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Outstanding Mac vs. PC ad on nytimes.com
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:17 PM
 
Sorry if I'm late to the party but I just saw this wonderfully executed ad onthe NY Times homepage. Stellar!
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:25 PM
 
Thanks for that. Very clever.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:30 PM
 
Very good!
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:30 PM
 
Love it. Thanks.
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:37 PM
 
nice!
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:39 PM
 
Heh.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 05:54 PM
 
Now that is good advertising. That’s the first of the PC vs. Mac ads I’ve really liked.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 06:05 PM
 
Hrm, doesn't seem to want to play for me. Just sits there. Maybe its my office's filters or something. I'll try when I get home. Looks like a good one though.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 06:23 PM
 
Yeah, I just saw that. It's awesome. I'm wondering why they have a Wallstreet Journal quote in the NYT though?
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 06:27 PM
 
I smirked.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 06:40 PM
 
I have ad block on. Could someone post a screenshot?
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 06:54 PM
 
Mine got borked...

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Jan 17, 2008, 07:03 PM
 
macintologist, C.A.T.S. was nice enough to post that but as you can see, it just doesn't translate, plus it's a vid and the way it operates is just beautiful. You really need to see and hear it to dig it, trust me. Turn your ad blocker off or watch it on another machine.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 07:32 PM
 
They had one like this before, see my old thrread here.

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...-ad-placement/

Unfortunately, those ads don't stick around.
The first one (“Don’t Give Up On Vista”) was even funnier, IMO.



Here's a Youtube version of it: YouTube - Don't Give Up on Vista Ad

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Jan 17, 2008, 08:38 PM
 
Can someone YouTube it? My adblocker works at a host file level.

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Jan 17, 2008, 09:28 PM
 
I'm conflicted.

On one hand, I love the ad...funny, unique, Apple.

On the other hand, as a journalist, I'm a bit disturbed by how much space is given to the ad. Yikes.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 09:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by ::maroma:: View Post
Hrm, doesn't seem to want to play for me. Just sits there. Maybe its my office's filters or something. I'll try when I get home. Looks like a good one though.
It just sat there for me-I have Flashblock running in Firefox-until I enabled both the side bar and the top bar Flash content. Then it ran.

"Got the whole Internet to correct..." Very cute.

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Jan 17, 2008, 10:04 PM
 
very cute, but two points off for using dumb quotemarks.
     
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:16 PM
 
Hah... Love it.

It's a Not joke. Reminds me of the Borat movie scene.
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:57 PM
 
pretty good advertising I would say. I'm impressed that apple has managed to infiltrate to that degree.
     
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Jan 18, 2008, 11:25 AM
 
And then ... "it was gone".
     
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Jan 18, 2008, 12:47 PM
 
Welcome back RR
     
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Jan 18, 2008, 12:51 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
Welcome back RR
Thanks.
     
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Jan 19, 2008, 10:11 AM
 
The Vista one was classic!
     
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Jan 19, 2008, 01:30 PM
 
For those who missed it, it's on youtube now.

thanks turtle, for the "broken sign" ad, I hadn't seen that before and I agree it probably is funnier when it starts flashing like that but the way PC enters the top banner in the new one is brilliant. The banner message is just damn potent too.
     
   
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