Do realize that many graphic designers tend to use Macs, and they're always caught sneaking Mac hardware and interfaces into their work. I've also seen a Gateway Web support poster in which their Web page is shown inside a Mac OS browser window. Funny.
What makes this interesting is the use of a competing product to sell yours. I very much doubt you would see an image of a Ford in a Toyota ad. It is very much an "eat your own dogfood" thing.I found this as amusing as when a few weeks ago they were using Final Cut to edit a video for a Microsoft product on the Apprentice.
It doesn't surprise me really, Apple laptops are renown to be the best looking available on the market, I've yet to see another laptop manufacturer come anywhere near Apple in terms of design so it's understandable that advertisers would want to feature them to convey a sense chic cutting edge technology from an Apple laptop and apply it to their product/service. It happens quite often, as i type this there is a leaflet pinned to the corkboard to my left for jobcentreplus featuring a young lady in a public library supposedly browsing the jobcentre website using an eMac although ironically, the site isn't compatible with Macs.
kevinskiDec 10, 2005
Do realize that many graphic designers tend to use Macs, and they're always caught sneaking Mac hardware and interfaces into their work. I've also seen a Gateway Web support poster in which their Web page is shown inside a Mac OS browser window. Funny.
jimagesDec 10, 2005
What makes this interesting is the use of a competing product to sell yours. I very much doubt you would see an image of a Ford in a Toyota ad. It is very much an "eat your own dogfood" thing.I found this as amusing as when a few weeks ago they were using Final Cut to edit a video for a Microsoft product on the Apprentice.
Closed AccountDec 10, 2005
Who cares?
zerounDec 10, 2005Submitter
Dudes, It was just supposed to be funny. I don't know how I got so many digs. I'm sorry I caused you so much trouble.
unclejesse0Dec 11, 2005
Idiots.
sp1keDec 11, 2005
that is bad ass
lookitsdanDec 11, 2005
aaah I see it now! ahahahahaa.. +Digg!
shoeiDec 11, 2005
that is hilarious!
snugsohoDec 12, 2005
It doesn't surprise me really, Apple laptops are renown to be the best looking available on the market, I've yet to see another laptop manufacturer come anywhere near Apple in terms of design so it's understandable that advertisers would want to feature them to convey a sense chic cutting edge technology from an Apple laptop and apply it to their product/service. It happens quite often, as i type this there is a leaflet pinned to the corkboard to my left for jobcentreplus featuring a young lady in a public library supposedly browsing the jobcentre website using an eMac although ironically, the site isn't compatible with Macs.
mattyoheDec 13, 2005
Now they are using this: <a class="user" href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040419/images/microchip_180.jpg">http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040419/images/microchip_180.jpg</a>
mattyoheDec 13, 2005
Oh yeah.. I did a Google Image Search for "microchip"