Macs To Me Are About Aesthetic More Than They Are The Computing Power?
Today, Microsoft came out with their second "I'm A PC" ad. I was very frustrated with this ad as I was with the first one. Giampaolo (who I'm sure is an actor like Lauren) want 3 things in his computer;portability, battery life, and power. Microsoft gave him a $1500 budget along with the every so creative line "You find it, you keep". Well Giampaolo ended up purchasing the HP HDX for $1,099 with 4gb of RAM and "2.4" processor and a battery life of 2 hours and 30 minutes. The laptop weights 7.3 lbs. and has a height of 1.7 in. when closed. However after doing some research on the HP computer I found out that this PC doesn't even have an option of 2.4GHz. After looking on Hp's online store, the possible processor for the HP HDX is 2.0, 2.2, 2.13, and then 2.53. This makes it impossible for Giampaolo to purchase this specific computer with 2.4GHz. Also any sort of upgrade on RAM other than 2.0 adds money to the overall price thus making it impossible for him to purchase the HP with anything more than 2.0GHz. So why does this matter? Well Apple offers their MacBook for $1,599 with 2gb of RAM, 2.4GHz, up to a possible 5 hours of battery, and 1 year free of Apple Care. The MacBook weighs 4.5 lbs. and has a height of .95 in when closed. Just a reminder, his three requirements were; portability, battery life, and power. Well the MacBook is more portability due to the fact that it is lighter and not as tall. It has has a better battery life, 5 hrs compared to 2.5 hrs. And finally, his HP came with 2.0GHz (despite the false advertisement by Microsoft) and the MacBook comes with 2.4GHz. So the Macbook meets Giampaolo's needs for a computer than the HP HDX. Even though it costs $100 more than his budget, you succeed Giampaolo's requirementsamenmcely and comes with a year of Apple Care. Clearly the MacBook would have been a better choice then the HP HDX. Please watch my video review of this ad where I uncover even more hidden secrets about Microsoft and the HP HDX.
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~Matt
Matt Fisher Apr 5, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Reader Comments (2)
Proof read your article before submitting. You're supposed to be a "writer" yet you suck at it. And your video is just terrible. You really think a Mac is more customizable? You don't know much about Windows. You can easily change the ENTIRE theme of Windows to anything you want, doing this on a Mac is a lot harder. Wow, you can customize icons and the dock. You can customize the taskbar in Win7 even more than in Leopard and you could customize icons for ages now. Oh yeah, with a PC you can customize EVERY hardware aspect. You can choose any processor you want, and you don't have to choose aluminum for the color. A macbook is only 13" and you will have to pay a lot more for a macbook pro. Yeah, a lot of customization in that. I see more flaws in your statements than in M$ commercials.
David dont let this cum bucket get to u at the end of the day hes one of those pc users that has a computer that does nothing with out a few thousand dollars in soft ware. Oh ya and how are those Microsoft stores going