Comments on: Will Apple sue Microsoft over Laptop Hunter ads?

A lawyer quoted in AdAge feels Apple has a good case against Microsoft over its Laptop Hunter campaign. The only question is whether Apple would actually gain anything from a lawsuit.

[Canok]

The issue is did Apple Legal called up the clown at MS....

If he had dropped a name it will add some credibility to his tale but he didn't.

He knew Apple will never comment of this issue just like Cramer who created some false rumor about Apple to short their shares and he knew Apple will neither confirm nor refute the rumor.

Turner sounded more like a fool rattling a gong because for all we know he is lying thru his teeth just to create this story and nobody the wiser because he knows Apple to keep mum as usual.

[stephantmi]

Let's remember the apple ads that made fun of the large number of updates... I have a Mac, and it seems that apple pushes out updates a couple of times a month... If Apple wants to throw stones, they shouldn't live in a glass house...

[AppleSuxLeo]

Nice to hear from someone grounded in reality. A real Mac owner.
Like I stated elsewhere: A famous Mac/Apple user/promoter stated on a podcast that Apple had a recent security roll-up of over 600 MEGABYTES , mostly to fix holes in the UNIX core.
Yes Apple...you could be sued for LYING about Mac security. And lose big time.

[scott2400]

Sooo...

Microsoft fans are jealous idiots.

Apple fans are self-aggrandizing idiots.

Some of you people need to get a life. It's just a COMPUTER, for chrissakes, not a religion. If you feel compelled to call someone else all sorts of denigrating names merely because of the brand of computer they choose to use... get professional therapy - as quickly as you can. PLEASE.

[NativeSonKY]

See this: http://www.user-groups.net/news/Guy/kawasaki.html - Guy Kawasaki started "MacEvangelism" a LONG time ago in a first-strike effort against PCs. So, do not think it doesn't get that heated at times!

Here's a wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_evangelist

I agree this is just a preference, or in my case at work, a necessity. And really, I haven't chimed in on the Mac vs. PC discussion in about 5-6 years - I thought it had gone away!??! Yeah ...right...but there's some background info for ya - at least Bill never touted M$ as a religion!

[yahoo!!!]

lol the audacity of apple to even think about calling ms for that ad lol!!!!!!!!!!

[SmileyPitz]

Y'all can bicker all you want, all I know is, every PC ANY of my family members have ever bought (laptop or otherwise) were often forced to buy a new one every 2 to 3 yrs, with no ways to work around it because either the OS or the hardware would magically malfunction and can't be fixed, "the money you spend on getting it fixed, YA MIGHT AS WELL BUY A NEW ONE!" Is what we're always told. I bought a mac back in the year 2000, and it served me incredibly up until this year of 2009, with an occasional upgrade here or there. Never had to buy a completely new computer system. That's NINE years, people. graphics, animation, word processing, internet...it did the whole kit and caboodle. And the only reason it died this year was b/c my dumb-ass made the mistake of messing with the processor card. If I hadn't messed with it, I probably could've stretched it's awesome usefulness for a tenth year~

I don't care for the kiddie bicker myself, "PC is better!", "No, Mac is!". But I'll tell you this: my mac WAS expensive when I got it, but that was money WELL SPENT. I got NINE years out of it, and it did it's job well during that entire time.

Bye, kids. That's my two cents.

[thelemurking]

*sniff sniff* - smells like someone isn't telling the truth

"were often forced to buy a new one every 2 to 3 yrs, with no ways to work around it because either the OS or the hardware would magically malfunction and can't be fixed"

I don't think I have ever encountered an OS problem that magically forced me to have to buy a whole new computer. For that matter, I have never encountered a hardware malfunction that required the purchase of a whole new computer. I still have an AMD K6 400mhz machine running Linux. It has a PCI graphics card, 256mb of ram and with the exception of a power supply fan, nothing has been changed since I got it in 1998/99. It runs just the same as it did 10 years ago. I don't power it on that often, but it still works. I spent about $450 on that system as a barebones kit and the rest of the pieces.

I don't know if you are aware of this, but a computer is much like a car... surely you wouldn't run out and buy a new car every time you got a flat tire or ran out of a windshield wiper fluid? You are allowed to purchase components to replace components.... if your ram goes bad, you can buy new ram, if your dvd rom stops working, $25 will get you a brand new dvd burner to replace the bad one. Why your family would BUY a new computer every 2 or 3 years is just flat out silly!

[AppleSuxLeo]

Even Cnet said on Buzz Out Loud...Apple..."Bite My Butt" (Molly Wood)

[masonx]

Screw the ad, I'm still back at where she said she was looking for a laptop with a comfortable keyboard - and what she selected had the standard crappy, painfully cramped, laptop keyboard. When will some genius design an ergonomic laptop keyboard with padded wrist rests and a touch pad that isn't under the hands in the typing position? I have both a MacBook Pro and a Toshiba, and have numerous other PC laptops - and the Apple gets the award for the worst keyboard on the market IMO - starting with the backspace key labeled as a Delete key and no real Delete Key. This one feature tells me that Apple is all hype and perception - with no real substance.

Apple should merely ignore the Microsoft 'cheaper' ads, as a penny-pincher would NEVER even consider buying a Mac !
EVERYONE knows that IBM-compatibles have always been cheaper, orginally!

[markypolo911]

Let the FOOLS buy Windows Computers. Viruses, Worms and Trojans NEED a Home. I've owned a Mac 10 years. Never had anti-virus software. Never will need.

[amber0728]

So, can PC makers and users sue Apple to point out that not all PC users are balding, overweight, caucasian males in our late 40's / early 50's wearing glasses and a classic IBM friendly black suit with white shirt & tie? Seriously, my house has both because of work requirements but ironically the MAC is used in PC MODE 90% of the time. I'm a PC and I'm a happy camper.

[NativeSonKY]

Well, one of the fallacies I see permeating this discussion is that Macs are somehow inherently reliable. HA! Even in the graphic arts industry, where I have worked for over 30 years, one of the most common breaks in an otherwise peaceful workplace is the sound of someone screaming "Not again!!", signaling that yes, yet again, the Mac has hung up or crashed, and that someone's work of an hour or two is irretrievably lost! It happened with the MacPlus, the PowerPC, the iMacs and EVERY single model they have ever built. Our PowerPC Mac which interfaces with our RIP processor has to be rebooted at least once a day and most of the time multiple times during the day due to hanging up. And yes, PCs CAN be just as bad I will say, but I have worked WEEKS at a time at home on my PC without having to reboot once. But the one truth I DO see above in the comments is: ALL "computers" have their share of problems. ALL of them are made from the cheapest materials possible to derive the maximum PROFIT for the manufacturer. And with anything mass produced, you always have problems. The difference for me is that if my video card goes out on my PC I can replace it myself in less than 5 minutes, instead of having to drive 80 miles to an Apple Store to get it replaced. That's a no-brainer, and Mac folks should love that!

[shycelticwitch]

Native.... whatta buncha BS. If you really had a Mac network at your graphic design business and it had that many problems than you had a certified idiot administering it, who had no idea how to set security parameters. I have done just the opposite of you. Over the last 12 years I have replaced almost all 28 systems in my design studio with Macs. Four Quadra 800s are still used for scanning and text conversions. We have a Mac Classic (color) on the front desk for nostalgia... but it still runs too. Why did I replace my Windows PCs with Macs? That's an easy answer. Network stability and security. Do I care that Snow Leopard will not run on my non-intel G5s? NO!!! Leopard is just fine, and will work seamlessly with Snow when I upgrade those systems that can run it. XServer rocks. Our 4 RIP server stations have run without issue for 16 months. The other 24 systems run the full Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection, most of the time with 3 or 4 of those applications running simultaneously, without lag, without freezing and without graphics card issues.

And if you can't replace a video card in a Mac you have no business even being inside a computer. Never in 20 years of computing have I ever seen the inside of a computer so user friendly as a Mac Pro.

I have ONE Windows PC left in my business, and it will remain there solely for the purpose of opening MS Publisher files. It seems there are still a lot of wannabe designers out there who think having Publisher makes them a professional, and it's nothing more than Word with a few Quark features added.

Honesly... I think you're just blowing a lot of smelly smoke here, and have never owned a single Mac. OR, you did own them and had no idea how to use them, and decided to go cheap and easy instead.

It's ok. Not everyone is capable of understanding or executing "user friendly". Some people prefer to have issues due to their need to feel superior to the machine they are working on.

[deathxxshark]

I still don't get why they say "I'm a PC" in Microsoft commercials and "I'm a Mac" in Apple commercials.

I mean, PC means personal computer right? So aren't Mac's essentially "personal computers"?

[AppleSuxLeo]

FYI...Cnet staffers , on "Buzz Out Loud" refer to iTunes as a "Bloated Turd" Gotta love that !
Iv`e heard many Mac users call it a "Bloated Monolithic Spreadsheet"

[AppleSuxLeo]

Apple should concentrate on what actually goes into their notebooks , because I could care less about a "uni body chassis" when I would be getting so little SUBSTANCE inside.
When those Microsoft stores come , Mac sales will drop even further. Bring them on !

[tipoo_]

Pfft, man up, apple.

[idsd]

For all the apple fans out there ... sue baby sue ... then carry on with ur ads abt attacking PC. Fair....right ...hahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahha on ur face steve!!

[Common-Sense87]

If macs crash as much as my iPhone or if all 900 mac os's have the memory leaks my iPhone does look out. I'll stick with the format 95% of the world RELIES on.

[Common-Sense87]

Why do macs cost so much??? Do pay for steve jobbs' experimental organ transplants.... Don't tell anyone I told you but he uses a microsoft os to run his bionic body ssshh