Charles on… anything that comes along

Seems Jack Schofield has stirred up something of a hornet’s nest with this posting at the Guardian Online blog in which he notes Creative Mac’s comparison of “the fastest available” Dull Xeon machine vs “the fastest available” Apple dual G5.

Wow, processor iteration tests! Hard to imagine why Channel 4 hasn’t turned it into a compelling reality show.

Anyway, Jack’s signoff remark on the result (Dull beats Apple on pretty much all the tests) was

I’m now waiting for Steve Jobs to buy some TV advertising that looks back at previous ads — you know, showing a Pentium on the back of a snail, or someone being blown out of the house by a G5 Mac — and apologising.

There’s no shame in being marginally slower than a not-very-popular PC configuration. The shame is in misleading people about it.

Well, Steve J hasn’t been quick to comment, but lots of other people have. (I’ll admit, I posted myself, in a bored manner.)

Still, I like one of the ideas there… Jack Schofield bingo… hmm.. wheels turning…

It only goes to prove what I’ve discovered myself (on the never-ending comments on “G4 perform Creep on the X-Factor: is there a tree high enough to hang them from?”, which I’m thinking of adding as a direct link off the front page; now, if only I could discover what their referrer is..).

The lesson: if you want some traffic, be controversial, or at least snide. Works every time.

These posts might be related (the database thinks..):
• Comic Strip 126 : there are lots of different bloggers in the world, also real ones (31 July 2005; score: 39%)
• A PR blog! Yes, sighted in the wild! (12 October 2004; score: 31.64%)
• David Hewson on leaving the Sunday Times; and disappearing comments (22 August 2005; score: 31.01%)