Microsoft wants to help, even though:
• They don’t sell PCs
• They only sell operating systems (that don’t always operate very well)
• And their operating system also runs on Macs, thereby totally negating the need for their propaganda page which states:
– Having Fun: When it’s time to enjoy movies, games, and HDTV from anywhere in your home, PCs are ready to play.
MacDailyNews Take: Translation: Developers make more games for Windows PC, so buy a PC, even though if you were smart and bought a Mac, you’d have gotten yourself multiple computers in one and be able to run the exact same games, plus any other piece of Windows software. Yes, Macs run the world’s largest software library, but for some reason, Microsoft wants to limit you to shoddy laptops constructed with screws (not Apple’s exclusive unibody construction that makes notebooks that last and last and last some more).
– Simplicity: Intuitive, familiar, and easy to use, PCs do what you want: they just work.
MacDailyNews Take: Translation: Long ago, when Steve Jobs was away, we duped an unprepared sugared water salesbozo into signing away some of Apple’s jewels via a poorly-written contract and we took the Mac, turned it inside-out, upside-down, and backwards for legal cover and then duped our customers into learning things that go directly against what research tells us is proper for human interfaces. Now that you’ve memorized the motions, you’ll want to stick with our insecure knockoff instead of doing things better and faster with far less frustration because you’re lazy and hate change. Again, Macs run Windows, so you can have upside-down and backwards on your Mac anytime you like without limiting yourself to a Windows-only piece of junk, commodity PC that, seriously, doesn’t “just work” and get worse over time (Windows rot).
– Working Hard: PCs are always ready, willing, and—most importantly—able to get down to business.
MacDailyNews Take: Translation: We need another bullet point, because we’re Microsoft and there is a bullet point threshold we must meet and insipid, unnecessary, time-wasting verbiage is our one true specialty. Again, Macs run Windows natively and via fast virtualization for any piece of Windows software you need. Don’t limit yourself to a Windows PC.
– Sharing: Whether you’re working or playing, PCs know how to help you get along with others.
MacDailyNews Take: See previous take.
– Compatibility: Most software is developed for PCs, and your PC will work with your music players, phones, cameras, and other devices.
MacDailyNews Take: See previous take and imagine that you’re a restaurant owner and a bunch of companies sell a soda fountain that only dispenses Pepsi. Pepsi pushes this type of fountain hard. They all insist that you should buy their product, which oh-by-the way has holes in it, so bugs can crawl in and swim around in the soda and they do. It also dispenses Pepsi slower and slower everyday. Another company sells a much more solid fountain that dispenses bug-free Coke (which they make, so it tastes great and dispenses with perfect carbonation every time), along with Pepsi, and even RC and others. It basically maintains itself and always runs like it did the day you bought it. Which one do you think you should buy?
– Choice: Pick a color you love. Midnight blue, espresso, or pink? PCs offer the most variety and options to match your style or price point.
MacDailyNews Take: The Mac you buy will not limit you to just a subset of the world’s software library. Many software categories are topped by best-in-class applications that are Mac-only, which Microsoft conveniently fails to mention. Your OS-unlimited Mac will last much longer, more than paying for itself over its lifetime. If you need colors, put it in a case, stick a sticker on it, or get it painted any color you wish and you’ll still come out ahead in the long run.
Microsoft is so lost, they don’t even seem to understand what they sell; they make money on Windows regardless of the personal computer trying to run it. Why does Microsoft want to limit their customers to cheap PCs that can’t run many of the world’s best apps and that will ultimately frustrate their users while keeping them in a perpetual state of insecurity? Because they’re afraid: When people try the Mac, they realize Windows sucks and they eventually stop buying Windows.
There’s a reason why some of the very best Mac advocates are former Windows sufferers.
If you’re forced to run Windows, run it safely in a sandbox on your Mac like smart people do.
“Microsoft wants to help you decide between a Windows PC and a Mac”
They already have!!!
Balmer at his best
“”they make money on Windows regardless of the personal computer trying to run it. Why does Microsoft want to limit their customers to cheap PCs…..”””
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1. Because most Mac owners DON’t run Windows even though they can.
2. About 120 million PC’s are sold per year, about 12 million Macs are sold per year..
I’m not defending Pc’s, I’m just answering MDN’s question
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MMMMMMM!! Let me think?
I like when they mention Blu-Ray players… yet Xbox 360 doesn’t even have a Blu-Ray player.. haha.. pwn’d bitch!!
Also failed to mention weekly patches and updates..
daily virus scans you need..
bloat ware that comes equipped with all those colors..
bottom line is they have helped me choose a Mac
“Most software is developed for PCs, and your PC will work with your music players, phones, cameras, and other devices.”
Of course, some of the game-changing software doesn’t work on your PCs. For example, you can’t get Final Cut Studio. Or ~sedna presenter. Or Lightspeed by Xsilva. Or Delicious Library.
But if you’re OK dealing with software that’s still written in a 1990s paradigm by developers who don’t recognise the difference between novel thought and change for the sake of change, you’re probably best sticking with Windows.
And as for hardware working with Windows: I once had a Bluetooth stick that I could barely get to work with Windows XP despite the accreditation. Curiously, I stuck it in my Power Mac G5 (one cheese grater to rule them all) and – despite the lack of drivers or accreditation – it came up in less than 30 seconds.
So, in the words of a wise philosopher: bite me.
Hey, I asked them to do this. We have to play some defense. We can’t just watch the MAC to come in and erode our base. My ad revenue on the SuperSite is down!!
IF you want an easy to use, hassle less, computer that will run and run, if you want one of the best firewall systems ever made, if you don’t want trouble every time you switch your computer on, THEN BUY A MAC ! If you don’t believe me, TRY ONE AND SEE !!!!!!!
My favorite comment comes from the “Working Hard” section:
On a Mac, out of the box, you can only encrypt your home folder. With Windows 7 Ultimate, you can encrypt your entire hard drive and even USB drives. So your stuff can be safer wherever you go.
Yes because what I really want to do more than anything else is encrypt all my applications. Because that will help my performance.
Running windows on your Mac is liking driving a Ferrari in only first gear (and sometimes reverse).
Ummmm, I must be imagining my MacBook Pro connected to our Windoze company domain, interacting with all the sharepoints, printers and scanners effortlessly…
Can M$ not be sued for blatant misrepresentation?
Microsoft’s marketing is as bad as its consumer electronics. Every spastic attempt to demonstrate value is more hilarious than the last.
http://themacadvocate.com/2010/08/09/the-microsoft-marketing-deathray-once-again-fully-operational/
Must be hard: working at the Microsoft marketing department and making up USP’s.
With so much “take” on this, MDN appears overly sensitive. Microsoft’s bullet points here are so insipid they actually confirm a negative view of windows.
I will continue to run the Xerox machine every time Apple comes out with more innovations and take credit for it myself. I will continue to snow the public with lies and deceit for as long as it takes.
I will continue to be CEO of MS for as long as it takes to run this company into the ground. (Oops did I say that out loud).
Sure, I’ll sign your MacBook.
Funny, my brand new Unibody MacBook Pro that I’m typing this on has 10 screws on the bottom.
Does nobody notice that they’ve even ripped off the Mac standard, “It just works”?
Seriously, have they absolutely no shame?
@ BlueMeanie71
“Must be hard: working at the Microsoft marketing department and <b>making up</b USP’s.”
Obviously it isn’t.
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@ BlueMeanie71
“Must be hard: working at the Microsoft marketing department and making up USP’s.”
Obviously it isn’t.
MDN asks, “Why does Microsoft want to limit their customers to cheap PCs that can’t run many of the world’s best apps and that will ultimately frustrate their users while keeping them in a perpetual state of insecurity?” But they know the answer is that those who buy a Mac to run Windows eventually stop using the Windows partition/applications and become permanent switchers.
“Why does Microsoft want to limit their customers to cheap PCs…?”
Because the way Microsoft maintains its OS dominance is through the volume of licenses it pushes through its OEM channels. How many customers do you think are paying for a non-OEM copy of Windows 7, a copy of VMWare/Parallels and a Mac unless they absolutely *have* (or think they have) to have Windows?
Microsoft pushing the Mac as a way to experience Windows is like pushing cocaine as a way to come down from huffing gasoline.
Microsoft spends huge amounts of time and money on marketing and PR, but very little on actually fixing Windows. That’s how it appears to me.
Microsoft is just talk they haven’t shown proof of how Windows 7 is more fun. In fact Dell’s laptop comparison with MacBook Pro was more effective that what Microsoft has posted. It just shows that Microsoft is afraid of Apple when it comes to back-to-school season. Check out Dell’s comparison which actually shows that MacBook Pros need a proper update with price cut.
http://techztalk.com/techwebsite/08-08-10-dell-laptop-comparison-chart-shows-apple-laptops-behind-in-upgrade-cycle
Aaah, them ‘splodin’ dells, great value. You need to read what dull left out of the comparisons.
Oh, MDN, you conveniently leave out the parts of Microsoft’s article that you can’t defend, such as the lack of blu-ray drives on Macs and the wide choice of PC hardware. I’m not defending Microsoft, but I’m saying that they have some good points.