Apple tells college students ‘how you can persuade your mother and father to get you a Mac’ [Update: Removed]

Replace, June 21: Apple has eliminated the video from YouTube. It’s not clear why.

Unique article, printed June 20, beneath.

Apple kicked off its annual Again to Faculty promotion earlier this week, providing free AirPods and different equipment with the acquisition of a brand new Mac or iPad.

Now, as Again to Faculty season ramps up, Apple has shared a humorous new video telling school college students “how you can persuade your mother and father to get you a Mac.”

The seven-minute video was posted to Apple’s YouTube channel at the moment. It options incoming school college students working towards how you can pitch their mother and father on getting them a Mac as an alternative of a PC for school.

The presenter within the video:

“Can’t put a worth on a wholesome backbone. One of many predominant components affecting backbone well being in teenagers is, you guessed it, faculty bag weight. And the MacBook Air solely weighs 2.7 kilos. Hey, possibly your mother and father don’t care about your backbone. I doubt that, proper?”

And:

“So to wrap issues up, you’ll be able to both purchase a MacBook Air for $899, or you should buy a PC, however you even have to purchase antivirus software program, a handbook backup software program, a protecting case, a guard canine to guard it out of your roommate, an exterior energy financial institution…I imply, it’s insane.”

Apple has gone a step additional than simply the video, nevertheless. You may head to its web site at the moment to obtain a “Guardian Presentation” that highlights “45 simple the reason why a Mac is crucial for school.” The Guardian Presentation is out there at no cost in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote codecs.