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Every "Get A Mac" ad in chronological order

You'll remember the long-running Get A Mac TV ads that had Justin Long and John Hodgman playing a personified Mac and PC, respectively. John, as "PC," often had troubles that didn't affect his friend Mac. Despite this, their friendship remained intact. So did the campaign.

By the time the campaign ended in 2009, a total of 66 ads had been run. Now, Adweek has posted them all in chronological order. Some of our favorites include "Network" and "Santa Claus," if only for the wonderfully nostalgic Claymation.

Did you have a favorite? If so, you're sure to find it in Adweek's collection.



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You'll remember the long-running Get A Mac TV ads that had Justin Long and John Hodgman playing a personified Mac and PC, respectively....
 

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Jason Anderson

The next campaign should just show off people using the machines themselves. Not show people talking about how crappy their competitor is. Look at Microsoft's Windows 7 commercials. They don't (Anymore) badmouth Macs. They show people all the Windows machines they can choose from. Apple needs something like this showing off all Apple's machines. Ones for portability, for power, for convenience. "Choose Your Mac" could be the title of the campaign.

Of course now MS has that Netbook campaign telling people to not choose an Air, but whatever.

May 13 2011 at 2:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TekGadg

The 'home movie' one with Gisele Bundchen is my fave. That dude in drag saying "what's up? PC home movie" is the funniest thing in those series of ads.

I hate the Mac guy though. Blarghhh.

May 07 2011 at 9:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PowerHouse

These were great ads. I have them all in HD except "Restart" which is LQ. Good stuff, and my favorite remains "Security" and "Top of the Line."

May 06 2011 at 9:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael Scrip

I wish Mac commercials actually SHOWED the Mac.... instead of a 30 second skit describing it.

iPhone commercials do a wonderful job of showing the great things the iPhone can do... how can Mac commercials miss this?

Even though Mac sales are increasing... I still think they'd sell more Macs if they actually showed iPhoto.

Digital photos are really popular now... aAnd almost no one on Windows knows how to properly organize their photos.

May 06 2011 at 6:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
OlsonBW

I don't know why nobody else loves, "Choose a Vista" with the wheel of fortune that he spins. I laugh at it out loud every time more than any other one.

May 06 2011 at 4:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jason

Check out http://6colors.net for a lot of Apple footage! HTML5!

May 06 2011 at 2:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ijohnjones

I wish I could torrent all the ads in the high quality they used to be from Apple's website instead of Youtube.

May 06 2011 at 1:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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VanillaSpice

I have all the ads (plus all the UK and Japanese ones). Pretty sure they are all the HQ versions.

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6377526

My first ever torrent so please let me know if I have done something wrong. Sorry about the slow upload speed (still on ADSL1 here).

May 08 2011 at 11:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patrick M. Hausen

I love "Security". The bodyguard with the shades so hits the mark.

Regards,
Patrick

May 06 2011 at 1:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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madsci3nce

YES! Security and Computer Cart both have brilliant comic moments at the end. Easily my favorites of the campaign.

May 06 2011 at 1:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

Security is my favorite as well. You are coming to a sad realization...

May 07 2011 at 10:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Greg

Apple needs another ad campaign like this. Mac sales are going up, but they could be doing better.

May 06 2011 at 1:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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