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New Mac TV Ads: Pizza Box, Throne and Calming Teas [Updated]

Monday August 18, 2008 8:01 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Apple has started televising three new 'Get a Mac' ads which have been posted to their site.

- Pizza Box - PC tries to attract college students with free Pizza
- Throne - Mac explains switching from PC to Mac is easy by bringing your PC to an Apple Store
- Calming Teas - PC has a new line of calming teas for frustrated Vista users

Update: Apple has posted a fourth new ad to its site, entitled Off The Air, in which Mac and an Apple Store Mac Genius explain how easy it is for PC users to transfer their data to a new Mac with the help of a Mac Genius. PC, not liking what he is hearing, attempts to have filming of the ad halted.
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yoyo5280
46 months ago
I love the calming teas. Ill get those for my dads birthday
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bacaramac
46 months ago
Man, you guys are quick, just saw the throne ad on Fox here in AZ.
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adamw
46 months ago
Glad to see new Apple ads!
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JML42691
46 months ago
I am surprised that Apple would actually run the "Pizza Box" ad with their buy a Mac and get a free iPod touch promotion for college students, it just seems ironic.
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dandaman2
46 months ago
I didn't think any of them were to hilarious, except for the pizza box. How John Hodgeman says "eat me" at the end...
throne was just lame though
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gibbz
46 months ago
I don't know, I kind of liked the "I banish you ... you are banished" line.
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swingerofbirch
46 months ago
Rather than putting out ads attacking Microsoft's faults, Apple should put out an ad apologizing for MobileMe and for the fact that my MacBook's fan is so loud and constantly overheating and crashing despite having been sent to Flextronics multiple times.

It wouldn't sell computers, but it would earn my respect. ;)
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xix
46 months ago

Rather than putting out ads attacking Microsoft's faults, Apple should put out an ad apologizing for MobileMe and for the fact that my MacBook's fan is so loud and constantly overheating and crashing despite having been sent to Flextronics multiple times.

It wouldn't sell computers, but it would earn my respect. ;)


Take your complaints somewhere else. Off the top of my head, engadget.com would be a good place for someone like you.
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fusionfox
46 months ago

Take your complaints somewhere else. Off the top of my head, engadget.com would be a good place for someone like you.


So because this is a Mac website, he's not allowed to have any complaints about any Apple product or service, even if there may be truth behind them?


On the topic of the ads, still dislike the way they're doing it like many other PC and Mac users. Unfortunately they see sales going up and assume it's working. Maybe it is, but there are far better ways to market the products without bashing Microsoft.
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AvSRoCkCO1067
46 months ago
I like the pizza box ad.

The throne ad was a bit lame...although the end was funny, and it did advertise a great service (genius bar transfer of your files).
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