Media Meditation #1: Mac Vs P.C. the smack down.

(P.C. And a Mac insulting one another)

Mac and PC in my opinion are two of the biggest computers types out there. Some people believe that Macs are better than PC while others believe Vice Versa. Just like everyone else I am entitled to my own opinion I believe PC is better than a Mac. It is not because I am a Mac hater or have never tried a Mac out before. I have tried Macs and they just don’t appeal to me. I find them harder to understand and use. I also believe it was more for someone who uses their left hand then right because my cousin who is left handed loves it because he says “More thing is on the left then the right.”

Aside from my personal opinion I want everyone to come to their own decisions. I want people to actually consider things carefully and only apply their personal opinion after they consider some of the facts and hit a deadlock.

Mac has spent a lot of money to produce Macs and give them this image that they are sicklier and cooler looking. The commercials with Mac VS PC shows Mac as some kind of young adult closer to the newer generations of kids, and while PC’s are some kind old style person who looks like a loser not very athletic nor is he close to the newer generation age.As shown below mac is more relaxed and does not have glasses which is something commonly stereotyped as a nerd.

This video is the "South Park version."

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We all know the stereotypes."Apple's popular commercials have painted the picture in stark terms: There are two types of people, Mac people and PC people. And if the marketing is to be believed, the former is a hip, sport-coat-and-sneakers-¬wearing type of guy who uses his computer for video chatting, music mash-ups and other cool, creative pursuits that starchy, business-suited PC users could never really appreciate unless they tried them on the slick Apple interface. Then again, Windows PC enthusiasts probably think that Mac guy is a smug slacker with an overpriced toy that can't do any serious computing anyway."

Apple's commercials give a small bit "Humor" in their commercials. They do funny jokes about PC’s backing up and freezing. Mac also in their commercials uses a technique called “card stacking” they tell what you want to hear and not the whole story. “Yes I am a Mac I run fast….” They don’t tell you some of the problems like some famous computer games like starcraft overheats on the Mac and fails at times. "Linux" for example. Even though there are other computers Apple only really sees PC's as their opponents. As shown in the video below.

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Even though at first glance Linux is not one of Apples big enemy they should still pay attention to them. Apple uses sometimes an either/or technique. Its buy Mac and be hip, happy, and have a fast cpu or get something else and be miserable.

Good things about Macs are their booting speed averages around 28.3 seconds. Their internet running speed is around 31 seconds. Their shutting down speed is a clean 4 seconds. They have impressive speed and bring it with great glamour. Macs are often better looking than P.C.



(A PC finally getting dirty image found here)

PC is not innocent ether they do throw dirt on their opponent just like Mac. PC’s are a little less direct about it but still they do. PC’s commercial usually show regular people to attract consumers. This is a persuasive technique called “plain folks.” They have a normal person with a normal budget searching for their laptop of their liking. The PC commercial at some point involves going into a Mac stores and calming they are too expensive. They also throw a little challenge in their if you can find a laptop in the price range you want you get to keep another technique called “maybe” not “bribery” it looks like they are bribing us, but really they are not because they are saying you might be the next person that is something you see in the lottery you have a chance of winning not a sure. This is shown in the video below



Like Macs PC's have an advantage while they are slower and their average start up time is 1min it does have a larger amount of space for a cheaper price. They do tend to get viruses but they also can play larger files more smoothly. They can play a high multitude of video games also. It also has a more sophisticated graphic card.

(Mac and PC getting along. image found here)

There is the good and there is the bad for both Macs and PCs but people forget what they have in common.Both kinds of laptops use Intel processors some PCs use processors from AMD. Both get memory, hard drives and graphics cards from the same place. They may say they are about different things, their multimedia and internet explorer are fairly similar. They have been going at it for awhile loyal costumers have judged without actually knowing facts who will you choose?

Who do you think is better MAC or PC?

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