Wednesday, October 1, 2008

MAC & PC comics !!










The debate goes on whether people should invest their money in a PC or MAC? There are many factors effecting the decision. I have created a comic strip with personifications of both a MAC and a PC similar to the advertising campaign that Apple Inc. launched.
In the first three cells of my comic strip I introduce the personifications of both a MAC computer (which oddly looks like the finder icon from MAC operating system) and the windows personification which is a interesting looking character that happens to look unintelligent.
The second and third cell show the windows man is walking in front of a Apple Inc. store and sees the Mac man, the Mac man asks him what he is doing near the Apple Inc. store? The windows man first makes a excuse of why he is there then admits he is curious of the Macs and the apple store. The Mac explains that people are getting sick of PCs and the many problems the carry with them. The Windows responds with a statistic stating, “PC’s own 90% of the computer market share”.
On the forth and fifth cell Mac and PC find themselves in different places, first a college class room and then a office. Mac explains that college students are starting to make the switch from PCs to Macs, the PC’s responds with many malfunctions in its response with unnecessary additions of duplicate letters that it has no worries. A student walks by and praises the Mac telling it how appealing it is. In the fifth cell they find themselves in an office, PC claims that it has a strong foothold in business computers. The Mac reminds the PC that many companies are switching from PCs to Macs. A woman in the background then jumps and claims that PC are more boring then Macs. The sixth cell depicts both of them in England; Mac explains that even British people are starting to use Macs.
The seventh cell shows them walking back to the apple store and PC notices Macs size is getting larger which is a reference to its market share. The eighty cell shows them still walking back to the apple store but with a MAC and a PC above them explaining that a test showed that Mac outperformed the PC in many different areas. The PC then claims it is “initially” cheaper. The final cell shows them as if they have just left the apple store the PC seems to be over zealous about the experience and is afraid that its CPU is going to over heat. PC states that it must return to “circuit city” Mac responds by asking PC if he could check out the Windows store knowing that non exist.
The comic strip is swayed with Apple Inc. being depicted as the better operating system, but it should not be the sole source for a decision for purchasing a computer. Many other factors apply when making a decision.

1 comment:

Denise said...

Your comic strips are awesome! It looks like somthing you would actually see inside a real comic! Great job with that. And I also enjoyed your essay on the differences between MAC's and PC's. It may have just changed my mind about the new computer I would like to get!