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No Comment: Justin Long's jailbroken iPhone

by Michael Rose (Aug 18th, 2010)

Either way, this iconic image of the Mac pitchman with his jailbroken iPhone merits a resounding No Comment. Video clip in the second half of the post. Thanks to Riyan for the picture. ...

Video tribute to the Get a Mac ad campaign

by David Winograd (May 22nd, 2010)

Last month we reported that Justin Long, who plays Mac in the Get a Mac ads, hinted that the advertising campaign had come to an end. Now it seems confirmed; the ads, first broadcast in 2006, can't even be found on the Apple page. Instead, the usual link now takes you to a page explaining the ...

Get your Mac and PC Cubee cutouts here

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 27th, 2010)

Got some time to kill at the office today? Steal some heavy weight paper from the supply closet and print out your very own Cubee cutouts of Mac and PC. The cutouts are designed by Jay Hauf, and they work best when you download the 1482 x 1173 versions and print them on heavy stock letter ...

PC tells Mac -- "Get a Mac" ads might be done

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2010)

Justin Long, who plays Mac in the Get a Mac ads, has told The Onion's A.V. Club that he believes the Get a Mac ad campaign has come to an end. When The Onion asked Justin what the status was on the Apple ads, he replied, "You know, I think they might be done. In fact, I heard from John, I think ...

Adweek Media's Campaign of the Decade: Apple's Get a Mac ads

by Steven Sande (Dec 14th, 2009)

As Apple fans, we've loved Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign. With Justin Long as the cool, laid-back Mac and John Hodgman starring as the stodgy, uptight PC, the ads have managed to make us laugh since they first appeared in 2006. The campaign has spawned the "I'm a PC" response ads from Microsoft, ...

Justin Long: PC User?

by Erica Sadun (Apr 25th, 2008)

We've gotten a few tips over the last 24 hours suggesting that 'Mac' -- actor Justin Long, of the I'm a Mac, I'm a PC ad campaign -- made a shopping trip to a Cupertino-area Best Buy and surprisingly, in a bit of a CLM, pooh-poohed the available Apple hardware: [Best Buy's John] Beck said that he ...

Apple ad spoofs with PC as the protagonist

by Michael Rose (May 25th, 2007)

This one has been climbing up the bloggeist for a few weeks, and it's a fine apertif for the start of the holiday weekend. Copywriter Laurie McGuinness, moonlighting as a commercial parody director, made a series of four Mac/PC ad spoofs in early 2007, with PC as the businesslike, successful ...

Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard

by Erica Sadun (Dec 25th, 2006)

Mac: "Hello, I'm a Mac" PC: "Hello, I'm a PC" Mac: "Run!!!!!!" Fans of the "I'm a Mac" "I'm a PC" campaign will be delighted to learn that Justin Long (aka "Mac") will appear in the upcoming Bruce Willis blockbuster "Live Free Die Hard" in which, we presume, he will be reprising his role as "Mac" ...

Justin Long a Mac no longer?

by Scott McNulty (Nov 8th, 2006)

Radar Online is reporting that Justin Long, the actor who plays the part of the Mac in Apple's Get a Mac campaign, is no longer an Apple spokesman. A new round of ads is being worked on with John Hodgman (the PC) and director Phil Morrison but Justin Long with not appear in them, according to his ...

Justin Long on 'Get a Mac' ads, being harassed

by David Chartier (Aug 14th, 2006)

In an interview more about his career (rather than Apple nerdery), Justin ("hi I'm a Mac") Long managed to wax ecstatic with Mary McNamara of the LA Times about 'the ads' and what they've done for (or rather: to) his career. He had stories to tell of being harassed on the street by people who might ...

New Apple ads mean spirited?

by Scott McNulty (Jun 20th, 2006)

Seth Stevenson, writing for Slate, makes a good point about the new Apple ads: John Hodgman (the actor portraying the PC) gets all the good lines. He's the funny, likable one. The Mac (played by Justin Long) is kind of annoying and not the least bit funny. Sadly, I don't think Apple counted on ...

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