Not only has Apple degraded Personal Computers over the past few years with the "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" commercials, but they have taken it a step further with interfering in searches for Windows 7 on Google.
Google is a popular way to advertise for any business. If a user searches for Windows 7, not only will they get information on the new operating system, but they will also have the option to click and buy the upgrade.
Attached is a picture that shows what will pop up along with these options. It is an advertisement for a link to Apples' website, that leads you straight to a page that tells you why your next computer should be a Mac.
I am a Mac user, and I am extremely happy with how they run. Being a windows user in the past, I find that a Mac is much easier to use and I encounter less problems with the software. I actually find it funny that Apple has gone to the extreme of intruding on Google searches for Windows 7. You gotta do what you gotta do right?
I guess I cant blame them for trying. This is a good marketing strategy and I'm sure PC would have done it too.
ReplyDeleteI think the mac vs. pc thing is kind of entertaining. I look for what new lows they'll go to next in competing with each other rather than what new technology they're coming out with so that might be a bad thing.
ReplyDeletePersonally I am a mac user. With that being said it does not surprise me that advertising has come to this. Especially with the state of the economy, no one is ready to splurge 2,000 dollars for a macbook. Apple is doing what they have to do to survive, and succeed. Its a brutal world of computers out there, and there just fighting the battle.
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