What do CPers think of this ad campaign? I personally think it's brilliant. I enjoy pretty much all of those commercials that they run. I wont be buying a mac anytime soon, but my favorite is:
I love it. I think it makes it even funnier that the PC guy looks alot like Bill Gates.
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"Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than to find, as quickly as possible, someone to worship."
Yup. Good eye! Hodgman is an infrequent correspondent for the Daily Show, but his funniest work that I know of is in his book Areas of My Expertise. Hilarious stuff--I highly recommend it.
Hodgman makes those commercials happen. The Mac guy isn't really all that interesting, in my opinion--but Hodgman plays "PC" with pure bathos.
John Hodgeman has got to be one of the stories of the year... about a year ago he was simply a writer (albeit a very good one) with some radio work, and now he's one of the most recognisable faces on television. It was great that the Daily Show recognised his brilliance during that first interview and made him a regular contributor to the show.
Yeah I know alot of 14 year old kids with an extra $1500 sitting around.
Clearly you have never used a Mac, they are very good computers, I love my Macbook, best computer I have ever owned.
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"Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than to find, as quickly as possible, someone to worship."
Yeah I know alot of 14 year old kids with an extra $1500 sitting around.
Clearly you have never used a Mac, they are very good computers, I love my Macbook, best computer I have ever owned.
I think he was joking..you mac users get so defensive. They should put that in their ads.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
I think he was joking..you mac users get so defensive. They should put that in their ads.
But that's my whole point. They should move away from the stereotypes of Mac users.
Especiallly when they're trying to expand their market to families and such..
By using that guy, they're appealing to a market they already have, instead of getting everyone else.
Yeah I know alot of 14 year old kids with an extra $1500 sitting around.
Clearly you have never used a Mac, they are very good computers, I love my Macbook, best computer I have ever owned.
Agreed. Everything about my Macbook makes me giggle like a 14 year old emo kid. The fact that wireless took about 14 seconds to set up made me happy. I remember the nightmares on my old pc.
Hi, I'm a Mac. And I'm a PC
