Apple Pulls 'Convince Your Parents To Get You a Mac' Ad From YouTube (macrumors.com)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/1510246/apple-pulls-convince-your-parents-to-get-you-a-mac-ad-from-youtube
- Source link: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/21/apple-pulls-the-parent-presentation-video/
> The Parent Presentation is a customizable slideshow that explains why a Mac is a useful tool in college. [...] Students can customize the presentation slides, and then show it to their parents to convince them to buy them a Mac. In an accompanying YouTube video shared by Apple, comedian Martin Herlihy showed a group of high school students how to effectively use The Parent Presentation.
Some users described the ad as "cringe" and "gross."
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/21/apple-pulls-the-parent-presentation-video/
Kids these days (Score:4, Informative)
I prefer the more direct "buy me bonestorm (apple) or go to hell!"
Re: (Score:2)
My son is in college.
He says the dorks run Windows, the cool liberal arts kids use Macs, and the techies run Linux on their laptops.
He's a techie, so he uses Linux.
81 sildes (Score:2)
What parent is sitting through 81 slides of sales pitch for a Mac?
[1]https://docs.google.com/presen... [google.com]
[1] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fnB7HrN6fRFM9hNtnhbXdVepRxuJxZ84_aTTu4VECwg/template/preview
Saved me a ton of money (Score:3)
My son showed me this and I was impressed! I told him that the skill required to plan such a persuasive presentation, not to mention the graphic design and the execution of the presentation - would usually require a team of highly experienced marketing people. With innate skills like that, not only could he persuade a great company to hire him for top $$, but they'd be foolish not to! I said I thought that further college education could only serve to "dumb him down" to average college graduate material. Furthermore, whatever computer he used to make that presentation must be exactly the one he needs for boundless success. I sent him off with his old laptop and a $100 starbucks card.
If I can pick out the laptop for my kid (Score:2)
Then I would pick out a windows-based laptop. I can get something for $600 that runs rings around a $1,500 Mac in most applications.
On the other hand I remember when my kid was in college and their granddad let them pick out a laptop. I still have that piece of crap. Toshiba, big giant touchpad screen which was why the kid wanted it. It was kind of a cool gimmick at the time. Could use it like a tablet. Which was absolutely ridiculous because it's like a 17 inch laptop. Absolute junk and it had half the
Convice your parents to sell their SUV (Score:2)
Or ask them why they give a shit about your future in case they use a SUV.
Re: (Score:2)
We just watched a Blake Lively movie called "another simple favor" on Amazon prime. After watching, we agreed that it was written by someone who's apparently never talked to actual people, and the acting involved not acting at all. My daughter walked through the living room while we were watching, paused to watch for a minute, and then said, "are these characters supposed to know each other?" It was so bad. It tried to play incest as a joke. I can't believe the movies that these streaming companies are