Apple posts 3 more Get a Mac ads: Choose a Vista, Genius, and Party is over
Apple just keeps pumping out the Get a Mac ads, don't they? Three new ads have surfaced, and I think they are the best of the lot. The above shot is from 'Choose a Vista' in which PC spins a wheel to figure out which version of Vista he should buy while Mac points out that OS X only comes in one version, that includes everything you need. The second ad, called Genius, highlights the fact that you can get free tech support from a Mac Genius at every Apple Store. Finally, Party is Over pokes fun at the Vista delays and the rather lukewarm reception that Redmond's OS garnered.
All in all, not too shabby.
Thanks, Patrick.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
LittleJoe said 10:18PM on 5-07-2007
That Vista party ad is a low blow... and extremely funny. :D
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Dave Barnes said 10:21PM on 5-07-2007
Milk came out my nose when he said [in the Choose a Vista advert] "Didn't you make this?"
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Macskeeball said 10:30PM on 5-07-2007
I haven't yet seen the ads, but there are two versions of OS X: Client and Server. Technically, there are four because Client and Server both have PowerPC and Intel versions.
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Aron Trimble said 10:41PM on 5-07-2007
Has anyone ever noticed that the Get a Mac ads NEVER show a MacBook Pro or a Mac Pro at the end of the 'vert?
MBP4LYFE!
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Daniel said 10:46PM on 5-07-2007
The end of Genius was Brilliant "11"..."Ohh, Shes Good"
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Peter Soliman said 10:47PM on 5-07-2007
Where's the ad you guys posted yesterday?!
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Matt Robert said 10:56PM on 5-07-2007
Is 'Genius' the first time that Apple has ever made mention of their stores in a commercial?
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Luigi193 said 11:02PM on 5-07-2007
Yeah the choose a vista was on during 24, never expected to see a brand new one!!!! 4 in one day baby!!!!!!!!
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cormier6083 said 11:08PM on 5-07-2007
lol, I got to say that the ad depot. at Apple is really starting to shape up.
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Eric Chiu said 11:09PM on 5-07-2007
if you can't make it funny, don't make it.
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Maurice said 11:39PM on 5-07-2007
"Technically, there are four because Client and Server both have PowerPC and Intel versions."
Technically, no. OS X Tiger is Universal Binary so it's actually a single version that runs on both Intel & PPC Macs automatically. If you really want to split hairs on the server (read: not for end-user desktop computers) then throw in Microsoft's Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 too. And just for fun how doubling the # of Vista options (minus the Starter edition) by including the 64-bit versions of Vista that ships on the same DVD as the 32-bit version (it's a user option during install). That's 12 Vista options vs 2 Mac OS X options.
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Chris said 12:49AM on 5-08-2007
i think these are the best ones of them all
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sam said 1:35AM on 5-08-2007
"Well that's boring"
Best line from any of the commercials so far.
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Robbie said 1:46AM on 5-08-2007
I wish the PC would just say, "Shut the hell up you snot-nose brat! At least I'm upgradeable and not obsolete in a year and a half. Game on! Well, maybe not in your case." ;-)
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halhiker said 2:15AM on 5-08-2007
Best Mac ads of the series. Two of them had me laughing out loud; the third only got a chuckle.
And as for Robbie the troll's comment about being obsolete in a year and a half: OSX runs just fine on my THREE year old Mac. How's Vista running on your three year old PC?
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thomas Malley said 2:52AM on 5-08-2007
Loved the "I have meeting in five years..." :D
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Alfresco said 4:22AM on 5-08-2007
Gah! is there anywhere I can download these from? streaming is blocked by my works router.
Right click - save as.. doesnt work either :(
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Peter Payne said 4:40AM on 5-08-2007
Hmm, I hate to say it, but these sour grapes ads make a lot of people shun us. Anyone remember the post-Windows 95 ad showing a guy trying to do a presentation with his new Win95 laptop? And the snide guy telling him to edit his autoexec.bat file. It was snide, and not that good overall. I wonder what the net reaction would be by "normal" out there (i.e., not the already Mac-using people on this blog).
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artifex said 6:33AM on 5-08-2007
When did computer cart come out? That one's hilarious at the end.
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Fabio P said 6:37AM on 5-08-2007
does anybody understand what PC is asking the (super cute) genius?
first question is easy "squar root of 4096", second i think its something like "pi" and decimal. the anwer here is clear "3.14159" but i didnt get the question (probably cause i'm not nativ english).
and the third question was something i didnt understand at all.
anybody can help me?
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