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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:21 am
by karajorma
Which has the effect of making those who actually know something about computing less interested in the place as most of us tend to buy AMD processor based computers
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:59 pm
by Robo
It's all in the aim of trying to cram lots of buzzwords together to make something sound technical, brand new and great.
It's a Pentium4 processor, with hyper threading.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:41 pm
by Petrarch
I don't know what's worse. That they cram technobabble into computer ads, or that they do the same in shampoo ads.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:50 pm
by pyro-manic
Roanoke wrote:I hate those damn PC World adverts. Okay, I get it, it's got an damn Pentium 4 (with HT Technology) processor. I mean, twice in like 15 seconds (plus the intel logo sequence just to really drive home the point) ? Drives me insane.
The music (heh, I say "music"...) actually annoys me more than the content...
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:30 pm
by Robo
pyro-manic wrote:Roanoke wrote:I hate those damn PC World adverts. Okay, I get it, it's got an damn Pentium 4 (with HT Technology) processor. I mean, twice in like 15 seconds (plus the intel logo sequence just to really drive home the point) ? Drives me insane.
The music (heh, I say "music"...) actually annoys me more than the content...
Yes.. pumping trance. Multiplies the 'amazing great must-buy product' factor by 10.
I'm going to get a transcript of one of their adverts and put it up here just to show the world how rediculous it is.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:20 pm
by CIH
The Dell XPS ad does it as well. No mention of little things like Graphics Crads or anything. No no no, it's got a P4, that's all you need to know.