THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION Commission decided that the advertising was misleading "because the main claim was based on the results of limited tests" in which, it said the specification of the computers used was configured to give Apple the best results. The ban followed complaints from eight viewers.
The ITC says its IT expert found that, at best "the G5 was generally as fast as the best Intel-based workstations currently available." The ITC therefore decided that there was "insufficient evidence" to support the claim "world's fastest, most powerful personal computer".
The watchdog also said it "shared one viewer's doubt" that the claim could be substantiated at all because, "computers were constantly being updated and had many different applications and benchmarks". It judged that the advertising was misleading and required that it should not be re-shown in its current form.
News source: The Inq
The ITC says its IT expert found that, at best "the G5 was generally as fast as the best Intel-based workstations currently available." The ITC therefore decided that there was "insufficient evidence" to support the claim "world's fastest, most powerful personal computer".
The watchdog also said it "shared one viewer's doubt" that the claim could be substantiated at all because, "computers were constantly being updated and had many different applications and benchmarks". It judged that the advertising was misleading and required that it should not be re-shown in its current form.
News source: The Inq
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OWNED! by 8 brits! LMAO
On the other hand, if we get 8 people to say some show stinks, you think they will ban that too! They'd have to, otherwise, double standards!
So therefore it cannot claim it is.
Just look at duracell: "Lasts up to six times longer" than zinc carbon maybe... Who the hell makes zinc carbon cells anyway? LOL And that campaign is still going strong.
I would love to have a g5 though...
This isn't paranoia, its protecting our people from advertising that blatently lies.
Paranoia is america post 911 (or 119 as it should be called if you wernt all so backwards
It is impressive that 8 people can get this actioned.
Unless you're telling me that the US is never going to be the victim of an attempted terrorist attack again.
And they who have done something bad can never earn their trust back?
I think you need a hug or two...
You owe every veteran your thanks, your freedom and your very life. Think about that next time you decide to say something.
Uh, no. If you launch a terrorist attack on the United States, you sure as hell ain't earning your trust back.
I never said that. That's completely your opinion.
1) Its paranoia no matter how you wrap it up
2) Cheesecow's comments in no way deserved a rant from a 'vet', he didnt insult you or your efforts. If you dont want people to express their opinion, why did you fight for just that?
Q
anyway, it's faster. it does more work than any puny athlon or opteron or xeon could ever handle, and argue as much as you want, about how the xeon had hyperthreading turned off, but we all know the truth.
apple has the performance advantage, and now that pc users don't have it, they whine and cry.
all the replies fighting this point shall be proof that pc users have lost their speed and are just whining...
Drugs are bad mmmmmmmmkay.
You should stay off em as you speaking crap.
so your g5 that is "imanginarly" (sp?) the fastest computer dont mean jack when you cant find the software you need
and whne you get like a radeon 9800 pro configed with one of those g5's do you think you are ever going to make full use of that
But really, ignoring whether or not you're right (which you may be) here's my biggest problem with what you said:
yes, IF SOMEONE DISAGREES IT PROVES THEY'RE WRONG...oh wait...
even if g5 is faster than anything out there, i still lose any faith in the validity of what you say.
you just gave away my whole point.
pc users know **** about apple.
there are lots of other games for osx, and since you think ut2003 was the last one, you obviously haven't read anything about apple. so it's nice you know minor details like the new g5 having a 9800pro in it, but pc users as a whole would only like to know about what microsoft is doing next to enhance the eXPerience.
thanks for proving my whole point.
you sir are an idiot.
*owner of both a P4 and ibook*
thankyou
dumbass.
good job using an ibook. real expression of apple power there
As we well know, there are lies, damned lies and benchmarks, and hard as it is for the advocates to accept, you cannot claim that that your machine is "The Fastest, most powerful Personal Computer in world" when it isn't. It implies that it will beat everything at everything hands down, which is simply false. Apple's benchmarks were exposed as not being fair at the time anyway (Pentium 4 comparisons were made without enabling SSE2 for instance, optimising GCC for G5, but not using the optimised compiler for Intel - etc).
There's very few adverts here which will claim to be "the best" at aeverything, simply because it is very very rarely true - especially with Computers.
-- Added to that the advert for a pile of irritating, patronsing gloop anyway, it certainly wont be missed.
- On similar UK advert notes, the current Dell adverts are getting at me. I don't know if the US gets the same one, but it starts with a stereotypical computer nerd mumbling about megahertz and gigahertz, and then interrupts to say that Dell provide advice is plain English. The advert then goes on the promote a PC that they say "now comes with Double Memory!!!1111admin!!!" - WHAT? What is that? What on earth is "double memory" to anyone? It means nothing to a computer user, it means nothing to a normal person. Double of what??!?. *end rant*
Anyways, that's what I understood from getting "double memory"...
But it is something alot of unbiased persons such as myself have been saying, that the G5 isnt the fastest, most powerful personal computer in the World. Check out Specs and other independent sites that have done these tests countless times in the past.
Now you have the THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION Commission in Britain saying the same thing.
Alot of you Mac fans have jumped on the biased and misleading data released by Apple saying its the fastest, when in fact it wasnt a level playing field for these tests and then saying that Apples are the greatest and then saying PC's suck etc etc. You were one of those people Macstar.
Now finally a official unbiased agency is saying the same thing, that the Apple IS NOT THE FASTEST IN THE WORLD.
Simple.
of course there were biased pc people too who dismissed apple's claims forthright without even looking at any benchmarks. it happens on both sides, as always.
/me gets laid and then has a rest.
Cheers for that advice
PS, excellent points, good post.
Come on, when can I run mainstream software on Linux without buggy emulation? The Linux community needs to do everything possible to make porting easier.
Back to the G5... bollocks!
They quickly made faster processors and discontinued P3 I tjink....
Plus, processor speed doesn't matter unless you have the hardware to back it up.
I'm happy with my AMD 1.2 GHZ computer, I'd be happy with a G4 with OSX.
I say to these people get a life take a pill and relax and enjoy life while you can...
Last edited by 38239 on 12 Nov 2003 - 14:13
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