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Darius Wey
11-18-2006, 07:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://flickr.com/photos/axb500/256919875/in/set-72157594225280259/' target='_blank'>http://flickr.com/photos/axb500/256919875/in/set-72157594225280259/</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/zt/2006/wey-20061119-ipodads.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />You've all seen the <a href="http://www.apple.com/getamac/" target="_blank">&quot;Get a Mac&quot; ads</a> - you know, the ones which make PC seem like the kind of guy you want to hang out with (he's cool and knows a joke or two), over Mac who seems like the boring type (he takes things too seriously). When do you think Apple will introduce <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/axb500/256919875/in/set-72157594225280259/" target="_blank">&quot;Get an iPod&quot; ads</a>? We do need John Hodgman to make Zune a world of fun.
mrozema
11-18-2006, 09:50 AM
Hang on... I thought it was the other way around. Isn't PC the boring, uptight one and Mac the fun, cool one?
Darius Wey
11-18-2006, 10:10 AM
Hang on... I thought it was the other way around. Isn't PC the boring, uptight one and Mac the fun, cool one?

Yes, that's how it's supposed to be, but I just threw a different light on the whole ad campaign. ;)
Aaron Roma
11-18-2006, 01:57 PM
Hang on... I thought it was the other way around. Isn't PC the boring, uptight one and Mac the fun, cool one?

The whole ad compain actually ended up backfiring on Apple. Turns out the ads made people more sympathetic to the PC guy, and turn away from the Apple guy feeling he was snarky and stuck-up. They ended up letting the Apple Guy go.
mrozema
11-19-2006, 08:21 AM
Ha! That's pretty funny! Silly Apple...
Dennis Hayes
11-19-2006, 09:00 AM
The whole ad compain actually ended up backfiring on Apple. Turns out the ads made people more sympathetic to the PC guy, and turn away from the Apple guy feeling he was snarky and stuck-up. They ended up letting the Apple Guy go.

Actually no, they did not (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/11/20061113133631.shtml). And where is your data that it backfired? The Ad campaign has been wildly sucessful, as far as I understood.

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Sage
11-19-2006, 07:45 PM
the ones which make PC seem like the kind of guy you want to hang out with

I think that says a lot more about you than it does about the ads. ;)
Darius Wey
11-20-2006, 01:53 AM
I think that says a lot more about you than it does about the ads. ;)

If you take a survey of the general public, you'll find there are plenty in my boat. The PC character is by far the more popular of the two. Even a lot of the Mac fans agree. ;)
James Fee
11-20-2006, 03:21 AM
I relate to stupid people better than smart people so I guess the PC Guy is more my style.
Phillip Dyson
11-20-2006, 05:46 AM
It also seemed obvious to me that the characters where caricatures of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
David Tucker
11-20-2006, 05:55 AM
I'm envisioning a Zune vs iPod ad, with the MS guy coming out all sharp looking in a nice charcoal or brown suit. Then iPod guy wanders out and he's bundled up in ski gear and various other types of padding. Zune asks what's up with the padding and iPod says something trying to stay safe. Zune says something about being able to take the day on unconcerned.

Someone make the commercial! :cool:
James Fee
11-20-2006, 08:39 PM
Of course one good parody deserves another.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepsignal/298765089/
Darius Wey
11-21-2006, 08:43 AM
Of course one good parody deserves another.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepsignal/298765089/

Bwahahaha. That's great. Thanks for sharing.