against PC and Microsoft... and now that Microsoft is doing something about it... Mac fanboys are going nutz...

Eat lead Sony!... err... I mean... Apple!... crap... sometimes is difficult to tell the difference between the two... both companies use the same dirty marketing tactics.

There looking for good quality. Sure most PCs are cheaper then Macs. But people are buying Macs because there macs. If Mac was just a pc no one would buy it.

i purchased 4 cheap pcs with the luck i had 4 of them craped out on me one within months that i had it trust me macs may be more expensive but they are sturdy when it comes to hardware i had a emac for 2 years and going on 3 with my curent intel imac and didnt have a single problem with my macs.

I gotta admit... Those new macbook's are pretty awesome. (even though I stay away from apple)

Well...PC's are cheaper.

If you like OSX so much, why not just buy it any put it in a PC that costs hundreds or thousands less than a Mac with the same specs?

Some people are so stupid!

...and I agree...GREAT AD!

I had a PC for decades and recieved too many system crashing viruses.
I dont even need a personal computer for anything other than messing around. my office is runs pc's and we have to close on business days just because the servers are acting stupid.

theres a office we rent that has been using macs and in the 3 years ive known them there hasnt been any problems.
All i have to figure out is how to copy and paste on a mac and then life is complete.

No the reason OSX doesn't get many viruses is mainly because how the OS is built. Also lots of people use Macs me for one. Same with linux.

Kind of like going into a Ferrari or Mercedes dealership looking for a car priced the same as a Ford Focus or Honda Civic and complaining because they do not service your demographic. You get what you pay for. If you do not like Mac or cannot afford it, then do not buy it.

'Not cool enough to be a Mac person'

hit the nail right on the head there.

pertty simple Mac's r COOL, Window's r NOT.

I was a PC until I sick to death of the constant problems, now I'm a MAC and I'll never go back.

Windows - Mac OS are roughly the same price.

MS can eaily point the finger at Apples hardware prices when they dont have anything to compare themselves. Only 3rd party manufacturers.

Then again, those who want a Mac will most likely get a Mac. Same goes for those who want a PC or are on a bugdet.

You do realize that the hardware that apple sells in it's computers is the same stuff that you could easily purchase elsewhere at a much lower price right?
The hard ware is NOT made by apple. It's the same parts that go into every other pc. The only differences are going to be the case, and the OS.
Anyone familiar will Psystar?
http://www.psystar.com/
I like what they are doing.
These run Apples OS, with much better speed, and a much lower price than apple. The legalities are still being hammered out, currently in court. But they point out the differences pretty well.
I love the OS. I wish I had it. But I never will. I don't want to have to shop for a computer with a bottle of lube in my hand just to walk out straight after I pay for it.

Too bad it's about 2-3 years late. Where was this ad when Apple had "Hi, I'm a Mac...blah, blah, blah"?

Appropriate for the economy we're in right now.

I'm a PC but I have an iPhone.

and this is coming from someone who used Macs exclusively all the way until 2003. I even owned the original Apple II. I find it funny that when I owned Apples they were "uncool" and now when I own PCs it's "uncool." I can't win!

The iMac turned me off to Apple. It was garbage compared to a PC. Also, the G4 was no great shakes either even though it was hyped beyond belief. Had one of those.

I'm a PC and I don't give a F*ck!

Think she's cute?

Is MS saying buy the cheapest laptop that you can find?

Because that isn't a very good idea.

now wait until it starts crashing!

good ad. but a bit late.

The problem is when you can buy 2 PCs for the price of one Mac. Is the hardware great on a Mac? Yes. Is OSX good? Yes. Is everyhing worth THAT much more? No IMO. I bought a Quad core HP with 3gb ram for $500 and runs amazingly well. The problem is you either pay for a low spec'd iMac for double the price, or you pay a huge amount for a MacPro. If you just want a lot of power for under $1000, it's just not there on the Mac side. And I don't want to have a computer screen a part of my new computer each time I want to upgrade.

Like it or not, there are some VERY valid points brought up in the commercial. My brother wondered why I bought a PC after owning a MBP for a year. Then I showed him how my $500 PC killed his $$$$$$ mac in Photoshop, After Effects and so on.

Mac people think all PC users are just struggling to get their computers to work. It's just not the case for me at all. At the end of the day, I want a lot of power without paying a lot. That's just not a reality on the Mac side of things. Not even close.

Cool advert and I find the girl cute. :3

Ok, maybe Ford or Chevy should put out a commercial informing people that they have models much cheaper than a BMW. "Hey, this ford focus is less than half the price of this new 3 series!!!"

If people want a cheapo computer, they're going to buy a PC regardless.

Look around a college campus, most of the kids have macbooks; do you think for a second that they didn't realize that they could go get a Dell for a fraction of the price?

Its not about price, its whats the "hip" thing to have right now. Microsoft should try that angle. (Although they have no shot at that either. case in point, the Zune vs ipod)

News For GAMERS?

I find it funny that the customer disses apple because of the price tag and goes on to buy a HP for $699 which is likely to break down within a year. I work with refurbished HP laptops and we get back 70% of every HP laptop we sell, luckily for us it's still within the one year warranty that HP gives so it doesn't cost us anything besides time. I just feel sorry for the customers who buy this piece of junk just because of the price tag...

Especially the model called DV9094 has some serious issues with the graphics card burning, most of these specific machines are in and out of repairs all the time.

Buy an Intel Mac, install Windows on it, and you can have both for the price of one.

The fact of the matter is that for a relatively low price point, you get a LOT from a PC laptop. A big screen, a gigantic hard drive, a maximal amount of RAM, a media reader and even a free printer of some sort are common. Apple will never give you as much as little. However, I would love for Microsoft to make a commercial showing what happens in case of computer hardware failure. On the PC, if your video card screws up, you go to the store and get a new one and then install it relatively easily. With the Mac, send it to Apple and hope for the best.

Mind you, I'm a PC person who uses Linux. I am sticking to PC not because of any kind of love for Microsoft but rather because I like knowing that I can change my hardware whenever I want and customize everything to my liking. While Apple makes more attractive products, the truth is that whatever model you get, you are stuck with it until you buy an entirely new computer. Even their desktop lines does not allow you to change the processor (even if you actually change the processor itself, you are limited to whatever the OS decides to support speed-wise). Having an Apple is like buying a top of the line Infiniti. Having a PC is like buying a generic Honda Civic and modifying it to your liking. Sure the Infiniti is a lot prettier and offers a lot more, but there's something special about customizing that Honda piece of crap and turning it into a custom dream machine.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau