I love these ads! I actually laughed out loud at all of them. You have to love Apple's sense of humor. 
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aria505 said:
I'm a long time PC user, and am waiting on the arrival of my mbp. That being said, I disagree with you. These are short, clever and humorous ads to get Mac's in the door of the public eye and I believe later on you'll see more ads having to do with OS X; once people start to see the real power of Mac computers. People watching TV shows like 24 areant exactly thinking about computers and therefore areant going to understand or neccesarily be interesting in all the aspects of OS X from a brief commercial. The ads are supposed to make an impression, then build from there. They're light and pleasantly true. Your definitly over analyzing these ads. Relax and laugh a little...
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age234 said:
Exactly the point. Hook 'em young and they'll be loyal.
daysleeper said:
Squire said:Purely coincidental, I'm sure.
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No, I am sure that it was quite intentional given the general resentment and contempt that a lot of computer users have towards Microsoft's products and Bill Gates' money.
I don't think these ads insult PC users.BenRoethig said:
The Intel ad did: by saying PCs do only "dull little tasks," they imply that PC users only do the same.
But these ads leave open that PC users may do the same things... but on a Mac they can do them easier or better.
p0intblank said:I love these ads! I actually laughed out loud at all of them. You have to love Apple's sense of humor.
haha, indeed. My roommate and I had a ball with the "Japanese" one seeing as how we couldn't get Japanese characters to type in Win2000 so I ended up putting ubuntu on his 2nd HDD. It was historical!
These ads mark the end of an era. The apple Switch campaign is officially over, may it R.i.P. www.apple.com/switch ... I'll let you see for yourself. *tear
I love these.
And would it be odd to say that the Mac is incredibly hot imo?
I <3 the clock & calulator on the best.... it is AMAZING.
So, is there any kinda real chance of MacBooks tomorrow?
And would it be odd to say that the Mac is incredibly hot imo?
I <3 the clock & calulator on the best.... it is AMAZING.
So, is there any kinda real chance of MacBooks tomorrow?
Darn, only 357mb was sucked up from posting those videos. What am I going to do with the rest of the 24.7Gb?
lilstewart said:Brian - can't you get in trouble for that?
Free advertisement it is.
If Apple didn't want people to download and host and then encourage others to download and view their ads, they would simply not allow the ads to be downloadable.
They do it with the keynotes, so they could do it with the ads, too.
Great TV Ads.
Too bad these commercials will not be available in Japan for a long time. And if they were, they wouldn't be as effective as Microsoft's, Toshiba's, Sony's or NEC's commercials as it doesn't have the star power that sells anything in here.
When they do come out, I hope they at least get star power as the voice over.
I did like that the Camera in the Network Commercial. She actually said, "Ne ne dare sore, otakupokunai?" which means "Hey who is that. Looks like a nerd."
Too bad these commercials will not be available in Japan for a long time. And if they were, they wouldn't be as effective as Microsoft's, Toshiba's, Sony's or NEC's commercials as it doesn't have the star power that sells anything in here.
When they do come out, I hope they at least get star power as the voice over.
I did like that the Camera in the Network Commercial. She actually said, "Ne ne dare sore, otakupokunai?" which means "Hey who is that. Looks like a nerd."
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Also here's the portal page for the new campaign.
Way to keep a heads up mfeathers. Medium size are iPod Compatible.mfethers said:
Also here's the portal page for the new campaign.
And so it begins, the new switch ads. Let the beige boxes tremble in fear of being replaced by a white one.
kugino said:
Me too! I wonder what she's up to now .... <flashback music>
...and I was like: wha?!?
</flashback>
My first impression is those commercials are pretty dumb. Maybe they'll grow on me, though, and, maybe the target audience is the type who will connect with these type of commercials.
I dunno. I just saw one of them (the Walt Mossberg review) and I thought it was sort of so-so. I liked the Intel switch one much better.
I just saw the WSJ one during The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
I like the virus one better, but they're both ok.
I like the virus one better, but they're both ok.
adam1185 said:
It would make sense to me - after seeing how boring these commercials are. I'd much rather see a macbook on the home page.
thejadedmonkey said:
Actually, I thought they bore an uncanny resemblance to the switch commercials, i.e., the casually dressed (at least one of them, although he looked like he got kicked out of a Gap commercial) ordinary, everyday spokesperson against a nondescript opaque background, non-intrusive background music score, and so on. Obviously not the rebirth of the switch campaign, but more of a folksy extension of it - whatever that means lol.
That said I hated 'em. In a way, I'm glad that Apple is finally, finally getting an ad campaign going for the Mac, but..."Hello, I'm a Mac." "And I'm a PC" ?!?!?! They only thing missing is the little teapot.
And would it hurt to actually show the god damn product!? Like expose in action? Or dashboard in action? Or the dock in action? Or minimized windows in action? One of the Mac's main selling points is not only is it beautiful to look at, but it's actually fun to use. There are gazillions of folks who know what Windows XP looks like and how it behaves, but how many of those folks have ever seen Mac OS X in action or even know what it looks like? My guess is quite a few do not. Those are the folks that should be the prime target of this campaign.
Jobs said that the "soul" of a Mac was OS X. You never know that from these commercials.
Bring back the Intel chip being set free commercial. At least it was funny.
Meh...
I like Viruses, Networking and Restarting... the other three just don't sit well with me. But I know a few friends who have had conversations much like the 'iLife' one, or who would benefit from seeing the 'Better' commercial.
On the whole, I say 'Meh' (for the quality of the commercials), but 'Awesome' (to the fact that Apple is finally advertising the Mac).
I like Viruses, Networking and Restarting... the other three just don't sit well with me. But I know a few friends who have had conversations much like the 'iLife' one, or who would benefit from seeing the 'Better' commercial.
On the whole, I say 'Meh' (for the quality of the commercials), but 'Awesome' (to the fact that Apple is finally advertising the Mac).