Current Mac adverts

[Harrison]

There are some other great ones there too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQECwm3erEs

[Stephen Coates]

I think the new Macintosh adverts are mosty crap.

I think it might be good if they promoted the Macintosh as being a good computer. Not as a computer that is better than PCs.

And they could get better publicity on the internet by making reliable products which don't melt and explode etc.

[Harrison]

Which of Apple's products melt and explode?

There is no denying that Apple create some of the nicest hardware on the market. I doubt you would find anyone who would argue with that. But I think they have lost their way a bit with the Mac and its position in the marketplace. It's just too expansive and you still cannot upgrade them easily or inexpensively.

[Stephen Coates]

http://www.appledefects.com/ says it all really.

[Harrison]

Those batteries swelling up is quite worrying and definitely a fire risk, as is that nano that melted. And those cracks on the laptop cases is something I've thought might happen with the type of plastic Apple have been using on their more recent laptops. It might look cleaner and designed but it is nowhere near as strong as the older style cases they used to use.

[Stephen Coates]

True. My PowerBook 1400's plastics are much better than any newer apple laptops that I have used (or heard about).

[Submeg]

Apple's way of thinking,

"Make it look cool, and people will buy it....don't worry if it works or not..."

[Harrison]

Since Apple moved from their older style Mac designs, ending with the original beige G3, I haven't been a fan of them at all. The only case designs I've taken a liking too have been the all metal G5 ones, and even then I didn't like the grill like front as it looked more like an electric heater than a computer. I'

I've not liked any of the coloured plastic cases right from the first blue G3's to the grey G4's and the multi coloured iMacs. None of them have looked that strong or well constructed, and I hated the old iMacs where you could see the insides of the CRT monitor. Horrible design! That is a complete contrast to the older Macs that while a more boring Mac cream/beige could withstand anything and would go on for many years.