'Get a Mac' Ads without Justin Long ('Mac')

He was good, but Apple needs someone more lovable and less smug. They should do the ads with Dvorak and Leo.

my guess is that PC will switch

yeah... not sure which way they'll go with it without the original mac guy.

arn

He's not out for the same reason as the Dell dude is he? :)

my guess is that PC will switch

PC can't switch, it's against the Apple license agreement :p

The guy probably doesn't want to be known as "that Mac guy" for the rest of his life.


Lethal

Meh. I think the ads are beginning to get a little long in the tooth.

It's because people don't like his character. From the very beginning of the campaign the overwhelming response has been "I like the PC guy but the Mac guy comes across as a smarmy little smart-arse" and comments of that ilk.

I'm not a fan of the campaign in general, it still over-emphasises the creative side of the Mac rather than showing just how capable the platform is (only one ad dealing with the more work-focussed aspects? Not good enough.) and once again shows the Mac to be the quirky young upstart to the PCs more mature, buttoned-down persona.

They need to show the Mac and the PC competing in the same thing, put both online with the settings they have out of the box and show what happens after browsing the net with their default browsers for a while. Actually SHOW how much easier it is to make a home movie, SHOW them both running Office, just bloody SHOW THE OPERATING SYSTEM!!!

I know that would involve directly competing with Microsoft but geeze, at some stage Apple are just going to have to bite the bullet and show to the public how things work on a Mac.

I thought he came across as an all-round pleasant guy and I don't really understand the 'smug' label he's got. From his point of view, though, he doesn't want to be stereotyped, especially if he wants to be a serious actor. Maybe the ads henceforth will use only the PC guy and instead of comparing Mac and PC side-by-side they'll just go for an all out attack on PC. :(

my guess is that PC will switch

Maybe he'll become the new "Mac" as a result of the old "Mac" leaving, and we'll see a new "PC". :D

But it is odd to see him go. I'm curious as to how the next ads will be.