Other ads pandered to the worst attitudes and attributes of people. But that assertion isn't actually wrong, according to Bytemarks. As for Langa's take on the other ads, I simply don't understand it. In the case of PowerBooks especially, that speed difference is overwhelmingly true. In that case, I really don't understand.
Marketing is product differentiation.
The whole damn computer industry has banked on San Francisco chic for years. Apple only has five percent of the market. But if Langa doesn't like what he has seen of the Mac OS, fine. He's free to say that. First, after a stunning transformation, Mac OS 8.5 now looks not one more whit like Windows.