Microsoft ups cash limit, takes aim at MacBook Pros in new ad

CDsDontBurn · May 2, 2009, 02:26 AM

Following a trio of TV ads that cast Apple's 13-inch MacBook line as impractical purchases for average consumers on budgets between $1000 and $1500, Microsoft on Thursday took aim at the company's professional line of notebooks in a fourth ad that doubles the initial spending limit of its role players.

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Source: AppleInsider

BlueMak · May 2, 2009, 11:02 AM

They should retract this ad. It has FAIL written all over it.
If you are a filmmaker that needs a laptop level editing, then 2GB of RAM should be ok. If you are more serious, then why buy a laptop, even with 4GB. Plus as a editor, is she going to use Windows Movie Maker? Man, Microsoft, remove the ad now!

thunderclap · May 2, 2009, 06:38 PM

My favorite moment: "Is this graphics card powerful enough?" "Mmm-hmm."

Tyrsonswood · May 2, 2009, 07:03 PM

Salesman was just a clueless as the buyer

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