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Squoval
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Apple Computer is planning on hitting the airwaves with ads geared around the Mac next week, CEO Steve Jobs said Thursday at the company's annual meeting.


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Yeah, they ran plenty of ads in Feb-March announcing the switch to Intel.
Why the long face?

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Yeah, there were Mac ads during in Feb-March, but, I rarely see Mac ads (and think that is one reason why Mac sales are not slightly higher). The last I saw before the Intel switch ad was a Powerbook ad years ago. But, I could have missed other ads.

I was just sarcastically exaggerating in the OP.

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Oh, I should have posted this last night, but, whatever;
Apple is using all of its marketing muscle to take advantage of the halo effect from the popularity of iTunes and the iPod. That's why there's a ton of ads for those 2 products and not much else.

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The ads.

I like them. Slick, and to the point.

The concept of representing a Mac and a PC like that is also very interesting and clever.

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I wish I had the cash to get one of those new intel macs. I've owned macs for like fifteen years and I really miss them. The only problem I have is the cost difference. I know its worth it, especally since every mac I've owned is still working, but the PC I got just three years ago has turned into a pile of crap.

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I would really like to get a new iMac, but I got my current Mac (a mini) in March 2005.

That's Mac lust for ya.

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The Mac guy, whose name always escapes me, is one of my celebrity crushes. Some friends and I have a long-standing, makes-sense-to-nobody-but-us joke about him being the titular loser in a film we'll makes someday entitled Loser and Crackwhore: A Love Story.

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Squoval
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I just saw the WSJ ad on NBC.

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I love the one where PC says, "...ugh, I gotta crash now," and faints. Hilarious.

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Ana, I just saw that one last night. Brilliant!

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quote:
Originally posted by Assaultwater Tabby:
The Mac guy, whose name always escapes me, is one of my celebrity crushes.

I believe that guy is Justin Long, who some may remember from the TV show "Ed" or the movie "Dodgeball".

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Joy of Tech's take on the ads.

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quote:
Originally posted by Methuselah:
quote:
Originally posted by Assaultwater Tabby:
The Mac guy, whose name always escapes me, is one of my celebrity crushes.

I believe that guy is Justin Long, who some may remember from the TV show "Ed" or the movie "Dodgeball".
Not that it means much, but IMDB claims it to be true a swell.

But it is. At least according to This site

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