On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:53 AM, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote:
> She said that the MacBook Air was too expensive because it cost at least > $1800. I'm pointing out that she can get one for half that at the online > Apple Store. She didn't say exactly what her budget was. Maybe, like Lauren, > it's $1000. I think that one of the flaws exposed in those new MS ads is that these laptop hunters are obviously not doing their homework in advance of going out to make their purchases. It seems pretty clear to me that the laptop hunters have walked into the Best Buy store having no idea at all about what computer they want to buy other than to have established a price that they are willing to pay. Anyone who goes to a Best Buy or to any other big box store, and is not already armed with a fair degree of knowledge about what it is that they are seeking to purchase, is in big trouble. They are not educated consumers. They are prey for salesperson's who will try to get them to buy whatever will generate the highest commission for themselves and best suit what the store wants to currently promote. The laptop hunters all seem to be computer neophytes, and perhaps have previously never owned a computer. The ads are certainly not intended to teach one how to go about making an informed purchase, but rather to simply go out and buy a "PC." Folks who see these ads should be able to learn a valuable lesson about how to NOT go about making a computer purchase regardless of what brand they may eventually buy. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
