Ehh, I just watched about half of it. It’s way better than their stupid ad where they smashed musical instruments (a low bar, I know). I didn’t find it particularly egregious, a little cringe but so are most commercials. I don’t think this really deserves the blowback.
The truth is, a Mac is probably best for most college students. I had to make my case for why my parents should buy me a Mac for college (in an all-windows family) and was successful. My dad worked in tech, thought the MacBook was overrated, and loved windows (at the time). A few years later my dad got my sister one when she went to college and again a few years after that when the other sister went.
He later told me “That was the best decision I ever made, you know how many calls I got about issues with their computers? Zero”. Contrast that with rebuilding the family windows computer at least once a year due to some virus/spyware/malware that was infecting it when they lived at home.
MacBooks also hold their value well and are well made (butterfly keyboards notwithstanding). They are great value for the cost. I paid ~$1,000 for my first Mac and it got me through college without issue while I had friends who bought the bargain bin windows $400-500 machine and very few if any of them survived 4 years, the ones that did had batteries that didn’t last or parts literally falling off them.
Things may have improved in the subsequent 15 years (I don’t think they could’ve gotten worse on the window side) but I still recommend people get a Mac unless they have some software that they need that can’t run on it (normally only specialized things). For most people and in most cases it really does “just work”.
xhkkffbf · 11m ago
I've had the best luck with a used Chromebook that I purchased on eBay for $100 or so. It's not like I had to install any software for my classes. It was all Google docs and sheets.
And I didn't worry about someone stealing it.
parliament32 · 2h ago
They're right, it is cringe.
fortran77 · 1h ago
My kid's going to get a Windows ARM laptop, just to spite Apple.
xeonmc · 51m ago
“Mom, can we get Apple Silicon?”
“We have Apple Silicon at home.”
Apple Silicon at home:
ThrowawayTestr · 1h ago
Don't torture your child just to get one over on a company.
garciasn · 1h ago
I just don’t understand the thinking. MacOS and Apple hardware are far superior to Windows in every conceivable way except price in the immediate; but, Apple hardware is superior in price over time as the machine will last longer and have better performance for many more years than a Windows PC.
All because they had a stupid marketing event. Sheesh.
anon7000 · 52m ago
Plus an Apple device has meaningful resale value in 5+ years.
simmerup · 31m ago
The hardware is superior but the software is not
xattt · 3h ago
Are kids these days even sensitive to “edgy” marketing anymore?
nancyminusone · 33m ago
Yes, but they would recognize this as cringe, not edgy. There's not even any swearing or porn!
fred_is_fred · 2h ago
No. My kids loathe ads - to the point that they would rather do anything but watch shows with ads, including watching other shows or watching Instagram/TikTok instead of(which have ads but don't "feel" like ads to them).
9rx · 1h ago
Conversely, my kids get upset with me when I skip past ads. "Hey! I wanted to see that", I hear.
The truth is, a Mac is probably best for most college students. I had to make my case for why my parents should buy me a Mac for college (in an all-windows family) and was successful. My dad worked in tech, thought the MacBook was overrated, and loved windows (at the time). A few years later my dad got my sister one when she went to college and again a few years after that when the other sister went.
He later told me “That was the best decision I ever made, you know how many calls I got about issues with their computers? Zero”. Contrast that with rebuilding the family windows computer at least once a year due to some virus/spyware/malware that was infecting it when they lived at home.
MacBooks also hold their value well and are well made (butterfly keyboards notwithstanding). They are great value for the cost. I paid ~$1,000 for my first Mac and it got me through college without issue while I had friends who bought the bargain bin windows $400-500 machine and very few if any of them survived 4 years, the ones that did had batteries that didn’t last or parts literally falling off them.
Things may have improved in the subsequent 15 years (I don’t think they could’ve gotten worse on the window side) but I still recommend people get a Mac unless they have some software that they need that can’t run on it (normally only specialized things). For most people and in most cases it really does “just work”.
And I didn't worry about someone stealing it.
“We have Apple Silicon at home.”
Apple Silicon at home:
All because they had a stupid marketing event. Sheesh.