Priceless!

lithium1377 says:

it would make sense. if you are going to be creative, go mac!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

unten44    says:

I love the irony!

The real kicker is that Microsoft scrambled to put a new picture up last night that was made on a Windows PC, but the new picture size is bloated and it doesn't look as good as the mac one!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

The whole thing is hilarious! I am so glad I downloaded the picture and did this screen shot before they changed it.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

jonrawlinson    says:

classic!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff++    says:

Er... So the image was created (or simply saved) on a Mac running Photoshop CS3. So?

Regarding the bloat: last I heard, CS3 doesn't save any differently on the Mac vs the PC, so all that's been demonstrated is that: 1) a Mac was used to save an image and, 2) someone doesn't know how to strip metadata properly.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

ThE_RiPPeR says:

Hi, I'm a PC but I can only think in Mac

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish T-shirts.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

ZLZ says:

原来如此
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

tsevis    says:

Congrats!

But this is not so strange.
Take a look at all the RIA content in their website. It's made with Adobe Flash instead of their super duper Flash killer, Silverlight.

Cool huh?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

agenterafa86 says:

This doesn't mean absolutely nothing. I'm a PC user, but I also have a new iPhone 3G. And you know what? At the Apple store (at least the one in Chelsea, NYC) where I got my iPhone, they were using a fancy mobile scanner to charge the credit cars (it looks like a laser gun) and you know what? The operating system for that device is Windows Mobile... so... yes... Apple is using Windows Mobile to charge credit cars at their stores.
You can find many of this kind of ironies everywhere, and they doesn't mean anything.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

tom.julio says:

Credit cars eh agenteraffafafa86? Now that's irony! I think..maybe
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

agenterafa86 says:

yeah... tom.julio, I miss spell cards, and you did the say with my name.. :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

pedromedeiros    says:

Mac rules!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

ronin691    says:

agenterafa86 = Steve Ballmer
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Tiago Celestino    says:

uhuhahuhhu Se lascou MS huahua
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

tsevis    says:

I cannot understand how these anonymous guys think that they have any credibility at all.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

ke4vcs1 says:

Who really cares?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

crazyapplefangirl    says:

Hey agenterafa86

>>>>This doesn't mean absolutely nothing.

English teachers are groaning everywhere. You do realize that you just said that it does mean something? Yes, you are a PC.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

rachel.hy239 says:

"English teachers are groaning everywhere. You do realize that you just said that it does mean something? Yes, you are a PC. "

flotsam828 says:

Jeff++, why would they be doing anything for this ad on a Mac if PCs are just as good or better? That's the point here.

(And the answer is because they're not.)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

mulls    says:

That's just sloppy management. You know who cares? The people spending millions of bucks running this campaign, and the creatives use a mac without even thinking twice about it.

Oh, and @ agenterafa86. I am honestly still trying to understand this phrase: "This doesn't mean absolutely nothing." It's either mensa brilliant or incredibly retarded. Pondering...
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Zurgo says:

LOL...
The usual idiots...


Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

JonnyMoss    says:

Excellent! Thanks for posting :-)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

@Jef++ Yes you are right, the point is that in this very particular campaign, that is aimed against the I'm a Mac ads, they should have been a bit more careful. They all are showing is that Mac is better also for work ;-)

@agenterafa86 Yes, the machines in the apple store are microsoft operated. This is imposed by the banks who process the credit card transactions. You must use the hardware they authorise. And honest, your English is appalling (and English is my second language!)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

@ To all the rest. Thanks for visiting and laughing with me at MS expense
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

#1 Playa says:

LOL!!!! As I always said, Mac rules!!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Patrick Houlihan    says:

What a way to follow up on the Jerry Seinfeld advertising fiasco.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

wickedpixel    says:

Can you upload the original Mac photo? :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

iamhephzibah says:

how embarrassing!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Squalo corridore says:

Rotfl
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

harlequinade says:

Proof positive that the Redmond Virus sucks large, spherical objects. When will the poor souls in Redmond just admit defeat and start using Linux??
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Hoffpauir    says:

How sweet is that? Proof that even Microsoft prefers the Mac.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

[schmuck] says:

talk about kicking yourself... with a mac. ha!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

pabloemails    says:

lol
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

manjerico says:

lol, nice ;D
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

asd124zhdt says:

I'll bet that Microsoft paid an advertising company to make it for them.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

johnmod    says:

inside every PC is a Mac yearning to break free
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Tous les noms sont déjà pris... pfff...    says:

:-)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

.rexguo    says:

I'm Intel and I power both PCs and Macs.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Halesz    says:

Shit happens :D:D:D
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Camillo Miller says:

I downloaded the image but now the Exif data says windows...
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

Yep Camillo, they changed the metadata. You can see the story in the link I give at the top
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Let there be more Jacek    says:

haha, this is sooo funny. 
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

'ô.ô' says:

owned!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

iAngelDJ says:

 Rulez! LOL
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

monkletx1 says:

Photoshop much?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

the mad LOLscientist says:

ROFLMAO!!!!!! 

--
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/19/micr osofts-im-a-pc-ads-created-on-macs/ (?)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Michal Osmenda    says:

that's unreal
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

wensphoto says:

I knew it! 
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

seveneven says:

Microsoft. Think Different. They think different on Mac of course ;)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Sergio.Stefano    says:

awesome!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Zabarov says:

Hello, I'm a PC.... but I use mac for serious stuff...
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Guilherme Nascimento says:

lol
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Julio_tx    says:

Simply Hilarious
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

travel_light says:

link featured in a brazilian newspaper today
=)
lucky bastard
are they paying you?
hahahaha
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

@travel light: hehehe. I wish I was getting paid one dollar per click! That would be a small fortune by now. I have had more views on this phot in 3 days than my entire stream in 3 years!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

travel_light says:

well, for what is worth, your photostream is pretty nice =)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

Hey, thanks!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

monkletx1 says:

wehre the hell are my posts going
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

traumlichtfabrik    says:

this is so priceless!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

thebigbluecan says:

Ummmmm I checked and it says "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows" I wonder if they changed it or if my computer is Lying to me. I believe it tho because I have been hearing about this all day.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

thebigbluecan says:

Check my Photos to see my screenshot of it saying "Windows"
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

They changed it. Check this story

www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/19/microsofts- im-a-pc-ads-...
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

SAO!    says:

hy im from Sao Paulo, Brasil...and i see this here in the newspaper
cool pic and revelations
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Soheil Ranjbardust says:

This is a 3ooty
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

OIi Hoschke says:

mac, fap fap fap fap fap
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

agreenantbitmetoday says:

I think the eral genius ere is the guy that took the screenshot. Just got himself on every newspaper around the wold lol - reminds me of that Dustin Hoffman movie, Accidental Hero.

Really doesn't prove anything but sure beats the usual news.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

@ agreenantbitmetoday :D LOL
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

gregbzh    says:

Hard case. What better advertising for Apple?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

excel_guru says:

I have recently thrown out my windows PC and replaced it with a Mac.

It is apparant that Windows is a woman.. You tell it what to do, it pretends to listen and goes and does what it thinks you should be wanting to do which is nothing like what you want. When you try to tell it, it got it wrong, it will argue and insist that it has done what you want but hasn't. It gives meaningless error messages and makes simple tasks too complex to attempt.

Macintosh is like a bloke. It will do what you ask, and only what you ask, noting more, nothing less. It dosn't ask pointless questions, nor does it take any longer than necessary to complete a task.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

JeffreyLloyd says:

hahaha
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Erwan Hesry says:

haha good job microsoft lol : microsoft using a mac : it shows that a pc is hmmm how to say, bad for creation :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

zarniwhooper says:

So “Windows. Life without walls” is the campaign slogan, My question is: "If you live a life without walls- why on earth would you need windows?"
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

focalmatter    says:

I honestly don't see why this is such a big deal. Microsoft didn't make the ad themselves. They farmed it out to an agency, and most ad agencies do all their video work on Macs. What were they supposed to do -- only take bids from agencies that work solely with Windows machines?
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

It is not a big deal. It is just ironic that the very product you are attacking is used to orchestrate that attack.... Lame is the word that comes to mind :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Resuna says:

What's really ironic is that the point of the "I'm a Mac" ads isn't that PC users are geeks. It's that Windows is annoying, inconvenient, and even dangerous. Microsoft's response is "lots of people use Windows anyway".

Yeh, we know you're a monopoly. That's how you can get away with "change for the sake of change" that nobody ever asked for in Vista. I mean, I've been annoyed when Apple changes details of OS X for no good reason, but compared to Windows... sheesh.

Finding out that "I'm a PC" is made on a Mac just demonstrates the essential cluelessness of the campaign. THe "I'm a Mac" ads say "Windows is a pain in the neck". The fact that the "I'm a PC" campaign was made on a Mac adds another voice saying "Yes, we know".
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

willygseattle says:

Mac or PC? It doesn't matter what you use. You can be creative on a PC and run your business on a MAC or vice versa.

It's really a personal preference. They can each do what the other one does. Period.

What do I use? Both.

W
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Ottoman42    says:

Oopse! Well that was easy.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LeKriz    says:

Hey, Macs run Vista and Office, you know.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

Really! Wow. Hot water also comes out of the tap, you know :-D
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

radio4    says:

LuisDS, you are a champ! This is great stuff :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

darsys    says:

Yessss........
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

toastercat    says:

Luis DS so you are that person! I've read about you... you made my day... (some day last week I think) thank you!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

toastercat    says:

btw I like the article " I AM A MAC if I am being honest" too
www.itwire.com/content/view/20808/53/

quote:
ValleyWag just could not help itself, it had to point out that Deepak Chopra has written about how he prefers the iPod to nuclear weapons, how Eva Longoria has been spotted using a MacBook and how Pharrell Williams has a gold plated iPhone.

Even Seinfeld, sorry it is him again, used a Mac in his TV comedy series apartment it seems.

Can I just say that 'I AM A PC' as well? As long as the money is right...
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

@toastercat. Yes, I am LuisDS, neither a Mac nor a PC :) Thanks for passng by. I seem to have had my 5 minutes of fame with this one.

I read something about several people in the adds using Macs. Even more irony there :)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

parrazubi    says:

Good job my friend. I read the notice in a Spanish adevertising newspaper and I´m here to let you know that your "investigation" is traveling all around the world.

Congratulations Sherlock Holmes!!!!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Sean Shimmel... Queen of the Nile says:

Keen, keen eye :)
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

lex2000 says:

@ focalmatter - You're missing the point. I would think that the headhunter looking for a design agency for a product SPECIFICALLY TARGETING MACS would at least tell the agency to do their screenshots on a Windows PC. Even if it's still dodgy at least they wouldn't look like chumps.

@ willygseattle - You are missing the point, too. Of course the toolbox doesn't make one more creative, but it CAN help you get the job done better. That still doesn't have anything to do with the humor in this hilarious oversight on the part of the ad agency AND Microsoft.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

chrisbrinkworth says:

Made on a Mac, true. But the pay-checks you get are cut on a PC.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

LuisDS    says:

Let's leave the accountants to suffer with the PC's then ;)
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

grmrgecko says:

How did you get that meta data?
I tried and all I see in the inspector window is
Jfif tab
Density Unit: 0
JFIF Version: 1.2
X Density: 100
Y Density: 100

General tab
Color Model: RGB
Depth: 8
DPI Height: 72
DPI Width: 72
Pixel Height: 450
Pixel Width: 800

It is ether that you on your mac used Photoshop to save it, or you have a special method which I don't know to preserve the metadata.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

sasa3k    says:

Great discovery Luis.

I recently bought iMac and it's amazing machine. Simply it works, just like Google for example. Before, I used Pc for almost 15 years, before that I had ZX Specturm and one Commodore. There were so many excellent products on the market (like Amiga or Atari) but Wintel, using aggressive marketing, suppress them all.

I am really happy that Mac is getting more popular.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )