Apple launches new ‘Get a Mac’ Web ad: ‘Give Up On Vista’ (with video)

Monday, November 19, 2007 · 5:25 pm · 42 Comments

A clever new Apple dual-banner campaign, “Give Up On Vista,” was spotted by MacDailyNews readers today on CNET (<— click and you might see it, too) and perhaps other Websites as well:

Video via YouTube (please forgive the quality at the beginning – YouTube, ya know – it clears up pretty quickly):

Direct link to ad via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysHSDiiuWWE

Categories: MacDailyNews, News

42 Comments

Dougless

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 8:00 pm · Reply

Apple computers are the best pc to run Vista.

However, even PC guy now knows he will need to buy a Mac.

Lets see what december brings for PC guy.

Thorin

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 8:21 pm · Reply

“The star means you have registered your name.”

Oh, OK. Hey I can admit being an idiot. I thought all unregistered names were “anonymous”. Got it.

clunker

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 8:36 pm · Reply

Perfect! Best part is the ad could pass as a Gates keynote.

At least the banner didn’t BSOD.

Spark

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 8:42 pm · Reply

That’s worth shutting off your ad blockers!

Anonymous©

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 8:42 pm · Reply

simply…… brilliant!

blucaso

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 9:01 pm · Reply

Not only funny (one of their best yet) but also one of the first ads to really make real use of the banner and sidebar format. I also like the fact that it doesn’t play with the volume on unless you tell it to. Maybe ads would be blocked less often if more of them played friendly like this.

Kudos to the agency on this one. (By the way, when you think of attention to detail that Apple is known for, you start to notice it even in their ads – like the way the angle of them looking up at the banner is correct, and when the sign lights up, you can see the light reflected on their faces as they’re gazing at the sign… it’s the little things )

MrScrith

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 9:16 pm · Reply

Took some digging to finally find it on CNET, then I thought to search for Vista, and yep, right on the main Windows Vista Page guess what showed up.

http://www.cnet.com/windows-vista.html?tag=pm

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 9:25 pm · Reply

Very cool indeed … the only trouble was on my MacBook, I had to scroll down to see the whole sidebar ad, so the banner ad was off the top of the screen. I thought I was missing something … because I was.

Jim

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 9:34 pm · Reply

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA Absolutely brilliant!

Chuck U Farley

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 10:40 pm · Reply

That made up for a few very crappy days.

Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Monday, November 19, 2007 - 11:37 pm · Reply

Its Great! Sort of a take off of Bill Gates introducing “Media Center” with Conan O’Brian. Bill keeps pushing the remote and nothing happens. They wait Bill says its ready again pushes more buttons and nothing happens. I think its on You-tube.
You just can’t make this stuff up. -

Patrick

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 12:59 am · Reply

Holy Crap this is one funny ad. I also saw it on news.com

It’s bout time Apple did more than just good TV ads. This banner ad fucking rules.

Is this still considered a banner ad? I dunno, feels like it’s something else…in any case…it’s great.