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to: RobertB
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2007-03-07 12:12:24
subject: Re: Hello, I`m a Mac. And Bill`s a PC

From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"RobertB"  wrote in message
news:missinglink-B53E73.11091107032007{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article , "Geo."
 wrote:
>
>> "mike"  wrote in message
>> news:uhrru2hke6flbdrhq9f0e1act6ot6buqer{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> > Mr. Gates, as he is wont to do when he talks about Macs and PCs, misses
>> > several key and painfully obvious points:
>>
>> No, I think in this case Gates has it nailed.
>>
>> Geo.
>
> No, I think the author is right. BG misses the whole point of the ads
> and comes off as some kind of stern Calvinist preacher. Which he is.

To quote an English newspaper columnist, Charlie Brooker on the Apple ads

"When you see the ads you think PCs are a bit rubbish yet ultimately
loveable, whereas Macs are just smug, preening tossers',"

--

While the ads are humorous, Apple does come across as smug and condescending

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