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By: Latest Laptop Hunters Ad Shows Off PCs with Blu-ray & Remote | Bob Caswell

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:22:56 +0000

[...] is the third ad in this series (embedded below), and just like I thought the second was better than the first, I think the third is better than the second. Having a mother/son shop together gives a little more [...]

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:58:04 +0000

jupiter- I'd say that if you subtract the number of hours you're talking about from the number of hours Microsoft has saved hundreds of millions of people through its software over the years… We'd still be looking at a very big positive number in terms of hours saved by consumers.

It's just that, in this day and age, we tend to forget how far we've come and simply expect a perfect experience in every way. Nothing wrong with that, I'm a demanding consumer too.

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:50:17 +0000

As mentioned earlier, it's on YouTube too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRF9-5itZA4

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:58:04 +0000

It's just that, in this day and age, we tend to forget how far we've come and simply expect a perfect experience in every way. Nothing wrong with that, I'm a demanding consumer too.

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:50:17 +0000

As mentioned earlier, it's on YouTube too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRF9-5itZA4

By: jupiter

jupiter — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:11:31 +0000

In the Newsweek piece, the David Webster quote says “…[but then Apple] ends up looking pretty mean-spirited, the way they go after customers” – That is Microsoft really.

I found Microsoft to have a complete disregard for the consumer. The amount of hours wasted on this planet daily by incomplete, broken, software produced by Microsoft is despicable. It is clear why hardware is the target.

By: Johannes Rexx

Johannes Rexx — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:08:10 +0000

What's with that SilverLight thing? I'm NOT going to download more proprietary software just to watch something as simple and commonplace as a video. Please use standard codecs and file formats on this site.

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» Laptop Hunters: nuova pubblicità Microsoft contro i prezzi Apple — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:08:49 +0000

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By: Response to New Microsoft Ad: Macs are “so sexy” but… | Tom's Two Cents

Response to New Microsoft Ad: Macs are “so sexy” but… | Tom's Two Cents — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:02:28 +0000

[...] This is another one of those long comments that turns into a blog post of it’s own. I am responding to my brother Bob’s blog, New Microsoft Ad: Macs are “so sexy” but… ( [...]

By: tom4cam

tom4cam — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:02:15 +0000

I agree that the new macs look pretty good, but the best thing about the new macs for me is that they caused a major price drop of the “old” macs. I picked up a 15″ 2.5 GHz Macbook Pro with 512 MB NVidia video RAM for $1500 on Amazon after rebate. Don't get me wrong, $1500 still seems like a TON of money to spend on a laptop, but I dare you to match those specs for less — on whatever OS. Of course I wasn't about to spend $700 more for the new version of MBP with the same specs either (plus I had to have a matte screen — just personal preference).

I like macs and pcs for different reasons. They both have their strong points, and the truth is that I can do what I need to do on either one. So while it looks like there is a huge price difference between the two, if you shop around you'll find that it's not as big as you think. I say that, but the deal I got is gone. The same laptop I bought is now back up around $1700 — which is just out of range for the $1500 spending cap in the ad.

Ultimately, I think Windows 7 will even things out quite a bit. Maybe I'm just too practical to really engage in this mac vs. pc thing. I like the hardware I chose because it's fast, light, thin, and has a decent (3 hr) battery. If someone else finds a better deal on something else, good for them. At this point I am a little partial to macs — mainly out of habit and ease of migration. That said, I am seriously considering a PC for a media center. I don't really see a clear winner in all of this — it's just shades of gray.