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Apple runs new multi-banner ‘Get a Mac’ Web ad: ‘Vista… one of the biggest blunders’ (with vid)

Friday, March 21, 2008 · 11:53 am · 46 Comments

Apple is running a new Web-based multi-banner campaign on ZDNet and other online media outlets.

In the new ad, the “PC” played by John Hodgman, doesn’t like the overhead banner ads that feature quotes pertaining to Vista’s total suckage from the likes of CNET and PC Magazine, so he resorts to using his “Emergency Banner Refresh” switch to try for a better one. No such luck. He does get one from InfoWorld about Mac OS X Leopard, though:

Direct link via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd1b8vLz9LA

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Brian" for the heads up.]

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haha

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:02 pm · Reply

funny shit
Grigori

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:05 pm · Reply

There’s now an “Upgrade to Mac” ad there accompanying an article by Mary “Ho” Foley.
Jocko Flocko

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:06 pm · Reply

The ad is on the CNET site. Pretty funny.
Ampar

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:09 pm · Reply

From Gizmodo:
“We asked [Bill Gates] a simple question: what Microsoft product could have used a little more polish before release?”

Check out his answer.

A different kind of wow?
MaLvado

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:12 pm · Reply

Haha, well done!
BSOD

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:15 pm · Reply

That ad is so clever. Well done! Their ad agency is worth every penny.
anaknipedro

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:15 pm · Reply

Keep it coming Apple. You’re out to change the world.
Grigori

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:16 pm · Reply

That ad is so clever. Well done! Their ad agency is worth every penny.

Their ad agency deserves a Nobel prize.
Ampar

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:24 pm · Reply

There will be a rise in emergency room visits today as the regular PC trolls on ZDNet and C|Net have a few seizures after seeing this banner ad. Life is good.
Ray

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:24 pm · Reply

Awesome!

Just my $0.02
Danny Smythe

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:28 pm · Reply

It’s running on the New York Times web site.
MacSheikh

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:33 pm · Reply

Man they’re funny! They should give the people who come up with these ads some ad industry Oscar type thing or something. I know they have one, i just can’t remember what its called.
IEEE1394®

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:33 pm · Reply

…and on wsj.com
krquet

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:40 pm · Reply

Ahem, was that flash?
Crabs

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:42 pm · Reply

Ampar

That’s freaking hilarious. Even Bill Gates realizes it. Is it just Monkey Boy who doesn’t then? Or does even he, and he just has to try and keep up appearances?
maclover

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:59 pm · Reply

in one interview, BG talks abouy MS success with ‘hardware’ and the Xbox, newsflash, the Xbox is a PC in a black case, the Zune is a rebranded Toshiba Gigabeat, maybe the 360 is different, I don’t know, but If you cant create compelling software, which is your specialty, supposedly, does it matter if its encased in a black box, white box, brown box, or gold-plated turd ? lol
Mr. Reeee

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 1:03 pm · Reply

Just caught this one on the New York Times site.

I was actually shocked. Apple goes bare-knuckled with this one.

Bing en-a Bang en-a BOOM!
Ampar

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 1:06 pm · Reply

To MacSheikh : http://www.webbyawards.com/

To Crabs: Ballmer (sort of) knows it.

“I think it’s probably important for me to tell our partners that, rest assured, we will never have a gap between Windows releases as long as the one between XP and Windows Vista,” Ballmer told thousands at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Boston.

“I think there is a lot of value in Vista,” he said. Ballmer went on to argue that the real issue for some customers is ensuring that everything they need to support the operating system — such as device drivers — is ready before they make the transition to Vista.

“When we initially shipped, fewer device drivers were ready for Vista than I would have liked, but we constantly worked with the device vendors to get new drivers available and implemented through our Windows update service,” [Ballmer] said.
ron

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 1:18 pm · Reply

@Grigori. heir ad agency deserves a Nobel prize. Yeah, they’ll be giving one to a politician someday for his fake-o movie on how humans cause GW.
slappy

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 1:38 pm · Reply

LOL…thats a great one!!
My 2 Cents

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 1:43 pm · Reply

Best one yet!
mini

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 2:06 pm · Reply

Utube link isnt supported on the iPhone. Nice nor the flash bid on MDN. I want the whole Internet, not just a piece if it.
theloniousMac

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 3:36 pm · Reply

I know you guys don’t like hearing it, but VISTA is no where near as bad as the press has made it out to be. The group-think blasting of VISTA reminds me of the days when no one would write about Apple computer without the word “beleaguered” somewhere in the text.

I use VISTA on a daily basis. I have no more problems with VISTA than I have with OS X. I’m sitting is my office right now with VISTA up on my PC laptop, and OS X up on my Mac laptop.

Don’t be fooled by how screwed up the media is. You know how those assholes work. For some reason VISTA is the target right now, and Apple (god bless them) is taking advantage.

I just hope Mac people are smarter than the majority. Don’t believe what you hear until you sit down and use VISTA. The one true criticism is just how much of a powerful machine you need. Other than that. I’ll go out on a limb and state that in my humble experience, it is as stable as OS X Leopard.
Jooop

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 3:50 pm · Reply

@theloniousMac:

I disagree. I was issued a work laptop with Vista on it about six months ago and I gave it an honest go for that six months before reverting to XP a couple days ago. Vista is just so slow at everything. A routine batch file copy over the network of about 40 html files (about 20MB) takes around 3-4 minutes with XP and about 30 minutes from either of my two different Vista machines. Unacceptable. And that’s just one annoyance. Using Vista literally sent me into a rage on a daily basis. XP is a breath of fresh air compared to that steaming pile of garbage.
JadisOne

Friday, March 21, 2008 - 3:51 pm · Reply

@theloniousMac,

Normally, I would be inclined to agree. But I’ve had to reinstall Vista twice on a brand new PC whereas the shiny new MacBook with Leopard runs like a champ. However, I do have to admit Vista is much easier on the eyes than XP.