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New Get a Mac ad: Sad Song

by Cory Bohon May 13th 2008 at 8:30PM


Apple just released a new "Get a Mac" ad entitled "Sad Song." In this commercial, PC is singing a country inspired song about how Vista saddens him. This commercial was released and played during the American Idol show tonight on the FOX network. You may remember that Apple also released 2 new Get a Mac ads last night. You can watch this and other Get a Mac ads on the Apple website.

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LennyBoy

Some might think they are worn out and bad, but I absolutely love them! The more the better (And I'm a PC user :P)

May 14 2008 at 5:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Just lurking

Jesus, what a bunch of whiners you people are. I liked the ad, thought it was funny - thanks.

May 14 2008 at 12:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark Wiechmann

...wait PC is making music and Mac?...mac just looks lazy now. At least Apple dropped the whining baby-sounding tune.

May 14 2008 at 5:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DAVID

Sad Song (a.k.a) 'Look, like Republicans, PC's like Country Music;' (a.k.a) 'Republican = Bad, Liberal = Good'

Pep Rally (a.k.a) 'Apple cornered the market on little girls and college students;' (a.k.a) 'Liberals / Art Freaks'

Group (a.k.a) 'The only reason no-one hacks me is because 99.99% of business and homes uses PC's;' (a.k.a) 'No-one Cares'

May 14 2008 at 2:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Michael

No, the Vista-encumbered PC in the endless loop hasn't been "hacked". He's doing it to himself. It's a _support group_ for goodness' sake.

Maybe they could have an XP machine going on an endless reboot cycle after installing SP3. :-)

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9085358&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_feat

May 14 2008 at 4:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nate

I was a PC user up till Nov. of last year... These short and funny ads helped encourage me to buy a Mac. I've always loved Apple but had always been afraid of Macs for fear of file compatibility issues... Even on my purchase date I was thinking in the back of my head "Oh I hope this works, I hope this works..." And it did. I have been so unbelievably happy with my little MacBook!

I kind of wish Apple would focus a couple ads towards users in my position. I think there's a whole group of Windows users who love Apple and their products but don't want to switch for fear that they won't be able to do all the great stuff (Music, Movies, Word, Excel, Power Point, Working with other Windows boxes, etc.) that they can do on Windows. Something a bit more direct than these ads.

May 14 2008 at 12:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Seth Amott

Like the earlier "Get a Mac" ads, the ones where PC was mad because of all the things Mac can do. Those were the effective ads, they need to go back to those or drop the campaign.

May 14 2008 at 12:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew

The get a mac ads used to show what you could do on a mac, why mac is better, or what interesting features mac has to offer. Now it seems like all they do is say "vista is bad" or "vista has issues".

May 13 2008 at 11:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
raindogg

These ads are getting worse and worse. Apple has crossed the line or shall I say "Jumped the Shark!"

I've been using Mac's for 11 years now and they need to slow down and fix their own problems. Leopard isn't as smooth as they say, .Mac doesn't work as advertised, AKA Back to my Mack...sometimes.

May 13 2008 at 11:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Neil

These Mac ads have been going down hill for quite sometime now, they used to be funny....even though they made "Mac" look like a pompous jerk and "PC" kinda love-able.

Its really time for Apple to get a new ad theme, this one has run its course.

May 13 2008 at 11:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Faheem

Wow. I thought this was so lame, I actually followed the link from Google Reader to come here and comment it on. Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks it's time for Apple to come up with something new.

May 14 2008 at 12:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Seth Amott

Okay, we get the point, Vista sucks, and people are switching to Mac. I love this campaign, but tell us WHY people are switching, not THAT they are.

May 13 2008 at 10:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
totoro

Wow. Newsflash. These ads aren't targeted at you.

May 13 2008 at 10:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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harrywolf

Good post - the cool crowd hate them, but they are working.

May 14 2008 at 12:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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