Fubar Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Get Out More !!! seriously people.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yes because owning things from a business that calls the competition cancer and communism is vastly better, eh? Show me where that happened Bill Gates compared open source software to communism and Steve Balmer said it was a cancer. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Microsoft has been running similar context sensitive ads against competitors for YEARS. This is hardly news. Everyone does it. Business as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Spork) Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 lol @ apple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zagor Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Not only does it not work, but on that exact same search, I get 137,000,000 hits, not 136.I call fake. it is not fake...when I did the search myself the second sponsored link turned out to be Apple's site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted November 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm no attorney, and I don't even play one on TV, but I'd think that Apple using Microsoft's trademarks to sell their own product is probably a no-no... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticWhisper Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 As marketing stunts go, this isn't really that bad. At least, it's nothing companies haven't done for ages before this. Pretty much the computer equivalent of "Put down that Coke, try all new Blackberry-Vanilla Pepsi!" Obnoxious, yes, but that's marketing for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epple Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 They sure are scared... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 2, 2009 MVC Share Posted November 2, 2009 You never see ads on TV anymore where they "Show off" Their products. All they do in every add is slam the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) Typical... Not showing up for me though, but if they did I would click on the link a few times. Waste apples google ad credit. Edited November 2, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefarewellnote Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Just saw that they (Apple have an ad on CNN.com) http://www.cnn.com/ Taking the Windows 7 is bad - move to Apple instead approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChainsaw Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Apple face it, you lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted November 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2009 ^ What the hell... that's a huge amount of ad space Apple has :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Goatlord Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Every time I see something like this, my sig gets proven more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 You never see ads on TV anymore where they "Show off" Their products. All they do in every add is slam the competition. Not true exactly. When it comes to Macs and OS X, sure, that's completely true. Their iPod / iPhone advertising on the other hand does a great job showing off their product. This is what baffles me to be honest, as they do so well in one area, yet fail completely with their main hardware and operating system. I've got friends that don't really even care to get involved in the Mac vs. PC wars, but it's pretty sad when they come to saying, "Have you seen those Apple ads? They're really getting out of hand..." On top of that though, I'm still trying to find an "average joe" who has even heard of OS X. When I ask them about the PC vs Mac commercials, many have told me they don't even pay them any attention because they don't get it. Apple, your customers can't make comparisons when they don't understand what exactly you want them to compare! This is pretty pathetic given that it's their main product they've been selling for years and years... iPhone and iPod ads are completely different though, in that you get to see what their product is directly, the things it can do, and so forth. They look nice, appear simple and easy to use, and well... generate hype. They quite literally make people say, "I want that!" As for this Google ad, I find it quite displeasing, as ads are supposed to be set up around what the user is interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm no attorney, and I don't even play one on TV, but I'd think that Apple using Microsoft's trademarks to sell their own product is probably a no-no... In the UK, Canada, and the USA this would not constitute trademark infringement - it was sorted out a decade ago (Playboy v Netscape) and nearly every year since. The case most specific to this would be Google v Rescuecom. The court makes it clear that <company x> has a right to buy advertising based on <company y> keywords and that google is allowed to sell them. Apple face it, you lost. Apple has enough cash in the bank to purchase every share of Dell. Given that those two are in nearly identical business: computers, media players, screens, accessory bits, networking gear, etc. how does that count as losing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInAlley Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 This is really cheap and sad. I'm a Mac user and own a lot of Apple products but this is just sad :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharos Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Not getting it over here, but searching Bing for " Mac os download" does show a Windows 7 ad Not going to solely criticize Apple for this since Microsoft is apparently doing the same :shifty: Pretty ridiculous IMO, but oh well. That's competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Not getting it over here, but searching Bing for " Mac os download" does show a Windows 7 ad I'm not, but I did get one on Google. Tip: use better keywords. Having "OS download" in there alone is going to bring you less specific results, especially considering the OS that can run on a Mac can be either OS X or Windows (Linux too I believe, right?). When properly searching "Mac OS X download", the results are perfectly clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_c_b Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 You mean like this;http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009...c-users-too.ars Seriously, both sides are pretty rotten in the "throwing feces on the other" so I wouldn't go calling out either of them worse. Yea, but most of that was true, even as an Apple owner I have to admit that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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