It’s no secret Microsoft loves comparing some of its products with Apple. The company has long been comparing Surface devices with MacBooks, and some of those comparisons were actually pretty good. Microsoft even had a number of ads comparing Surface devices with MacBook devices, with some of those advertisements being pretty bearable.
But the latest Surface ad comparing the Surface Laptop 2 with a MacBook Air is probably the lamest thing I have seen in a long time. And that’s probably the reason why Microsoft hasn’t officially published the ad, which was leaked by WalkingCat on Twitter.
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Here’s how it goes: Microsoft got a guy called Mac Book and asked him which laptop is faster, which one lasts longer, and which one has a better touch screen. The joke with the last one is, of course, the MacBook not having a touch screen at all.
https://twitter.com/h0x0d/status/1156573268960317440
The ad ends with Mac Book saying “You should get a Surface. Trust me. I’m Mac Book”. Yeah, ugh.
dontbeevil
<p>enjoy 40 minutes of REALLY lame mac ads comparing it with a pc</p><p><br></p><p>youtube.com/watch?v=qfv6Ah_MVJU</p><p><br></p><p>youtube.com/watch?v=BwzLrqehjKs</p><p><br></p>
dontbeevil
<blockquote><em><a href="#446665">In reply to Jeffsters:</a></em></blockquote><p>you mean like the author, that's more like an apple fanboy blogger instead of an objective journalist, manage to change the title in really lame or good way, if it's about his beloved apple or not?</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#446511">In reply to MikeGalos:</a></em></blockquote><p>Looking at the company I work for I actually agree with you. </p><p><br></p><p>Macbooks were the “choice” for lots of people at work, especially at the executive level. With the combination of horrible keyboards and the removal of MagSafe we have had users switch when it came time to refresh. We Have had users break more than a few USB-C charging cables after the removal of MagSafe. </p><p><br></p><p>At the same time we moved to Office 365 and allowed Surface devices to be a choice and believe it or not we are seeing people actually request them. They state that Office 365 is better on Windows and they like the touch screen. I thought the desktop support manager was full of it until I started seeing Surface devices in meetings. </p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#446524">In reply to Daekar:</a></em></blockquote><p>I thought it was great. </p><p><br></p><p>I recently got a Thinkpad T580 with a touch screen. I never thought I would like it or use it. I was wrong and now I wish all my computers had it. </p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#446579">In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:</a></em></blockquote><p>Exactly what do you use in those T3 ports?</p><p><br></p><p>i have a 2017 15 inch MacBook Pro with 4 of those ports and I have $200 worth of dongles so I can actually use the MacBook. I have nothing that natively uses a T3 port. </p>
dontbeevil
<blockquote><em><a href="#446732">In reply to PeteB:</a></em></blockquote><p>found the apple fanboy</p>
dontbeevil
<blockquote><em><a href="#446723">In reply to Silversee:</a></em></blockquote><p>it's the classi hassan apple fanboy/ms hater article, just compare ALL is article when it's up to apple or someone else … his article are good for an apple fanboys blog, not for a website that supposed to be objective</p>