New Apple 'Get A Mac' Ads On Canadian TV?

[MacRumors]

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Multiple Canadian readers are reporting seeing at least two new Apple "Get a Mac" ads on Canadian TV. The ads have not appeared on Apple's Get A Mac website (http://www.apple.com/getamac/), but from the accounts appear to be the same ads that were previously spotted (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/09/20060905220630.shtml) in a Tampa Bay Apple Store earlier this month. Readers report the following additional information on the ads:

In one ad, Gisele Bündchen reportedly represents a beautiful movie made on a Mac (iMovie), while the PC (with some proding) shows his movie which is an unkempt, hairy man dressed like Gisele.

In another ad aimed to demonstrate the Mac's capability in the office, both Mac and PC are wearing suits (although the Mac's suit is described as a "fairly good looking hip" suit). The PC ends up on the floor in this ad, and reportedly says something along the lines of "just let me lie here and depreciate".

A third ad seen by the Tampa Bay spotter has not yet been reported by Canadian TV watchers, but reportedly depicts the Mac and PC in a counseling session.

Digg This (http://www.digg.com/apple/New_Apple_Get_A_Mac_Ads_Appearing_On_Canadian_TV)

[timnosenzo]

Great! I love that Apple is back to advertising hardware and not just iPods! :)

[evilgEEk]

I think it's wonderful that Apple is pushing this campaign so hard, and about time!

I can't wait to see them.

:)

[Teddy's]

Yes I saw one on monday night. They are just cute.

[kwood]

A third ad seen by the Tampa Bay spotter has not yet been reported by Canadian TV watchers, but reportedly depicts the Mac and PC in a counseling session.

I have seen this one in Canada. It was on CTV. The Counsellor advises both the Mac and PC come in twice a week. :)

[CanadianMacUser]

I saw the one in with the two of them in a suit yesterday...

[mmmcheese]

I have seen this one in Canada. It was on CTV. The Counsellor advises both the Mac and PC come in twice a week. :)

I have seen it as well...

[DJTJ]

I've seen all three of them too. I still think the best one is the spywear one...

"Hello, I'm a mac... And I am no one!" HAHAHAHAHAHAH That is freaking awesome!

[xfiftyfour]

haha.. those sound hilarious. i can't wait till they hit our televisions.. or until Apple puts them on their site.

god, i love this campaign!

[Teddy's]

Rate: 3/2
Who is rating this as negative??
Redmond??? u there?

[slackersonly]

Has Apple been slow to put the other ads up on Apple.com?

[Object-X]

I love how these adds are becoming rather iconic and seem to be taking on a life of their own.

[bowzer]

I saw the one with the supermodel & guy in a dress... i cant remember what i was watching, but I know it was in the past 2-3 days.

I have rogers digital cable

[mdntcallr]

hey there up in canada!

go get your macs! eh! just kidding. glad apple is supporting properly there.

m

[tvguru]

hey there up in canada!

go get your macs! eh! just kidding. glad apple is supporting properly there.

m

Take off, you hoser! :p

[adamw]

Our beloved "Mac guy" (Justin Long) featured in these Apple "Get A Mac" ads has just today been announced to play John McClane's (Bruce Willis) co-star as a "good computer hacker" in the new Die Hard 4 film called "Live Free or Die Hard". I wonder how playing a computer hacker in this new Die Hard action film about terrorists using the Internet to attack America will affect Justin's image as the Mac spokesman in the Apple ads. Do you think Steve Jobs is happy that our "Mac guy" is playing a "good hacker" that helps to save America from Internet terrorists?

Maybe Apple Macs will be featured prominantly used by the "good guys" (Justin Long and Bruce Willis) in the new film and Dell PCs will be featured used by the "bad terrorist hackers" Maggie Q and her villain boss Adrien Brody in the film -- one can only hope.

For more info about Justin "Mac" Long officially receiving the nod to co-star with Brice Willis in the new Die Hard sequel, see the article "Mac Computer and Maggie Q for Die Hard 4" at:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Mac-Computer-And-Maggie-Q-For-Die-Hard-4-3468.html

[Paulhammer]

As a canadian, i can report that i have seen the Mac/PC counselling session ad. However, i was in a pub at the time and the sound was off, so i can't give any details. But i saw it!:)

[agentkow]

I saw the suits one the other day, and while the Mac indeed had a nice hip suit, the PC was wearing a dark jacket with khaki pants, very uncool.

[Raid]

I saw the iMovie ad and the one with both of them in suits. I think the iMove one was pretty funny, when the guy comes on screen representing the PC movie his expression is just perfect. He looks like one of the grips for the commercial who lost a bet and had to appear in a dress on screen. :D

I would comment about the stereotypical remarks made about us here above the 49th, but I have to go see the RCMP about a ticket I got in July; I was driving my dog sled too fast through a moose crossing near Dundas square on the way back to my igloo.
:cool: :D

[superleccy]

Hmmm... I've not seen any of these ads in the UK yet. Not ever.

[pwfletcher]

I have been a macrumors user for a long time and really appreciate their hard work. However, I am going to stop surfing to macrumors.com if they keep putting those lame ads that stick to my screen on their site ... I DON'T WANT TO FILL OUT THE STUPID SURVEY!!!!

Just a rant from someone who has had enough :)

[Chundles]

I saw the iMovie ad and the one with both of them in suits. I think the iMove one was pretty funny, when the guy comes on screen representing the PC movie his expression is just perfect. He looks like one of the grips for the commercial who lost a bet and had to appear in a dress on screen. :D

I would comment about the stereotypical remarks made about us here above the 49th, but I have to go see the RCMP about a ticket I got in July driving my dog sled too fast through a moose crossing near Dundas square on the way back to my igloo.
:cool: :D

That's OK mate, now if you'll excuse me I have to see the cops here after they pulled me over for drinking whilst riding in the pouch of my kangaroo to get back to my lean-to before the sun came up and everything caught on fire again.

[Raid]

That's OK mate, now if you'll excuse me I have to see the cops here after they pulled me over for drinking whilst riding in the pouch of my kangaroo to get back to my lean-to before the sun came up and everything caught on fire again. I hate it when that happens! :mad:

And to get back to the topic of this thread, does anybody have a recording of the commercial to put up for those curious folks outside of Canada?


When I saw the commercials I didn't realize that they weren't in international rotation....this makes me wonder if there are other new ads that will play in other countries?

[notjustjay]

I haven't been watching much TV lately so I haven't seen the new commercials yet either. An online link would be nice.

(MY igloo is well away from moose crossings. Nyah. :P Just bring good snowshoes before you come over, eh? Snow's been particularly bad this August.)

[Stampyhead]

The PC ends up on the floor in this ad, and reportedly says something along the lines of "just let me lie here and depreciate".\
"depreciate" or "depricate?" I guess it works either way...

[mmmcheese]

That's OK mate, now if you'll excuse me I have to see the cops here after they pulled me over for drinking whilst riding in the pouch of my kangaroo to get back to my lean-to before the sun came up and everything caught on fire again.

What about when the dingo stole your baby as you were cooking a shrimp on the barbie?

[Chundles]

What about when the dingo stole your baby as you were cooking a shrimp on the barbie?

WTF is a "shrimp?" We eat Prawns.

Looks like Apple's taking their time getting these ads up on their website - maybe the one with the bloke all frocked-up was deemed too offensive for the US audience...

[mimonmamane]

From montreal, i saw the Gisele Bundchen ad on fox, but its the same fox station as in vermont, so it must have aired there too.

[TimUSCA]

This is sad... I look forward to new Apple commercials almost as much as I do new episodes of Lost.

[iMikeT]

Let's see these in California already!

[quigleybc]

I havn't seen them.

But I havn't been watching a lot of TV lately.


I think this is the first time Canada got anything first....even if it is a commercial or two.

woo hoo...next up, Apple Store Vancouver....:D

[mmmcheese]

WTF is a "shrimp?" We eat Prawns.

Looks like Apple's taking their time getting these ads up on their website - maybe the one with the bloke all frocked-up was deemed too offensive for the US audience...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp

Same thing...

I don't care what you call them...I'm just using the stereotype you see on American Movies and TV shows like the Simpsons.

Stereotypes aren't always accurate.

EDIT: Blame Paul Hogan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn) - "Paul Hogan's use of the phrase 'I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you' in a television advertisement was intended to make what he was saying easier for his American audience to understand, and was thus a deliberate distortion of what an Australian would typically say."

[upperblue79]

Someone in Canada has to have a DVR of some sort! As soon as it comes on, rewind, record, then post online for the rest of the world to see!

[Am3822]

Are you talking about those 'cross-dresser' ads that had been discussed earlier? So much for hoping that we'd seen the last of them.

[KevanDual2.5]

Hmmm... I've not seen any of these ads in the UK yet. Not ever.


These ads won't be shown on TV in the UK. I read an article shortly after the first batch of the ads were released that indicated that they breach advertising standards guidlines. A friend who works in TV said that they can't be shown as they show a direct comparison to only one other competitor.

ASDA can't say that the are better than Tesco, but they can say that they are better than Tesco, Sainsbury's, ALDI etc.

Seems a bit strange, but nothing in the UK/Europe surprises me anymore. Does any other country treat murderers and rapists better than law abiding people?

[Brett McD]

I haven't been watching much TV lately so I haven't seen the new commercials yet either. An online link would be nice.

(MY igloo is well away from moose crossings. Nyah. :P Just bring good snowshoes before you come over, eh? Snow's been particularly bad this August.)

The snow was terrible in August, but July was worse, eh?
I hate having to shovel my igloo's driveway all year round.

[adamw]

These ads won't be shown on TV in the UK. I read an article shortly after the first batch of the ads were released that indicated that they breach advertising standards guidlines. A friend who works in TV said that they can't be shown as they show a direct comparison to only one other competitor.

ASDA can't say that the are better than Tesco, but they can say that they are better than Tesco, Sainsbury's, ALDI etc.

Seems a bit strange, but nothing in the UK/Europe surprises me anymore. Does any other country treat murderers and rapists better than law abiding people?
How can they breach UK/Europe laws, when the PC (type of computer of which Intel Mac can be also, i.e. can run Windows) is not a competitior (no single company is singled out, neither are PCs only made by just 1 company)?

[KevanDual2.5]

How can they breach UK/Europe laws, when the PC (type of computer of which Intel Mac can be also, i.e. can run Windows) is not a competitior (no single company is singled out, neither are PCs only made by just 1 company)?


I wish i understood it. But that's the explanation that i was given.

[stevo86]

i seen one a few days ago while watching tv in my college's cafeteria... it was much to loud to pick out what was going on but i definitely know i've never seen it before.... wish i had more info on it :(. felt like yelling at everyone in the cafe to be quiet lol.

[azzurri000]

I really enjoyed the counselling commercial! It's pretty cute :)

[gloss]

That's OK mate, now if you'll excuse me I have to see the cops here after they pulled me over for drinking whilst riding in the pouch of my kangaroo to get back to my lean-to before the sun came up and everything caught on fire again.

You're so iconic.

[superleccy]

These ads won't be shown on TV in the UK. I read an article shortly after the first batch of the ads were released that indicated that they breach advertising standards guidlines. A friend who works in TV said that they can't be shown as they show a direct comparison to only one other competitor.
Is that the reason? OK I'm not surprised.

Actually, I just thought maybe it was the American accents that just wouldn't go down too well. Perhaps Apple could overdub the voices in a Queen's English BBC Home Service style.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I represent a Mac. My slightly less with-it companion on my left, well he represents a PC..."

SL

[MacinDoc]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com)A third ad seen by the Tampa Bay spotter has not yet been reported by Canadian TV watchers, but reportedly depicts the Mac and PC in a counseling session.

Digg This (http://www.digg.com/apple/New_Apple_Get_A_Mac_Ads_Appearing_On_Canadian_TV)
I reported a sighting of that ad 3 days ago (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=235376).

[BJR2]

I've seen them all except for the counselling one. They've actually been on for at least a week up here.

[ClarkeB]

I have been a macrumors user for a long time and really appreciate their hard work. However, I am going to stop surfing to macrumors.com if they keep putting those lame ads that stick to my screen on their site ... I DON'T WANT TO FILL OUT THE STUPID SURVEY!!!!

Just a rant from someone who has had enough :)


Does anybody have a clue what this guy is talking about? Sounds like a Windows user with a bit of spyware trouble haah :D :D :D

[rcnscan]

Here is one of the new Apple Ads - It's the Mac and PC meeting a counselor. I shot the ad from my TV using my camcorder. I just put it on YouTube so I don't know how long it will take before it's working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeR7LTzcn0

[xsedrinam]

Here is one of the new Apple Ads - It's the Mac and PC meeting a counselor. I shot the ad from my TV using my camcorder. I just put it on YouTube so I don't know how long it will take before it's working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeR7LTzcn0
It woiks, fine. Thanks, I hadn't seen that one.

[adamw]

Here is one of the new Apple Ads - It's the Mac and PC meeting a counselor. I shot the ad from my TV using my camcorder. I just put it on YouTube so I don't know how long it will take before it's working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeR7LTzcn0
Thanks for the link. Anybody got the other 2 new ones?

[Lynxpoint]

i like the new nano ads but i find the mac ads rather dull at this point.

[jimsowden]

Here is one of the new Apple Ads - It's the Mac and PC meeting a counselor. I shot the ad from my TV using my camcorder. I just put it on YouTube so I don't know how long it will take before it's working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeR7LTzcn0
Why do so many people do this? I mean, what happened to VCRs and Tivos, and even just running the line straight into your camcorder? It's just this is the absolute last way I'd record something.

[JeffDM]

I think the ads have a bit of a charm to them but the style of ads where a human is "playing" the product has the downside of being lame too. It sounds like the style of a bad Japanese ad.

[thedonga]

Why do so many people do this? I mean, what happened to VCRs and Tivos, and even just running the line straight into your camcorder? It's just this is the absolute last way I'd record something.
quit your whining and just say thank you.....geez.

[rcnscan]

Why do so many people do this? I mean, what happened to VCRs and Tivos, and even just running the line straight into your camcorder? It's just this is the absolute last way I'd record something.

Good Point, Touche.

I do have a DVR, a Motorola one, and the Firewire ports do not talk to my Mac so that I can digitize the TV signal. I saved the commercial on the DVR and I used my camcorder with a tripod to tape the screen on my Plasma TV. I wanted to get the commercial on the internet as soon as possible. It even took me an hour to compress the video on my Mac due to some technical problems; even Macs are not perfect :) .

A video converter bridge is the best thing to have. I do have a Canopus ADVC300 for such work but I lent it out:( . http://www.canopus.com/

I could have used my PowerMac 7300 that has a video capture card and it would have been better. Unfortunately, I gutted the 7300 and tried to upgrade everything in it and it did not work and I need to fix it.

[RedTomato]

I have been a macrumors user for a long time and really appreciate their hard work. However, I am going to stop surfing to macrumors.com if they keep putting those lame ads that stick to my screen on their site ... I DON'T WANT TO FILL OUT THE STUPID SURVEY!!!!

Just a rant from someone who has had enough :)

It's happened to a few other people on OSX / safari too.

See this thread

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=2869728

Arn (site god) is investigating, and hopefully the offending ad will be be basted to smithereens.

[shyataroo]

last I checked...yesterday.... apple had those ads up on its site as well.


and its the same old mac guy...and pc guy.

[jimsowden]

Good Point, Touche.

I do have a DVR, a Motorola one, and the Firewire ports do not talk to my Mac so that I can digitize the TV signal. I saved the commercial on the DVR and I used my camcorder with a tripod to tape the screen on my Plasma TV. I wanted to get the commercial on the internet as soon as possible. It even took me an hour to compress the video on my Mac due to some technical problems; even Macs are not perfect :) .

A video converter bridge is the best thing to have. I do have a Canopus ADVC300 for such work but I lent it out:( . http://www.canopus.com/

I could have used my PowerMac 7300 that has a video capture card and it would have been better. Unfortunately, I gutted the 7300 and tried to upgrade everything in it and it did not work and I need to fix it.
Your camcorder is most likely a birdge, you can just plug the DVR into it.

Edit: I'm not trying to be citical, and thanks much for posting it up, I just wanted to suggest a better way, or understand why it's not possible.

[diogowerner]

why was the video removed? does anybody have a new link?

[aafuss1]

why was the video removed? does anybody have a new link?

Could be it was removed by a user or less likely, Apple's legal department.

[prady16]

Is it just me or does someone else also finds these ads just OK?
The microsoft office one is the better of the two, but still i feel they both lack the killer punch!

[notjustjay]

Is there any place else I can see the ads, since the Youtube link no longer works?

[Thunderbird]

What are the names of the actors? Which is which?

It's classic Laurel and Hardy casting: fat guy, skinny guy. Except in the ads the skinny (Apple) guy seems to be the straight man.

:)

[NewSc2]

ugh, Google Video took them over and at the end of them they have a "Post to Blog/MySpace" option. Is MySpace that popular that it has to overdo the "embed" function?

[mi5moav]

All 3 new ads can be seen by refreshing www.news.com

I'm sure this is old new but they are there, if the links have been removed. As of 230pm columbus day still not on the apple website.

[ctakim]

Is it just me or does someone else also finds these ads just OK?
The microsoft office one is the better of the two, but still i feel they both lack the killer punch!

It is just you. These ads make me want to go back to my Apple Mac roots although I've been strictly PC for over 10 years.

[Grakkle]

It is just you. These ads make me want to go back to my Apple Mac roots although I've been strictly PC for over 10 years.

I've seen both ads. They're really well done - not at all like the jumble of bad graphics, poor pics and inane garble that comprise most tv ads.

Yup. Canadians get the cool stuff.;)