Microsoft Posts 'PC vs. Mac' Section to Windows 7 Website
In a rather open acknowledgement of Apple's recent gains in both marketshare and mindshare, Microsoft has posted a PC vs. Mac section on their Windows 7 website.
PCs are designed for work and play, with features you need to get things done on the job or at school and have fun at home or on the go. From easily sharing Microsoft Office documents to watching HDTV and Blu-ray movies, PCs help you do it all.
This isn't the first time that Microsoft has acknowledged Apple's directly in their marketing materials. Microsoft also kicked off a $300 million ad campaign in 2008 centered around the phrase "I'm a PC" in direct response to Apple's "Get a Mac" ads.Earlier today we reported that Apple was the most popular notebook brand amongst U.S. college students.
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20 months ago
Wow this is the THIRD TIME this has been posted on this site. I am not sure what to say but it does not look good. At the very least all these threads need to be merged.
Fist time
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=989620
2nd time (slow bot 1)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=989553
Fist time
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=989620
2nd time (slow bot 1)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=989553
20 months ago
Microsoft, for all their faults is working very hard on Windows.... Windows 8. If windows Mobile 7 is any indicator, I predict a slick and sexy new UI to go with the stability and flexibility Windows 7 already has.
What's Apple doing on the OSX platform?
Why not even a mention of OSX at WWDC?
Why all this hate from Steve Jobs for computers or as he calls them, "Trucks"?
Why did apple get rid of their 'Get a mac' campaign and replace it with...NOTHING?
Surely not everyone at Apple is working on the ipad and iphone?
You're way ahead for now Apple... but I wouldn't rest on your laurels.
What's Apple doing on the OSX platform?
Why not even a mention of OSX at WWDC?
Why all this hate from Steve Jobs for computers or as he calls them, "Trucks"?
Why did apple get rid of their 'Get a mac' campaign and replace it with...NOTHING?
Surely not everyone at Apple is working on the ipad and iphone?
You're way ahead for now Apple... but I wouldn't rest on your laurels.
20 months ago
Most popular because Apple has the it factor and all the brats want to look cool
20 months ago
Wonder how this will affect sales?
But Apple already did this, c'mon, Microsoft, innovate something NEW for once!
But you probably can't.
But Apple already did this, c'mon, Microsoft, innovate something NEW for once!
But you probably can't.
20 months ago
I just love how one of Microsoft's main arguments against Macs is that "Macs only come in white or silver."
WTF!?
-Don
WTF!?
-Don
20 months ago
I wonder how many people who supported Apple's death grip video will also support this? I mean they're both sites full of filthy lies but fans will be fans.
The Choice section is laughable too. Can't you get bluray drives for macs, they're just not natively supported nor internal? I've got my iMac as a PVR thanks to EyeTV. New Macs have built in SD card readers but anyone can connect a USB card reader (as I've been using on my Mac since 2004).
The Choice section is laughable too. Can't you get bluray drives for macs, they're just not natively supported nor internal? I've got my iMac as a PVR thanks to EyeTV. New Macs have built in SD card readers but anyone can connect a USB card reader (as I've been using on my Mac since 2004).
20 months ago
It's kind of funny they even bothered. Microsoft should just admit defeat and keep stomping what little competition they have in the enterprise market, which is where they make all their money in the first place.
20 months ago
Microsoft...
Unix or VMS based plox and ho well, why not give those "redmondian" heads some use and make something better?
A free sdk on the same level of Xcode.
No backdoors and no activations.
Replace that wack-a-mole un-polite customer support for something functional.
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