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#1 2006-06-12 6:24 pm
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If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Macs are PC's too and this one also. Macs do "fun stuff"
The Out of box ad is pretty good.
You can see the ads on Apple's website, unless you really like YouTube. Miles
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#2 2006-06-12 6:31 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Rrrrrrggghhhhhh. The beauty of Youtube.
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#4 2006-06-12 6:37 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
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#5 2006-06-12 6:43 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
lol at pie charts
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#6 2006-06-12 6:45 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
They sort of forgot how PC's play more games than macs.
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#7 2006-06-12 6:50 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
those were better then the originals. they may not convert people but at least I had a laugh, and really, isn't that what's important.
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#8 2006-06-12 7:03 pm
Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Somebody actually bothered to kinescope these?
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#9 2006-06-12 7:03 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Further proof that Apple cares about hardware instead of software sales.
Out of box would make more sense if Microsoft Office Trial wasn't so difficult to uninstall.
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#10 2006-06-12 7:10 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
MacBoy4139 wrote:
Further proof that Apple cares about hardware instead of software sales.
Out of box would make more sense if Microsoft Office Trial wasn't so difficult to uninstall.
It's optional in the first place. 
#11 2006-06-12 7:15 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
it can't be a tv ad (at the end there's a link to view other ads), but the thing says it's not online yet... phishy
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#12 2006-06-12 7:17 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
mr. penguin wrote:
it can't be a tv ad (at the end there's a link to view other ads), but the thing says it's not online yet... phishy
They are online. You can see them at Apple's website here.
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#13 2006-06-12 7:25 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
NAG wrote:
They sort of forgot how PC's play more games than macs.
That's one major point.
The "touche" doesn't grab me. And running Windows on a Mac, from what I've read, isn't as easy as the Apple ad implies.
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#15 2006-06-12 7:52 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
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why would they yank them? they all seem very good to me.
I think because to Mac users the ads seem funny but to windows users they seem arrogant and offensive. And mac users are already probably going to buy macs.
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#16 2006-06-12 7:57 pm
Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
It isn't targeting "PC users" in the sense that we usually think of them. They are targeted to the usual computer user, who only uses Windows because that's what everybody else told them to use.
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#17 2006-06-12 8:08 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
akb825 wrote:
It isn't targeting "PC users" in the sense that we usually think of them. They are targeted to the usual computer user, who only uses Windows because that's what everybody else told them to use.
Finally! I've been trying to get ^that^ into words for the longest time, and that says it perfectly.
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#20 2006-06-12 9:01 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
some of those ads feel a little pretentious to me.
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#21 2006-06-12 10:10 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
I just saw the piechart one on TV. Comedy Central.
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#22 2006-06-12 10:17 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Was just catching up with a friend I hadn't seen in several years. Somehow we got on the topic of computers briefly, and I mentioned how I'd worked on Macs a lot during college and have really grown to like them.
I was telling her about Bootcamp and how you could now run OSX and XP. She had no idea that was possible previously, and was very interested. I think the new ad will really help to clue people similar to her into the situation and really turn some heads. I don't think she'd ever really considered a Mac before, but I got the feeling she might look into one the next time she needs to make a purchase.
I like the new crop of ads.
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#23 2006-06-12 10:22 pm
Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.
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#24 2006-06-12 10:24 pm
Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Jack Sparrow wrote:
mr. penguin wrote:
it can't be a tv ad (at the end there's a link to view other ads), but the thing says it's not online yet... phishy
They are online. You can see them at Apple's website here.
Didn't see your link. Damn.
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#25 2006-06-12 10:31 pm
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Re: If Apple has a clue, they will yank this ad
Gatchaman wrote:
Somebody actually bothered to kinescope these?
Musta been a PC user. (no quicktime) 
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