- More happy is coming my a**.
Yes, this is Living Largely on the Cheap, so technically I should be showing you how to download Windows 7 for free or something like that (*ahem* I’m sure it will be at www.thepiratebay.org soon enough if you are into doing illegal stuff, *ahem*) However, after much deliberation, I’ve decided instead to show you that you should never buy another Windows product ever again. Stick with Windows XP and save up for a Mac.
First of all, Mac’s commercials are great. You get a subtly geeky holier-than-thou spokesperson bashing down some hopelessly “Office Space”-like character for everyone’s amusement. It’s cheeky and fun. The best part is, Mac doesn’t even use it’s best arsenal. In their latest commercials, they tout that the PC’s are fast and inexpensive, but they get viruses and Macs don’t.
What are you thinking, Mac? Just say “Hey, buddy, remember when you released a decent operating system…in 2001?”
”Hey, PC, isn’t it great how all your new OS’s features are recycled Mac features?”
“Hey, PC, nice tie.”
Compare these wisecracks to Window’s commercials, which are woefully aimed at people who know next to nothing about computers. 4-year-olds, actually. I just love their commercial with that little girl (who’s name is apparently Kylie) who is always making slide shows. Besides the fact that it reeks of 40′s era propoganda, I think it is hilarious that it is portrayed that she made a slide show with quotes she can barely read.
I’m sure it should come off as cute, but when there’s little bunnies and unicorns contrasted with “Windows 7 is…stable, smooth and highly polished,” I worry that perhaps we should be calling child services. Brainwashing children is a crime, right? And then she goes on and on about all these “happy words.” She doesn’t have any idea what they mean, does she? She’s told that these words are happy. They could be showing her the words “sacriligious anti-semetic pervert” and she wouldn’t know the difference.
And on top of all this, I’m sure Windows 7 will blow just as bad as Vista did. So, save some money, stick with your Windows XP and tell the neighbors that you are old school and enjoy your stable OS and Microsoft couldn’t pay you enough to switch, but you don’t want a Mac because…*start mumbling while looking around for a pen*. Then, in your spare time with no one watching, try not to get too much drool in your keyboard as you look up the Macbook Air.
