{"id":241,"date":"2007-12-11T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/2007\/12\/11\/those-humorous-mac-vs-pc-commercials\/"},"modified":"2007-12-20T23:29:40","modified_gmt":"2007-12-21T04:29:40","slug":"those-charming-mac-vs-pc-commercials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"Those Charming Mac vs. PC Commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mac<\/a>I am not sure when the commercials took hold in my brain but after nearly 2 years of seeing Apple put on different “Mac vs. PC” commercials, I decided to go to YouTube.com to find more of those “Mac vs. PC” commercials to view.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine that? I actually went out of my way to go view MORE commercials! I guess the ads appeal to two sides of me: the techno-geek and the entrepreneurial marketing sides.<\/p>\n

I have long listened to both the PC and Mac sides fight for their side. I personally use the PC and Windows XP simply because there are so many more hardware and software options to choose from. Yes, I admit I have had my share of of PC and Windows problems over the years. But, at the end of the day, it is very much in the majority and well supported.<\/p>\n

In any case, I don’t have a lot of emotion either way. However, I found it interesting that there were some very negative comments regarding the same commercials I found quite funny and charming. I know the commercials are supposed to be in favor of Macs. Duh, it was made by Apple. And yet, some of the PC-mongers are bent out of shape because they think the commercials are “malicious” and “hateful”. Are you kidding me?<\/p>\n

Yes, there are friendly jabs at the PC but I found them to be honest and truthful. What I like about the commercials…. it is consistent, simple, and humorous. It doesn’t take itself too seriously. As a student of marketing, I thought it was genius.<\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia<\/a>, there are 3 dozen versions of the “Mac vs. PC” commercials. Yikes, that is a long series of commercials. I think through YouTube.com, I saw at least 20 of them.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, here is a batch of 15 short commercials from YouTube.com<\/strike>. (The videos were deleted from YouTube. You can do a search on “mac vs. pc commercials” to find samples to watch)<\/p>\n

Do you agree with me that they are funny and charming commercials? Or do you really think, they are truly “hateful, malicious, and offensive”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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