jrtom: (Default)
jrtom ([personal profile] jrtom) wrote2005-01-11 12:21 pm

one of the better Mac ad parodies I've seen

www.soriano-clark.com/mac-attack.htm

which actually originated here:

http://www.happynowhere.net/mac_parody.php

(which also has some letters to and from the creator.)

:)

(Fortunately, my own Mac experiences have generally been less...fraught.)
darcydodo: (Default)

[personal profile] darcydodo 2005-01-11 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Sheer brilliance.
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[personal profile] darcydodo 2005-01-11 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
By the way, you might want to fix the URL on the first link.

[identity profile] jrtom.livejournal.com 2005-01-11 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
wups. thanks.

[identity profile] mrlogic.livejournal.com 2005-02-11 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
There's something very ironic about the fact that the AVI is encoded in an encoding that is not compatible with the default QuickTime available on a Mac.

[identity profile] mrlogic.livejournal.com 2005-02-11 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
...but I did manage to watch it using VLC.

Most of his problems with a Mac appear to be due to (1) his doing stupid things or (2) his using buggy software. Very little of it seems to be attributable to the Mac itself. I've been a Mac user for 15 years and haven't had such problems.