Comments on: Video: Homeless Frank Buys A Crappy Plastic PC To Use As A Blanket

By: lazysupper

lazysupper — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:59:17 +0000

I’ll buy anything if it’s shiny and made by Apple!

By: Latest “Laptop Hunters” Ad From Microsoft Hits The Web: Meet Lauren And Sue

Thu, 14 May 2009 22:09:12 +0000

[...] responded to the Laptop Hunters series with the Elimination spot. You should also check out the ‘Homeless Frank’ video if you haven’t seen it [...]

By: Lou Natick

Lou Natick — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:30:53 +0000

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By: Two Geeks and a Blog :: Microsoft Videos :: Homeless Frank gets a PC!

Two Geeks and a Blog :: Microsoft Videos :: Homeless Frank gets a PC! — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:09:54 +0000

[...] noted by TechCrunch, it was only a matter of time before someone did a parody of the recent Microsoft PC ads. The [...]

By: john la

john la — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:29:55 +0000

2nd rate Korean components? that’s like 10-20 years ago… why afraid to piss off chinese communists that you can’t say 2nd rate chinese components?

By: j-rod

j-rod — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:41:00 +0000

are you saying that since tc is free reading, you have no responsibility to maintain some level of quality for your readership? immature.

By: VIDEO: "Homeless Frank" PC Commercial Spoof | Blippitt

VIDEO: "Homeless Frank" PC Commercial Spoof | Blippitt — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:00:19 +0000

[...] this video spoof, created by LandlineTV.com, “Homeless Frank” goes shopping for a [...]

By: “I’m poor, but I’m not retarded” - Laptop Hunters: Homeless Frank

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:03:53 +0000

[...] Source:→ TechCrunch [...]

By: igniman

igniman — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:54:16 +0000

they all use macs. that’s understandable – they ‘re bloggers. the rest of the world who want to be more productive keeps using “anything that does the work well even if it’s not really shiny”

By: Insider

Insider — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:11:27 +0000

Fuck off you motherfuckin Mactard

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:23:33 +0000

Way to lay on a conspiracy theory ‘anon’

By: Homeless Frank

Homeless Frank — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:30:51 +0000

Go Landline! Thanks for casting me in ur vid-e-o

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:01:41 +0000

Good god you win! That quote is fucking hilarious. Much better than the MS ad or the weaksauce parody. Sounds like your pal was born to astroturf!

By: Jim Z

Jim Z — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:23:48 +0000

What I want to know is how many of TechCrunch’s staff uses macs versus pcs. Then take the ones that use pcs and find out what percentage use laptops. Once you have that number, lets see how much these laptops cost and compare it to the writers using mac laptops and then make the determination whether or not the writers using PCs should really be writing for TechCrunch because it is obvious that people who use PCs are too dumb to be able to buy a good laptop let along write for quality publication such as TechCrunch.

Seriously people, how much longer is this going to go on for? Macs have no chance in hell to make a dent in the PC laptop share and much of it is due to cost and the fact that 90% of the consumers out there do not require the “features” that a Mac laptop comes with. Windows Vista works well enough to be used by most of my friends and family and I would say that it most likely works well for most people.

The Microsoft ads have a lot of truth to them in that they state two things: 1 – Macs are out of the price range for many people, and 2 – A PC Laptop is good enough for the consumers that the ads represent.

Just my 2 cents.

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Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:48:21 +0000

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:29:01 +0000

Also, I do development on both OSX and Vista, and Vista kicks ass over OSX in almost every way.

By: Anon jr

Anon jr — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:24:35 +0000

But still better than the mac adds.

By: Jay Cuthrell

Jay Cuthrell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:52:32 +0000

By: anon

anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:51:23 +0000

The last version of Windows to crash on me was Windows 98. I set up RAID in 5 minutes. The user experience of clicking an icon to launch the same software available to a Mac is just fine thanks.

Performance is great too.

Core2Quad OCd to 3.4, EVGA 750i, 8 GB DDR2 800, 9800GT 512MB, WD VelociRaptor 150GB 10,000 RPM, more drives, 800W psu, Antec case, other goodies, Samsung 245T.

Total cost: $1600 (less now).

My computer will eat any iMac ever made, and will smoke the low end Mac Pro ($2500). Yeah, I can’t run GarageBand, but I can melt your face.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:32:46 +0000

Preach bpierce!

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:31:00 +0000

And the only way you can defend Macs is by name calling?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:30:26 +0000

I’m a fan of Macs and PC’s. I’ve owned both, and strangely enough, the only problems with hardware failure I’ve had are with my Mac. The thing fell apart on me. The power cable wore in two. The ethernet plugin broke, and the battery has been rendered completely useless. It doesn’t even keep enough of a charge to start the machine. Of course, my PC’s are computers that I built myself, and not the big name-brand machines.

Maybe I’m an oddity here, but based on my experiences, I’d have to choose the PC for value every time.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:30:20 +0000

huh????

Price it out… In order to get “in line” with the rest of the corp world (sad but true) you need to have a win based machine. Thus, you can get a apple but you also have to add the win-for-apple software package which makes them more expensive. Last time I checked it was roughly $300+ addition to the machine’s price.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:29:35 +0000

@ dante

Your assumption of bias makes you sound small, stupid, and totally unaware of the facts behind why the video was produced in the first place. Every post on the campaign has been negative, cause the campaign is flawed in its argument. Put that in your pipe and smoke it buddy…

By: bpierce

bpierce — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:29:10 +0000

Macs clearly aren’t even an option for many people. (Businesses, people without money to burn) If I were to switch from Windows to another OS, I can’t think of one reason why I would pick OSX over Ubuntu. So if money is in any way a factor, Apple is out.

To some people functionality and price are what matters. Macs are great toys, but Mac fanboys can’t seem to wrap their heads around the idea that they are a luxury item. I’m sure your hummer is fun to drive but that doesn’t mean it does a better job of transporting you from one place to another.