Apple airs two new Get a Mac ads: "Surprise" and "Top of the Line"
With all of the other Apple news surrounding Snow Leopard yesterday, Apple starting airing two new "Get a Mac" ads last night on TV and has also posted them on the company website.
The first ad, "Surprise," shows a woman talking to Mac; she wants to purchase a "great computer", but Mac seems to be recommending something unexpected.
The other ad, "Top of the Line," shows another another woman wanting a "great computer" -- and PC introduces her to a fine high-end PC played by Seinfeld alum Patrick Warburton.
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With all of the other Apple news surrounding Snow Leopard yesterday, Apple starting airing two new "Get a Mac" ads last night on TV and...
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PiperSon gets it.
Most of the population are not technical but if they have used a computer understand two things , viruses and "just works".
never confuse technology with a product.
It makes me chuckle that people are so gung-ho about open-source and cross-compatibility, but yet when it comes to Apple, it's OK! It shouldn't be OK! When Apple makes a computer that no one but Apple can make, you totally break the philosophy of computing and you burn the bridges of progress. MP3 players, phones, that's fine... But when you lockdown a computer, you destroy the very fabric of the computer sciences. Of course Microsoft is known for its view against open-source, but Apple is the worst offender yet.
A Mac will never be a PC.
A Mac is not a sandbox.
A Mac is not a tinker toy.
A Mac is nothing but a bloated iPod.
I disagree.
The Mac can be a sandbox or a tinker toy.
It depends how you define the words.
To me, a sandbox lets you use your imagination and play while a Tinker Toy lets you construct.
Oh and I really think Patrick Warburton is a hoot. His voice work on The Tick was really really funny.
Those aren't the strongest ads in the series, but since the ads are not spammed in TV here in the Netherlands, I'm not quite sick of them yet ;)
August 25 2009 at 1:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Mac redhead is hotter than the Windows redhead.
August 25 2009 at 11:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhy would you give me a dl? I didn't want a dl... I wanted a link to the apple site. Should have marked it as a dl.
August 25 2009 at 11:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@Jordan
but isn't windows 7 basically just as much of an upgrade as snow leopard is?
Yes. Because I have been using 7 since the beta.
What I mean though is that for the average end user there is not a great deal of 'new' in the OS yet it is still full priced. And I agree, there is more new functionality in 7. But Snow Leopard will only be $29 for me, and for the stability it promises, it should be a good deal, but I have had no experience with it so correct me if I'm wrong. At least with Snow Leopard it is being claimed more as an upgrade than a completly new OS.
Basically, I feel Snow Leopard will give more value for money in relation to 7.
finally 64 bit? OS X beat Windows to the 64 bit scene a long time ago, supporting 64 bit addressing in Tiger and full 64 bit support in Leopard.
I just don't understand why everyone wants some new killer feature or pretty new buttons in every OS upgrade, why can't people appreciate when they actually try to make the OS faster and more stable? Instead of cheering for the OS that adds a bunch of glam while trying to catch up to the other cheaper OSs. Who cares about existing software maybe not being able to utilize the best features, but imagine the software that will be utilizing in the near future.
Getting old but still humorous. Puddy!!
August 25 2009 at 10:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyApple needs to get off the 1999 white-background Gap commercial campaign. I love macs, but the Apple spots have always made me cringe because of the weak selling points and lame soundtrack. Why not show a customer going into an Apple store and receiving some of the best customer service available? Why not showcase the iLife suite or the fact that macs are now largely toxin free and highly recyclable.
It's time for a new strategy.
that's allison case in the top of the line ad! shes currently on broadway in "Hair"!!!!!! I just saw her on sunday!!!
August 25 2009 at 9:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think they should be careful about calling out windows about viruses. Yes, there are next to no Mac targeted viruses out there in the internet and that is one of the reasons i use one.
But, if I had the knowledge and skills to create a virus, nothing would inspire me to create one like an overzealous company boasting about their superiority.
The virus argument has been out there taunting malicious programmers for yeeeears. Don't you think that people have been trying to get that notoriety for a while now?
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