Penny Arcade has been grating on me more and more lately, and this kind of makes me want to stop reading there altogether. They are not PC gamers. Which is fine--if you want to play console games, play console games. But stop having idiotic opinions about PCs, okay?
You know what's wrong with Windows 7? It has to follow up on Vista. And you know what's wrong with Vista? NOTHING, GODDAMMIT. If you use it on a computer that doesn't struggle even to run XP, or a computer with decent components in general, Vista is a perfect freaking system. I upgraded to Windows 7 because we got a good deal on it and really, why not, because 7 is a perfect freaking system. So, after using Vista, what did I expect from Windows 7? Well, let's see. Functionality, security, smooth interface, fast response time... funny how I get exactly that!
While I'm ranting on the subject... let's watch Mac ads!
How do I not vomit while watching this? "I feel like I've heard this before, PC." Oh, so Macs never released OS X, then? OS 9 wasn't an improvement on system 8? System 8 didn't improve on 7? 7 was in no way an improvement on 6? You find fault with a company releasing new operating systems? Stop doing it, then. By the way, what about charging for point releases? That's a nice trick.
At least this one isn't an outright lie! Although it is just plain misleading. Customer satisfaction? You're not directly competing. Compare customer satisfaction of people buying a Mac from Apple to customer satisfaction of people buying a PC from Microsoft. What? You can't? Awwww. That's like saying a car is #1 in its class when its class is one car big. Oh, and backing up your stuff so that you can format your computer and install a fresh OS? You mean you wouldn't have to somehow get all your files from your old PC to your new Mac if you bought one? You... you would? But she just hands the guy her box! That's totally easier than installing a system that keeps all your old files for you and getting a fresh start with a system that's familiar to you! I especially like this user comment: "If you keep buying PC then your retarded."
And then for some reason they did they exact same ad again, with different people. Lazy, I guess. I understand that one of their points is, "as long as you have to make a fresh start, why not make it with Mac?" However, again, your files can be backed up for you. That's as easy as it gets.
Same old conclusion: If you like Macs, use Macs. If you like PCs, use PCs. But oh for the love of god, I wish Apple would stop making commercials based on lies and misdirection. Extol your virtues--don't make up shit about the other guy. But hey. I guess I'm overly idealistic. That's how I'd like politics to be run, too.
You know what's wrong with Windows 7? It has to follow up on Vista. And you know what's wrong with Vista? NOTHING, GODDAMMIT. If you use it on a computer that doesn't struggle even to run XP, or a computer with decent components in general, Vista is a perfect freaking system. I upgraded to Windows 7 because we got a good deal on it and really, why not, because 7 is a perfect freaking system. So, after using Vista, what did I expect from Windows 7? Well, let's see. Functionality, security, smooth interface, fast response time... funny how I get exactly that!
While I'm ranting on the subject... let's watch Mac ads!
How do I not vomit while watching this? "I feel like I've heard this before, PC." Oh, so Macs never released OS X, then? OS 9 wasn't an improvement on system 8? System 8 didn't improve on 7? 7 was in no way an improvement on 6? You find fault with a company releasing new operating systems? Stop doing it, then. By the way, what about charging for point releases? That's a nice trick.
At least this one isn't an outright lie! Although it is just plain misleading. Customer satisfaction? You're not directly competing. Compare customer satisfaction of people buying a Mac from Apple to customer satisfaction of people buying a PC from Microsoft. What? You can't? Awwww. That's like saying a car is #1 in its class when its class is one car big. Oh, and backing up your stuff so that you can format your computer and install a fresh OS? You mean you wouldn't have to somehow get all your files from your old PC to your new Mac if you bought one? You... you would? But she just hands the guy her box! That's totally easier than installing a system that keeps all your old files for you and getting a fresh start with a system that's familiar to you! I especially like this user comment: "If you keep buying PC then your retarded."
And then for some reason they did they exact same ad again, with different people. Lazy, I guess. I understand that one of their points is, "as long as you have to make a fresh start, why not make it with Mac?" However, again, your files can be backed up for you. That's as easy as it gets.
Same old conclusion: If you like Macs, use Macs. If you like PCs, use PCs. But oh for the love of god, I wish Apple would stop making commercials based on lies and misdirection. Extol your virtues--don't make up shit about the other guy. But hey. I guess I'm overly idealistic. That's how I'd like politics to be run, too.
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