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New Microsoft Ad Targets Potential Apple Customers on Price

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All good points CR. I am also shocked how many recent Laptops besides Macs still use DDR2 RAM. Apple must of been one of the first out there to switch completely to DDR3.

There were gaming laptops that used DDR3 before apple started to. However they did cost 4k so blah.
 
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If price was the only factor in decision making, I'd be using a $300 Dell and a free flip phone that comes with a 2 year contract. :Oops:
 
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Yes Apple has taken sarcasm to a whole new level. And I love it.
 
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new laptop hunters out. I guess she is going to make the new terminator movie on windows movie maker... IMO she'll have better luck being a artist throwing a bucket of crap onto white drywall.

YouTube - Laptop Hunters $2000 - Sheila gets an HP HDX

If you need to ask "is this graphics card powerfull?" you don't know jack about computers! If you are a video editor, or at least a real one, you will know which computers are the best for the job.....APPLE.....and you will already know what the specs are and don't need to ask stupid questions like that and about processor speed. Going to bestbuy, I always do my own research because the salepeople always make the computers seem better than what they are! They don't care which one is better as long as they make a sale and put money in their pockets! And also, I would have new DDR3 with 2gb than old, outdated ddr2 with 4gb!! Being a youtube video cut and paster doesnt automatically make you a "Movie Editor".....LMAO!!!! I hope she is happy for her new pile of turd:D I don't want morons owning apple products:)
 
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I just went to the HP site and configured it as close to the MBP as possible and
guess what the MBP was still 300.00 dollars higher but the HP still lacked things like
ddr3 ram and 6mb cache all while being lighter with a longer lasting battery
and built like a tank so yes I think this is worth the extra 300.00.
 

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Maybe its the way you worded your post OSXX but did you say MBP does NOT have DDR3? Because it does.
 
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Maybe its the way you worded your post OSXX but did you say MBP does NOT have DDR3? Because it does.

Fixed it thank you was trying to multi task and obviously I am very poor at it.
 

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Thanks for correcting that. I was pretty sure it was just a wording or typing mistake.
 

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If you need to ask "is this graphics card powerfull?" you don't know jack about computers! If you are a video editor, or at least a real one, you will know which computers are the best for the job.....APPLE.....and you will already know what the specs are and don't need to ask stupid questions like that and about processor speed. Going to bestbuy, I always do my own research because the salepeople always make the computers seem better than what they are! They don't care which one is better as long as they make a sale and put money in their pockets! And also, I would have new DDR3 with 2gb than old, outdated ddr2 with 4gb!! Being a youtube video cut and paster doesnt automatically make you a "Movie Editor".....LMAO!!!! I hope she is happy for her new pile of turd:D I don't want morons owning apple products:)

That lady was beyond stupid. Blah blah "I'm a PC, and an artist."

Seriously, just because you edit film doesn't make you an artist.
 
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That lady was beyond stupid. Blah blah "I'm a PC, and an artist."

Seriously, just because you edit film doesn't make you an artist.

I can't remember where I read that the AD agency doing the new comercials
was done on Mac's.
 
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It was that the meta data of the finished video files said made on macs. But they quickly changed it when the cat was out of the bag.
 

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I can't remember where I read that the AD agency doing the new comercials
was done on Mac's.

It was that the meta data of the finished video files said made on macs. But they quickly changed it when the cat was out of the bag.

Oh the irony. >_<"
 

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I just went to the HP site and configured it as close to the MBP as possible and
guess what the MBP was still 300.00 dollars higher but the HP still lacked things like
ddr3 ram and 6mb cache all while being lighter with a longer lasting battery
and built like a tank so yes I think this is worth the extra 300.00.
A little late to the game here but you might enjoy reading this. Seems like the MBP isn't as "expensive" as everyone says it is (still expensive but not comparatively).
 
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I just saw the "I'm a PC, and an artist" one for the first time, and I think it has to be the dumbest one yet.
 
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Honestly I am sick of both the mac and pc ads, all it is doing is promoting the flame wars between both of the fan boys.
 

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Honestly I am sick of both the mac and pc ads, all it is doing is promoting the flame wars between both of the fan boys.

It's been going on since the 80s and I highly doubt it's going to stop any time soon. The only way I can see it stop is when the world ends. >_>"
 
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so true .. but i work at best buy and everyone there is a Mac fan.. and my store doesn't even have a apple department...lol in short there is no flame wars in my store.
 

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