Apple Targets Windows 7 With Three New 'Get a Mac' Ads

Following through on claims that Apple would launch new advertising targeting Windows 7, the company today posted three new "Get a Mac" commercials to its ad gallery and began airing them on television.
The first commercial, entitled Broken Promises, features PC announcing the availability of Windows 7, stating that it's "not gonna have any of the problems my last operating system had." The ad then progresses through a series of flashbacks of PC, wearing the fashion of the respective dates, making similar promises at the release of previous Windows versions.
The second ad, entitled Teeter Tottering, features a Windows XP user named Annie who is moving to a Mac for a "fresh start" with a computer line-up rated #1 in consumer satisfaction. As part of Annie's rationale for making the switch to Mac, she notes "I could stick with what I know, but what I know is pain and frustration."
The third commercial, entitled PC News, features PC as a news anchor speaking to an in-the-field reporter at the Windows 7 launch. The reporter interviews several excited customers who are switching to Mac, noting "If we have to move all of our stuff, why not move to the computer that's number one in customer satisfaction?"
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(View all)30 months ago
In before the critics. Yes, the concept is getting a little long in the tooth... but these are some effective new ads. :)
30 months ago
"Whoa whoa whoa, cut the feed, let's go to commercial."
"Um, we are a commercial."
Great stuff.
"Um, we are a commercial."
Great stuff.
30 months ago
Absolutely hilarious! Probably some of their best they've ever done!
"Broken Promises" is hilarious!
"Broken Promises" is hilarious!
30 months ago
Oooo, fresh and exciting!
Seriously though, I enjoy the iPhone commercials so much more because they focus on what their product does, not what the competitor's doesn't. But I guess they have no reason to do anything new - business is good.
Seriously though, I enjoy the iPhone commercials so much more because they focus on what their product does, not what the competitor's doesn't. But I guess they have no reason to do anything new - business is good.
30 months ago
Shouldn't Apple spend money trying to fix the GIANT BUG THAT DELETES ALL OF A USER'S DATA instead of making commercials?
It would be GREAT if MS made a commercial like that...
It would be GREAT if MS made a commercial like that...
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