Is Apple the Republican and Microsoft the Democrat?

This is an odd comparison but you can blame me for watching too much of the Obama-McCain coverage on Fox News. Based on Apple’s series of ads on Mac vs. PC, there’s a revealing strategy compared to Microsoft’s latest commercial which features Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates.

Apple Commercial: Mac vs. PC

Microsoft Commercial: Shoe Circus

I could be wrong but I feel that Apple’s commercials are like the Republican campaign ads — always on the attack mode.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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18 Comments

Willy says:

17 years ago

Where does that put Ubuntu and the open-source community? The Libertarian Party comes to mind.:)
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jhay says:

17 years ago

Good comparison, though I think Mac heads would not welcome it. ;)
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Gwapito.com says:

17 years ago

Insecure party. They always attack.
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Webmaster says:

17 years ago

The MAC and PC caters two different market and audience some might prefer the MAC over the PC and vice-versa,

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Jomark Osabel says:

17 years ago

Well they say that offense is your best defense.
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Kuya Kevin says:

17 years ago

I’m a Mac user and I tend to vote republican, so the comparison doesn’t bother me :)

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Jay says:

17 years ago

as long as they serve their purpose as Operating System, it’s fine with me. MAC or Windows or Ubuntu, couldn’t care less. =)
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issai says:

17 years ago

the bill gates ad made no sense.

and fox news is biased towards the republican party. it’s like trash news. you might as well just watch CNN or MSNBC. fox news, especially bill o’reilly is very very obnoxious and rude. they have no respect towards their guests and their guests’ opinions. it’s like road rage inside a studio.

anyways, mac or pc, i don’t really care. i can use both.
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dennis says:

17 years ago

You have it backwards.

On the company itself:
Apple’s Steve Jobs is a Democrat; one of the major stockholders is Al Gore, a Democrat. Jobs has been donating to the Democratic party; in one year, he gave $50,000.

On the ads
The Apple ads is Democrat, because the other guy, the bespetacled suit, resists change. Same with Republicans.
The Microsoft ad is too vague and very Republican in it’s simplemindedness

This question should have been Googled first, because the answer is too obvious.
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Abe Olandres says:

17 years ago

@dennis, I was merely basing it on the way the commercials were made.

The Mac vs. PC commercial is an example of an “attack and mock the opponent”. The Microsoft commercial is like a “non-offensive and trivial story telling”.

That’s how I look at it after seeing dozens of McCain and Obama ads.
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