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Final 'Get a Mac' Spot to Kick Off WWDC?
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That wouldn't be very consistent with Jobs' D8 attitude about it. I think he takes this too seriously to joke about it. We'll see.
rhett7660
macrumors G5
I dunno, he was laughing a bit about it at D8 actually. He even joked about there being sex and maybe a script to a movie in there.
Is there going to be some video making fun of iPad launch promises and AT&T pulling the rug out from users unless they keep on throwing $30/mo down?
macuserx86
macrumors 6502a
I assume the commercial ends with a SEAL/lawyer team beating the piss out of everyone in the bar.
rhinosrcool
macrumors 68000
I agree. Sure, the fanbois will laugh. However, many others will use this against Apple.
BornAgainMac
macrumors 604
I would like to see a new Mac campaign like how they did the iPhone commercials. The iPhone commercials were done perfectly.
I wish I was at the Developer Conference front row and center.
I wish I was at the Developer Conference front row and center.
I thought there was mention of a new Mac ad campaign coming later this summer.
No matter what Apple says or does, the critics will find a way to use it against them.
Eric S.
macrumors 68040
No, because in the commercial Steve Jobs won't be after the DA to press charges. Now that would be funny.
This sounds awesome! I liked Long but Hodgman was always definitely the heart of the pieces. It'd be nice to see Apple joking about this whole leak business.
inkswamp
macrumors 68030
Why not? For the last 3-4 years, Apple has opened WWDC keynote with short clips of the characters from the Get a Mac ads. They're not ads in the traditional sense of trying to sell you something, but rather doing something humorous to kick off WWDC, like Will Farrell's switcher ads. One of the years, PC tries to convince everyone that WWDC is canceled and they can all go home. On another year, PC tries to convince the audience that he's Jobs. That kind of thing. It's always an attempt to derail WWDC.
Search YouTube if you're interested. I stumbled across a couple of them a few weeks ago.
Nope, and this hasn't been done for at least five years. You'll have to wait until this evening when Apple posts the video.
bigjnyc
Suspended
Thats what happens when you browse rumor sites. It was going to be all over the blogs and live feeds anyways before you would have seen the keynote.
That is unacceptable, it is 2010! 😱
I guess I will watch on giz or engadget, thanks for the heads up.
TheAppleGeek
macrumors 6502a
9 to 5 Mac reports that has received information that Apple last week filmed one final "Get a Mac" spot featuring John Hodgman as his usual "PC" character but without Justin Long's "Mac" character. According to sources, the spot pokes fun at the situation involving the iPhone prototype that made its way to Gizmodo earlier this year.The report suggests that the spot may be used to open Steve Jobs' keynote address later today, pointing to a similar theme used to open WWDC 2007 with "PC" attempting to pass himself off as Jobs.
Rumors of the demise of Apple's long-running "Get a Mac" campaign surfaced in early April in an interview with Justin Long, and were confirmed late last month when the company removed the videos and all other mention of the campaign from its site.
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Haha, that sounds hilarious. I hope it happens.
farmboy
macrumors 65816
Just shows that neither of you understand the difference between persecuting (and show us where you see that) and prosecuting, and who does what.
