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[annoying] the new mac commercials

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:19 pm
by Burrito
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:48 pm
by RobertGonzalez
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:00 pm
by Roja
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:03 pm
by Chris Corbyn
I haven't seen them :( We don't have them in the UK. Are there any online versions? :)

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:05 pm
by RobertGonzalez
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!

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:05 pm
by RobertGonzalez
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/

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:07 pm
by Burrito
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

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:10 pm
by Chris Corbyn
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...

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:19 pm
by Burrito
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:21 pm
by MrPotatoes
personally i love em'. they are filled with a little bit of propaganda but heck, it's a sweet system

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:23 pm
by daedalus__
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:25 pm
by MrPotatoes
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

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:26 pm
by Burrito
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?

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:29 pm
by RobertGonzalez
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.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:31 pm
by Burrito
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.