Comments on: So Hypocritical Apple!

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Apple Message Advising Users Get Security Software Mysteriously Disappears — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:34:08 +0000

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By: joe

joe — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:34:24 +0000

“(Note: Microsoft doesn’t make PCs, it makes Vista, so why is it advertising PCs. Especially since Macs are PCs too.)”

Umm…..well according to apple they do… “i’m a Mac,and I’m a PC” and then they imply that the PC is a windows item…..

By: ymgso

ymgso — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:09:16 +0000

First of all, Vista is not broken, not bad, etc etc. Second, Microsoft can do whatever they want when they have 90% of the market share. Third, Apple is hypocritical and their ads are dumb, and cater to dumb people.

By: couchguy

couchguy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:45:50 +0000

Wow. Amazing. Apple spends so little, proportionally on R&D… and yet their products are *SO* much superior to Microsoft’s! Where is all that R&D money at Microsoft going? Propping up an aged and broken operating system, perhaps?

By: Bob Blue

Bob Blue — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:34:52 +0000

In the end, only the results matter, and Microsoft’s results are Vista.

By: Sly Hoax

Sly Hoax — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:25:14 +0000

BURN!

The truth hurts… and is a little frightening, to be honest.

By: ViewRoyal

ViewRoyal — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:30:31 +0000

The point of Apple’s commercial is that Microsoft spent an incredible amount of money, $300,000,000 on it’s new “I’m a PC” advertising, rather than putting that money towards creating a less problematic operating system.

(Note: Microsoft doesn’t make PCs, it makes Vista, so why is it advertising PCs. Especially since Macs are PCs too.)

But you also bring up a good point. Look at how efficient Apple has been at creating successful hardware & software products, using just 3.3% of it’s operating budget (which is much smaller than Microsoft’s total operating budget). In comparison the 13.9% that Microsoft spends on R&D has produced less than successful products like Vista and Zune.

By: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What's the frequency, Kenneth? — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:09:24 +0000

Hah! The only problem with your “hypocritical” poke is that Apple’s OS X isn’t a piece of crap that needs fixing in the first place. Perhaps you’re unaware that the reason M$ started their ad campaign is because Vista is crap and OS X isn’t, and a ton of people are switching based on that alone. Thus, Apple doesn’t need to spend a mint, as M$ does, to “fix” their OS. It makes sense that they’d spend money touting the good work they’ve already done, and M$ hasn’t.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:49:00 +0000

Wait – there are cleverly worded lies on TV?

By: Laserk

Laserk — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:30:21 +0000

Rico,

You miss the point of the ad. It’s not about how much is spent, it’s about where it’s spent. Vista needs to be fixed..ergo the money needs to go into fixing it, not telling people to use it. After it’s fixed, then spend the money on advertising it.
Apple doesn’t have a similar problem. Their OSX seems to work pretty well and they just need to popularize their offering by spending the money on advertising it.