On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > My point of course being that everything that sells a newer version says the > same thing.
Not at all. It is almost unheard of for a manufacturer to advertise the shortcomings of their product. In that vein I actually commend Microsoft for being so forthright, even if it is being done in order to promote and sell the new version of their operating system. > They marketed snow cat among other ways by saying it didn't > take up gigs of diskspace like leopard did. It didn't suck as much. They > also marketed it as faster then previous versions, which MS does with > 7...but of course you only go after MS. It would be a more genuine > complaint if you didn't ignore it from one company and point at it with > another as if it's a bad thing. Again, it is not a bad thing that Microsoft is indicating, by way of their ads for Windows 7, the shortcomings of previous operating system offerings. It is only a bit odd in the advertising world to do so, especially in light of the fact that most users of those previous versions of Windows swear by it, continue to stick with Windows and seem to think it works just fine. Just read what Windows users have to say on this list and one would begin to wonder why Microsoft felt they had to release a new version at all. Also, Apple's new version of their OS is called Snow Leopard, not snow cat. Their advertisements do not refer to the "gigs of diskspace" that Leopard required nor do they hint at how much Leopard sucked. Their ads do not contain references from Mac users about problems they had with previous OS X releases. Perhaps it is just that I have not seen those ads that you speak of. To be factual about it, I was not issuing a complaint as you have suggested. I was merely commenting about the unusual step that Microsoft had taken in the manner by which they constructed their current television ad campaign for Windows 7. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
