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abe · Jun 11, 2006, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Aren't comics supposed to be funny?

I actually have to go read a few weeks worth of Get Fuzzy to feel good about the world again.

"Get Fuzzy?"

- - e r i k - - · Jun 11, 2006, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by The Godfather

Haha. Wow. Thats hilariously lame.

No wait.

It's just plain lame.

The only thing this comic points out is the misguided belief of the author that security to obscurity has anything to do with real security. Heh.

JoshuaZ · Jun 11, 2006, 06:44 AM

Its probably a bad marketing strategy to mock your 'switch' users.

Though trying to get the young college crowd into computers by making them cool probably isn't such a bad idea. Neither is giving away free iPods with new Computers either.

Jawbone54 · Jun 11, 2006, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Aren't comics supposed to be funny?

I actually have to go read a few weeks worth of Get Fuzzy to feel good about the world again.

I suppose that to disillusioned Vista enthusiasts, this is probably very comforting. I'll let 'em take what they can get.

zmcgill · Jun 11, 2006, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I suppose that to disillusioned Vista enthusiasts, this is probably very comforting. I'll let 'em take what they can get.

Especially since they won't get vista til 2010

The Godfather · Jun 12, 2006, 04:52 PM

FUNNY STUFF!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SczWu8TyU...=mac%20ad%20tv

zmcgill · Jun 12, 2006, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by The Godfather

FUNNY STUFF!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SczWu8TyU...=mac%20ad%20tv

Haha, not bad. Maybe don't spit into the mic though...

Salty · Jun 12, 2006, 06:46 PM

Too bad they talk insanely fast!

piot · 08:47 PM

3 new ones. Real ones I mean!

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

The Godfather · Jun 12, 2006, 09:28 PM

Well. These have more substance than the first batch!

Jasoco · Jun 12, 2006, 09:42 PM

Awesome! I like them better than the first set.

"Actually, the rest of me is in some other boxes, I'll catch up with you later.."

"Touché" "No, I don't think you're using that right.."

"This light grey area could represent hang-out time, while this dark grey area could represent just kicking it."

mac1896 · Jun 13, 2006, 12:11 AM

I ran across this one last night....................................lol

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/apple.php

krillbee · Jun 16, 2006, 09:25 AM

lol, i found some more parodies,

On google video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63&q=mac+spoof
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...83&q=mac+spoof
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...53&q=mac+spoof

The last one is the best by far!

Miniryu · Jun 20, 2006, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by cjrivera

Ad #2 (follow up to the 1st ad) if Leopard beats Vista to market:

Run an ad with the Mac guy by himself saying "I'm a Mac with the new Mac OS 10.5.. and this, finally, is PC guy running Windows Vista" . PC guy comes out wearing the same clothes/outfit (of course, not fitting exactly right) as Mac guy and says, "Sorry I'm late, but I had a few things I had to, um, catch up with..." Mac guy looks PC guy up and down, while just shaking his head. While Mac guy is doing this, PC guy is tring to imitate everything he does, but just doesn't do it well.
The picture fades out and the Apple logo shows up with PC guy as a voice over asking, "So... what are you wearing tomorrow?"

Brilliant.

Miniryu · Jun 20, 2006, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Finally saw two last night. I like them (Though they did rip off an old Apple spoof video, where they ask the guy his favorite games and he answers 'Photoshop')..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...s.+blue+switch
This parady was created by the guys who make Red vs. Blue (www.redvsblue.com)

Also, everyone needs to go out and watch Waiting... Its a great movie.

Miniryu · Jun 20, 2006, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Spliff

I'm "meh" about the new ads, but here are some old ones I enjoyed.

Optical Mouse

iMac Merry-go-round

Feiss Stoner Switch Ad

What ever happened to Ellen Feiss? Is she 18 yet?

The Godfather · Jun 20, 2006, 11:51 AM

http://www.slate.com/id/2143810/fr/rss/

^ like me, the writer feels offended that the new Mac ads insult my intelligence.

http://superosity.com/d/20060620.html

ROFL!

Gossamer · Jun 20, 2006, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by The Godfather

http://www.slate.com/id/2143810/fr/rss/

^ like me, the writer feels offended that the new Mac ads insult my intelligence.

http://superosity.com/d/20060620.html

ROFL!

I do think that these ads are aimed toward non-techies. They'll do nothing to persuade die-hard PC users that already have lots of computer knowledge, but I think they work well for the average joe who still thinks only artists/whatever else kind of people can use Macs and you can't get anything for them and they're completely different blah blah blah.

That comic was funny!!

krillbee · Jun 21, 2006, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Miniryu

What ever happened to Ellen Feiss? Is she 18 yet?

I heard she started doing porn.

Salty · Jun 21, 2006, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

I heard she started doing porn.

And then I hear these noises...

And... my... my virginity is gone...
It was a really good virginity...

</joke I can't believe I just made>

krillbee · Jun 21, 2006, 03:45 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

And then I hear these noises...

And... my... my virginity is gone...
It was a really good virginity...

</joke I can't believe I just made>

lol!

Instead of normal moaning, when she gets turned on she goes "beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep".

Salty · Jun 21, 2006, 04:49 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

lol!

Instead of normal moaning, when she gets turned on she goes "beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep".

Some day... I want to just randomly start beeping during sex!

krillbee · Jun 22, 2006, 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

Some day... I want to just randomly start beeping during sex!

It would only be sexy if Ellen Feiss did it.

loki74 · Jun 22, 2006, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

lol!

Instead of normal moaning, when she gets turned on she goes "beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep".

Jasoco · Jun 22, 2006, 06:31 PM

Apparently...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Feiss

...she is doing short French films.

In September 2005, Feiss appeared in the French short film Bed and Breakfast due to be released during the summer of 2006. She plays one half of an American couple visiting France who are drawn into a dangerous fantasy world when they visit an old friend at his château.

http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/00_...00054953&o=23#

And she's 19.

Doesn't anyone use Google anymore? You can find anything!

amacgenius-30 · Jun 22, 2006, 09:18 PM

My favorite is the one :

Mac: Hi i'm a mac
PC: And i'm a PC.
Mac: And i'm a PC too
PC: wha?
Mac: You see, ow you can run windows on am mac so I am kin do of the only computer you'll ever need.
PC:um...touche
Mac: No, I don't think your using that right.
Mac: You see I make a point and you make it counterpoint.
Mac:So let's try it again.
Mac:You can get a mac and still rin your windows stuff.
PC: Touche?
Mac: Never mind...

best commercial ever...

krillbee · Jun 22, 2006, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

Doesn't anyone use Google anymore? You can find anything!

I prefer to make up my own stories.

Face it, Ellen Feiss does some porn on the side.

Miniryu · Jun 23, 2006, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

I prefer to make up my own stories.

Face it, Ellen Feiss does some porn on the side.

Okay okay I admit, I was in one of those pornos (it was a really good porn). She was all beep beep beep beep beep beep, then put her mouth on my "paper", and then like half of my paper was gone.

I mean it. She devoured my "paper". I was like ughhh.

Jasoco · Jun 24, 2006, 12:17 AM

I wish I could see that short film though. Or at least a larger photo of the film than the one on that site.

krillbee · Jun 25, 2006, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

I wish I could see that short film though. Or at least a larger photo of the film than the one on that site.

what short film?

Big Mac · Jun 25, 2006, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by amacgenius-30

My favorite is the one :

Mac: Hi i'm a mac
PC: And i'm a PC.
Mac: And i'm a PC too
PC: wha?
Mac: You see, ow you can run windows on am mac so I am kin do of the only computer you'll ever need.
PC:um...touche
Mac: No, I don't think your using that right.
Mac: You see I make a point and you make it counterpoint.
Mac:So let's try it again.
Mac:You can get a mac and still rin your windows stuff.
PC: Touche?
Mac: Never mind...

best commercial ever...

Yeah, at least Apple is being honest about the fact that it now sells PCs.

harrisjamieh · Jun 25, 2006, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

Yeah, at least Apple is being honest about the fact that it now sells PCs.

Are you ever going to grow up?

Jasoco · Jun 25, 2006, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by krillbee

what short film?

Did you read my previous post?

krillbee · Jun 25, 2006, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

Did you read my previous post?

ohhh Feiss' short films, lol. have a bit of a thing for her?

Jasoco · Jun 25, 2006, 11:01 PM

Actually, no. But I DO know how to use Google. Too bad so many people don't.

Miniryu · Jun 26, 2006, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

Actually, no. But I DO know how to use Google. Too bad so many people don't.

I used Google too out of curiousity- I was just curious if anyone knew anything beyond her Wikipedia entry (which doesn't say terribly much when compared the tidbit spewing craniums from this board).

And after hijacking the thread, I'll return it by saying that in retrospect these are the best non-iPod commercials Apple has ever released.

I mean, stuff like the 1984 commercials were historic and amazing, but they weren't effective in selling a product. That whole "Think Different" slogan, while cool and appealing to us higher thinkers, did not appear the the mass public that wants to do anything but be different. For the first time Apple is targeting the mass public, and they are doing so by advertising actual features of their computers. Notice there are no pretty computers to look at, just dummied down explainations about why Macs are good computers to have. Most people are stupid. Most people are sheep. And Apple wants all of them buying their computers.

Dakar · Jun 26, 2006, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

Apparently...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Feiss

...she is doing short French films.

http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/00_...00054953&o=23#

And she's 19.

Doesn't anyone use Google anymore? You can find anything!

She was only 15 at the time of that commercial?

More proof I'm terrible at judging age, I guess.

tboparis · Jun 27, 2006, 01:25 PM

I don't care what you guys say the ads were great.

krillbee · Jun 27, 2006, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by tboparis

I don't care what you guys say the ads were great.

lol, which makes it all the more funny when internet nerds have had the crush for her

but seriously, i thought she was older too. when she 'im a student' in the ad, i was thinking college student.

to think she was 15, and adults were drooling about her and discussing her on the internet? wow, thats pretty strange.

But not as strange as my comment about how she became a pornstar.

Dakar · Jun 27, 2006, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by krillbee

but seriously, i thought she was older too. when she 'im a student' in the ad, i was thinking college student.

Bingo, I thought she was 19, 20.

Admittedly I wasn't paying close attention the commercials, drooling.

Dakar · Jun 27, 2006, 02:37 PM

God, I looked at ehr pictures again. She's got an alien-like quality to her. But I understand the intruige.

Jasoco · Jun 27, 2006, 02:49 PM

She looks a lot more matured in the second commercial. I'm just curious what she looks like now.

Dakar · Jun 27, 2006, 02:51 PM

I wonder why she turned down appearances on letterman & Leno. Mothership must not have been in the solar system.

cjrivera · Jun 27, 2006, 03:39 PM

I always liked

better.

http://spherule.com/media/video/switch/janie_porche.mov

although she does look a lot different today....

(second from the left)

krillbee · Jun 28, 2006, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar

I wonder why she turned down appearances on letterman & Leno. Mothership must not have been in the solar system.

yeah i know, i think thats insane. I mean you have to be someone pretty special to be able to go on either of those shows, and I was kind of surprised to hear that they offered those opportunities for her. she should have jumped on it in an instant.

rickey939 · Aug 27, 2006, 10:59 PM

(3) new Mac ads aired this evening during the Emmy's...

Apple - Get a Mac

gperks · Aug 27, 2006, 11:23 PM

I like 'em. The wheelchair one definitely sticks in your head.

turtle777 · Aug 27, 2006, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Jasoco

And she's 19.
Doesn't anyone use Google anymore? You can find anything!

Yeah, I found that she is 17, 19 and 21 at the same time.

Living in France, Japans and Poland.

-t

Jasoco · Aug 27, 2006, 11:29 PM

The first two didn't have the same impact, but I liked the third.

tboparis · Aug 27, 2006, 11:49 PM

I saw the 3 new ones and my favorite is the 'trust a mac'