Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple
New Get a Mac ads: Pizza Box, Throne, Calming Teas
In Throne, PC notes that he is "still the king" of the OS world and then goes on to banish Mac. In Calming Teas, PC markets a new tea that calms Vista users instead of fixing the many problems with Windows. These Get a Mac ads seem to be geared towards back to school buyers and are amusing to watch (especially the Pizza Box ad).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John Bosson said 11:27PM on 8-18-2008
Freaking brilliant. These writers deserve a raise.
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Andrew said 11:35PM on 8-18-2008
Has anyone else tried to view these ads on an iPhone 3g and had 'not supported format' or something similar come up with line throught the play icon?
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Squid7085 said 11:38PM on 8-18-2008
I like the Pizza and Throne one, as they try to highlight a certain advantage. The throne one is really good in telling that a Genius will transfer files for free, something I only recently became aware of. The Calming Teas however, is purely for comedic effect and says nothing, those are the ones that are getting a bit old.
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Diego said 1:23AM on 8-19-2008
Agreed.
Darren said 1:52AM on 8-19-2008
Disagreed. I think that one will resonate with Vista users, while the first two will resonate with existing Mac users and their friends.
eric f. said 9:46AM on 8-19-2008
Disagreed. "calming bath salts" was hilarious.
Matthew said 1:07AM on 8-19-2008
OK, Pizza Box is the funniest Get a Mac commercial ever... These new ones are GREAT!
Matthew
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Brandon said 12:54PM on 8-19-2008
agreed
SubGenius said 12:03AM on 8-19-2008
page doesn't load in Safari but does in Firefox.
oh the irony.
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PDA131 said 5:57PM on 8-19-2008
Actually, I think ironic would be if the page loaded correctly in IE7, and not in Safari. Firefox is pretty common ground for both.
Brandon said 12:51PM on 8-19-2008
I had the same problem.
Do you have an ad-blocker? If you uninstall it or turn it off, well, that's what worked for me!
Eminemdrdre00 said 12:21AM on 8-19-2008
These arent as good as they used to be...
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David said 12:10AM on 8-19-2008
"Come eat me...I'm a delicious pizza..."
Hilarious!
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Andrew said 12:30AM on 8-19-2008
Genius...a lot better than the cheerleader one. The only problem I have is: Apple keeps harrassing Microsoft over Vista and now they are toting one of Macs' features as having MS Office. I wonder...just wonder...what would happen if they drive MS to the breaking point and discontinue MS Office for Mac (Not say they won't make a future versions, but stop the assembly line right now). How would Apple feel then?
...I just wonder.
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Darren said 1:57AM on 8-19-2008
Microsoft's Office monopoly is as important as their Windows monopoly, and both monopolies are increasingly threatened. The more popular Macs become, especially on college campuses where they are becoming dominant, the more important it is for Microsoft to provide a good Office version for the platform.
sk8rpro said 5:48AM on 8-19-2008
The irony is that while Apple throws mudsling ads toward the MS-OS's, they brag about how they are able to run XP or Vista. So, basically they're bragging about running OS's that crash in addition to their "flawless" OS.
Understand, I love Tiger (don't have Leopard yet), but it's not flawless - problems will happen on any platform (I still get crashes, just not nearly as often). On one hand, I'm glad I don't waste my time running anti-virus (though I probably should get one anyway) and anti-adware scanners, at the other some programs come up time-to-time where I wish I had Windows.
sonicwind said 12:22AM on 8-19-2008
These are really entertaining. Unfortunately it's all propaganda. Safari crashed when I first loaded the ad page.
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Bassir said 12:23AM on 8-19-2008
When I click the link, it sends me to a blank page.
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Al said 1:45AM on 8-19-2008
Lame! Just like Mac's and Apple fanboys.
Apple should try to give out an OS that has to run on unlimited number and unpredicted configurations, like Vista has to, then people can judge. Not now that they make an OS optimized for a very limited number of machines that they make and they are even afraid of supporting more configurations(Like Psystart case).
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Darren said 2:06AM on 8-19-2008
There aren't an "unlimited number" of configurations. Microsoft defines the PC platform specs; the PC manufacturers build to the spec. If they meet Microsoft's specification they get a "Made for Vista" sticker.
It's not that much different from Apple, only Apple has more control over manufacturing and is able to push more ambitious hardware capabilities out the door faster, with immediate and rock-solid OS support. The PC ecosystem isn't nearly as coordinated.