That's because you've already joined the "cult" (you're posting on MR so I think that's a fair evaluation) and these ads aren't directed at you at all. It's like with cell phone companies - the newest customers/switchers are more important because once you have someone they are less likely to switch back. Especially in this case since the OS is so much better that you'd have to be a sado-masochist to think about reverting back to Vista.
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That's because you've already joined the "cult" (you're posting on MR so I think that's a fair evaluation) and these ads aren't directed at you at all. It's like with cell phone companies - the newest customers/switchers are more important because once you have someone they are less likely to switch back. Especially in this case since the OS is so much better that you'd have to be a sado-masochist to think about reverting back to Vista.
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I really liked these. I think this is one of the best new lineups in a while. Calming Teas is my favorite in this group.
I really liked these. I think this is one of the best new lineups in a while. Calming Teas is my favorite in this group.
Ahaha theyre still good, but they are quite petty really! They know it though so i guess its ok!
Am I the only one who thought the Tea was the best one?
"Oh so you're fixing the problems with Vista?"
"No, I'm making them easier to live with."
"Oh so you're fixing the problems with Vista?"
"No, I'm making them easier to live with."
Agreed. The whole point of the ad's is to personify pcs and macs, making it easier to illustrate the point they're making. By doing this, you're able to get a message across much easier within 30 seconds.
For most people, windows and mac look the same: icons, folders, fonts, etc;. You have to figure out a way to show that using a mac is better; hence, these ads.
I know the ad's are getting long in the tooth, but they're some of the best out there for any company.
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I've been a member of the "cult" for years before the first commercials aired. I thought they were hilarious. But more recently, I think they're running out of ideas and scraping the bottom of a barrel.
But of course they're on a role right now and they don't want to give it up. Some people are so close to the edge, they need just one more commercial, no matter how minor and unfunny, to push them over the edge and get a Mac.
Honestly, do you have any other ideas for good commercials? They've already covered how easy it is to connect things (the one with the japanese girl representing a foreign camera,) and time after time have compared how PCs easily crash and get viruses.
Oh! I know a commercial I'd love to see! I'd love to see one with Mac playing a game with PC, then something happens to PC (hackers, crashed, IDK,) and he loses because of it. But of course that's not happening for a few more years because PC still has far more exclusives than the Mac has cross platforms (Blizzard and id seem to be the only major cross platform computer game companies... PC has all kinds of exclusives like Valve (Portal = Best computer puzzle game ever, it's the only reason I use Boot Camp.) and... well... I'm sure they have others... I try to avoid articles that talk about how much better PCs are for gaming...)
Using both XP / Vista and Mac OS X, and Windows Server 2003 / 2008 and Mac OS X Server, I can't remember the last time any of the above operating systems themselves crashed. I'm not counting BSODs or Kernel Panics that I caused by fitting faulty hardware or doing something really stupid with driver code or whatever. I've seen bad drivers and odd application behaviour (quite a lot while testing Vista x64 at work actually) but no real "my OS just died" issues.
I gave up on Vista and went back to XP because Vista just doesn't feel right. It has a very awkward fit and finish compared to XP. I'm going to keep using XP and OSX at home until I can get everything I need to do out of Windows, and at work where Switching just isn't an option, I'm going to hope like hell that Windows 7 is actually usable.
I am not certain why this would surprise you. The TV ad and the promotional campaign work together for college students. They have a decision to make before the upcoming enrollment. Rather than choosing a (Dell pizza box laptop) PC, Apple is encouraging them to select a Mac (sweetening the deal with "a slice of pizza").
Ads should establish a brand and evoke a favorable emotion when one needs to make a decision or has opportunity to see the promoted product. These ads are designed to make people laugh at their decision to choose PC over Mac - possibly breaking away from the norm and enjoying a Mac. Sometimes corny execution is part of a brilliant strategy. Pizza Box and Throne are my favorites.
Its not just you. I think its time Apple came up with a new advertising campaign. The dancing silhouette iPod commercials have run their coarse too.I dont know, I think these ads are getting old... or maybe Im just getting old
They're on YouTube. Search for "get a mac ad pizzza" and you'll see a couple of users who have uploaded all three of the new ads.
Exactly. Apple is not forcing him to use that repair centre and not everyone has had continuing problems with Mobileme. Apparently, there was an outage a while back but I did not notice because I guess I had better things to do rather than checking my email every five minutes.