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

Chundles said:
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.
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What about when the dingo stole your baby as you were cooking a shrimp on the barbie?
 
mmmcheese said:
What about when the dingo stole your baby as you were cooking a shrimp on the barbie?
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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...
 
New Ads not only in Canada

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.
 
Chundles said:
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...
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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."
 
You won't see them in the UK

superleccy said:
Hmmm... I've not seen any of these ads in the UK yet. Not ever.
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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?
 
notjustjay said:
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.)
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The snow was terrible in August, but July was worse, eh?
I hate having to shovel my igloo's driveway all year round.
 
KevanDual2.5 said:
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?
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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)?
 
adamw said:
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)?
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I wish i understood it. But that's the explanation that i was given.
 
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.
 
Chundles said:
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.
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You're so iconic.
 
KevanDual2.5 said:
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.
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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
 
Didn't know they weren't in the US

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