If you havent been living under a rock for the last couple months then you have seen the new apple ad campaign. In this ad campaign there is an older geeky looking guy and a younger scruffier guy. Each one tells a different thing that makes Mac OS X seems better. Here are some:

1. OS X has better out of the box programs i.e iLife: Now this is deffinitely true iLife is way better than the programs that usually come bundled on Windows. However mainly what I think about this is that it is obviously built into the price Mac's usually dont have the biggest bang for your buck and not being able to put your own Mac together like a PC also effects the cost. For $2500 I could put together a pretty high end almost over the top computer way better than an out of the box Mac 2.3Ghz PowerPC G5. Also apple purchased programs like iTunes and Finalcut from other companies and then developed them further.

2. You can run OS X and Windows on your Mac: Again true, but skewed advertising. Sure Mac's can run Windows and Unix type OS's, but so can any PC you bought with Windows on it. On a basic Windows machine you can run any flavor of Unix/Linux, Windows of course, and yes Mac OS X (via pearpc and cherryos).

3. Digital editing and other media software is better on OS X: This is only somewhat true with the exception of Finalcut Pro most editing software doesnt really differ between the two Os's. For example the Adobe/Macromedia suites.

4. Mac's don't get affected by viruses: This is untrue Mac's are becoming more and more vunerable to viruses although less vunerable than windows.

5. Windows is only good for spreadsheets and OS X is more fun: Not true at all. Windows has the widest range of available games including the most popular titles such as Half-life2, Quake 4, F.E.A.R, and Oblivion. The selection for Mac games is very slim and the release for that will come out way after the PC and console version.

6. Mac's Can Connect to other non-mac's easier: Actually Windows has better peripheral management and makes it easier to connect to people if not the same.

7. Mac's dont need to restart as much: Completely true this is by far the most annoying thing about installing updates on Windows. However for example my computer has been on for a good week w/o restarting or shutting down.

So yea some stuff about what they say is true but like any other major corporation they have skewed advertising. Good ads, but doesnt make me want pay $150 for a black macbook and all their other bs. Mac is still a major corporation just like Microsoft, probably making more money.