[annoying] the new mac commercials

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[annoying] the new mac commercials

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is anyone else completely friggin' annoyed by the new mac commercials.

'hi I'm a mac',
'and I'm a pc'....

those ones.

I do think it's a brilliant marketing campaign, but omg, I get baby punching cravings every time I see one now.
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Baby punching cravings... that's good stuff.

I absolutely love them, myself. Especially the one where the PC just freezes. And the one where the Mac speaks a foreign language and the PC can't. That is funny to me.
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Sorry, I'm with Everah.. I love em. They do a great job of clearly expressing real-world differences between the two, and why they matter to real people.

But then again, I'd cheer for a commercial that simply put the words "Microsoft Sucks" in white text on a black background on the air.. so I should be considered deeply biased.
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I haven't seen them :( We don't have them in the UK. Are there any online versions? :)
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Roja wrote:But then again, I'd cheer for a commercial that simply put the words "Microsoft Sucks" in white text on a black background on the air.
Now that's be a commercial!
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d11wtq wrote:I haven't seen them :( We don't have them in the UK. Are there any online versions? :)
http://www.apple.com/getamac/
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Roja wrote:They do a great job of clearly expressing real-world differences between the two, and why they matter to real people.
as I said, it's a brilliant campaign. To be quite frank, I'm not sure what bothers me about them. maybe it's the retro mac guy...whatever it is, they drive me nuts, I have to change the channel every time one comes on now.

edit: ok I just hit the link that everah posted and now I know why :P
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Everah wrote:
d11wtq wrote:I haven't seen them :( We don't have them in the UK. Are there any online versions? :)
http://www.apple.com/getamac/
We cannot detect your computer's operating system (most likely because you have JavaScript disabled). Please select your download from the choices below:

OSXMac OS X v10.3.9 or later

WinWindows 2000 or XP
:(

I know mplayer *would* play the ads but it wouldn't even let me click on them to get them. Where's the linux alternative? :( Grr...
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you're not missing anything d11...apparently you need a mac to watch them which is kind of the gist of the commercials.

damn it I wish I wouldn't have created this thread....I'm just angry now.
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personally i love em'. they are filled with a little bit of propaganda but heck, it's a sweet system
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its a good idea but they forget to mention some of the things that macs can't do out of the box

like play many many many games.
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burrito. you'll like these then. done by Best Week Ever on VH1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA3NyRr4 ... fId=186142
Daedalus- wrote:its a good idea but they forget to mention some of the things that macs can't do out of the box

like play many many many games.
whoa, slow your roll. now with bootcamp and the Powermac with intels on the horizon you'll be able to play games on your mac. windows based games.

once i get a better job you better belive that's what i'm doing. granted its not on OSX (which i would prefer honestly) but it's still better than nothing.

the funny thing, is that windows runs better on Mac hardware. lmao
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it's the stereotyping that sets me off. the pc is personified as a semi-overweight nerdy guy with a full suit interested in 'pie-charts' and 'spreadsheets' whereas the mac is the hip-retro jeans, T-shirt and sweatshirt guy...into only everything 'cool'.

great marketing for sure...who wants to be a pc?
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I want to know where all the thick glasses, pock-faced, pale-skinned Linux programming geeks are in that commercial. Or us Gollum loooking DevNet regulars. What about us?!?!

Seriously, I know where you are coming from Burr. The funny thing is, without words, I mean just an image of those two guys together, what are some of the things that would come to mind? Clean things, I mean.

Just looking at them I would have though IBM and Apple. Not far behind would be PC and Mac.
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MrPotatoes wrote:burrito. you'll like these then. done by Best Week Ever on VH1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA3NyRr4 ... fId=186142
while I do think that is quite amusing, I can't openly admit to it based on the post I just posted above...doh! damn it I guess I just did.
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