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"I can't make this stuff up, folks. The UK's Independent Television Commission has banned Apple's PowerMac G5 ad, punching a neat little hold in the RDF in the process. The ITC claims that Apple's assertion that the PowerMac G5 is "the world's fastest, most powerful personal computer" is misleading:
Viewers complained that the advertising was misleading because the main claim was based on the results of limited tests in which the specification of the computers used was configured to give Apple the best results.
[...]
Due to the technical nature of the advertiser's response, the ITC asked the BACC to refer the complaints and the response to the BACC's expert. He found that the claim was not supported by independent reviews and that at best "the G5 was generally as fast as the best Intel-based workstations currently available".
Fanboys on both sides of the fence can argue back and forth over Apple's prices, aesthetics, OS, and even hardware, but I can't imagine many will step up to defend Steve Jobs' passion for hyperbole. Apple's marketing department certainly isn't the first to step over the line—Pentium 4 speeds up the Internet, anyone?—but it appears they've stepped farther over the line than the UK is willing to allow. "
How gay.
Viewers complained that the advertising was misleading because the main claim was based on the results of limited tests in which the specification of the computers used was configured to give Apple the best results.
[...]
Due to the technical nature of the advertiser's response, the ITC asked the BACC to refer the complaints and the response to the BACC's expert. He found that the claim was not supported by independent reviews and that at best "the G5 was generally as fast as the best Intel-based workstations currently available".
Fanboys on both sides of the fence can argue back and forth over Apple's prices, aesthetics, OS, and even hardware, but I can't imagine many will step up to defend Steve Jobs' passion for hyperbole. Apple's marketing department certainly isn't the first to step over the line—Pentium 4 speeds up the Internet, anyone?—but it appears they've stepped farther over the line than the UK is willing to allow. "
How gay.
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unknown kernel wrote:
> I haven't used a Mac for about five years, but I quite enjoyed it when
> I did. But I'm not using one again until the mouse has two buttons
> and a scroll wheel.
Why don't you just buy a two buttoned mouse with a wheel and plug that in instead of the Apple one?
> I haven't used a Mac for about five years, but I quite enjoyed it when
> I did. But I'm not using one again until the mouse has two buttons
> and a scroll wheel.
Why don't you just buy a two buttoned mouse with a wheel and plug that in instead of the Apple one?
I haven't used a Mac for about five years, but I quite enjoyed it when I did. But I'm not using one again until the mouse has two buttons and a scroll wheel.
I can tell I'm fighting a losing battle here so I'll quit while I'm not ahead ...
Mac users need to be pitied regardless of what age they are.
unknown kernel wrote:
> Children can be so cruel to Mac users.
Yeah, all I hear is "Never crashes, never crashes", "Doesn't need drivers, doesn't need drivers" and "Looks cool, looks cool". I cry myself to sleep every night ...
:-|
> Children can be so cruel to Mac users.
Yeah, all I hear is "Never crashes, never crashes", "Doesn't need drivers, doesn't need drivers" and "Looks cool, looks cool". I cry myself to sleep every night ...
:-|
Timmargh wrote:
> I know. I had so much stick between the ages of 11 and 16 that I'm
> very hard to offend anyway!
Children can be so cruel to Mac users.
> I know. I had so much stick between the ages of 11 and 16 that I'm
> very hard to offend anyway!
Children can be so cruel to Mac users.
Aye, I've been there too. One gets used to the constant abuse. But it hasn't affected me, hell no. I'm mentally sound and very fine. I'm doing great.
*strokes dead dog*
*tries to feed it*
*strokes dead dog*
*tries to feed it*
gamezfreak wrote:
> Didn't mean to cause offence by the way.
>
> ;)
I know. I had so much stick between the ages of 11 and 16 that I'm very hard to offend anyway!
;-)
> Didn't mean to cause offence by the way.
>
> ;)
I know. I had so much stick between the ages of 11 and 16 that I'm very hard to offend anyway!
;-)
gamezfreak wrote:
> Timmargh wrote:
> When I first started up my iMac I was thrown back into the wall, but
> not through it.
>
> Maybe you should remember to keep your wheelchairs motor out of the
> 'reverse' gear before using your computer.
>
> :P
Nah, he was thrown backwards from the electric shock emitted by the shoddy workmanship.
> Timmargh wrote:
> When I first started up my iMac I was thrown back into the wall, but
> not through it.
>
> Maybe you should remember to keep your wheelchairs motor out of the
> 'reverse' gear before using your computer.
>
> :P
Nah, he was thrown backwards from the electric shock emitted by the shoddy workmanship.
Didn't mean to cause offence by the way.
;)
;)
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