Microsoft Ad Rant
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Microsoft has yet again started a new ad campaign trying to get people to buy PCs rather than Macs. The new ads show a young lady that would like to get a laptop with a 17″ screen for under $1000.00. She first tries the Apple Store (Funny how she goes there first) and then comes out empty handed saying that the only sub 1000 dollar computer they had was a 13″. She then goes on to another stores and buys an HP laptop. In the following keynote I show you what I think and give a realistic cost of ownership comparison between the baseline MacBook Pro and a HP of the same caliper.
[I am sorry; usually I am able to embed the video, but that was not the case in this week's video. You will have to click on the link instead.]
I know this will make a lot of you mad so please post a comment and let me know what you think.
3 Comments
dwick
March 31st, 2009
at 11:19am
eh… please advise where you can get a new 15 in MacBook Pro with those specifications for $1599.00?
List price on Apple website is $1999.00. The best price I could find quickly was $1780 at MacMall (after $150 mail-in rebate)
By the way, it’s ‘caliber’ (comparison between the baseline MacBook Pro and a HP of the same ‘caliber’)… not ‘caliper’.
A caliper is a device used to measure the distance between two symmetrically opposing sides.
dwick
March 31st, 2009
at 11:28am
$1599 is the list price for the 13 inch MacBook - not the 15 inch MacBook Pro ($1999 list)
Martin Kruse
April 1st, 2009
at 6:39pm
PCs get the job done for less.