Justin Long No Longer A Mac 333
david.emery writes "Wired is reporting that Apple will be replacing Justin Long as its 'Mac' in their 'I'm a Mac/I'm a PC' ad campaign. John Hodgman, the personification of the PC, is reportedly shooting new commercials." From the article: "Even people who hate the campaign find their core idea compelling enough to endlessly satirize the series on YouTube. The one enduring criticism of the ads is that John Hodgman's PC is funnier and more likable than Justin Long's sleazy hipster doofus Mac. (just what was he saying to that hot new camera from Japan?) Hodgman is a riot (just read "The Areas of My Expertise" if you don't believe me), but I'm not sure how the new series of ads goes on from here. Is there a new Mac? Does Hodgman become the Mac?"
Slashdot, reporting last weeks new (Score:2, Insightful)
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Movie star? (Score:4, Funny)
Apparently the author hasn't seen "Accepted." Hilarious movie. I'll forgive him, though, because he used O RLY in a news article.
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Advertorial? (Score:2)
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There's a faster kind?
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This. Post. Powered. By. Burning. Karma.
Is it because (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:check youtube (Score:5, Funny)
So it should really go:
Enter BSD.BSD. Hey guys.
Mac. Hey.
PC. Hey.
There is a pause. PC looks at Mac. Mac looks back at PC. They both pull evil grins, and then pounce.
Cut to fuckwitted, oh-aren't-we-clever message. Unseen, we hear roaring and BSD screaming.
BSD. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Steady guys, there's enough of me for everyone!
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Don't bother. Most of them end up with Linux being the one that gets bashed on.
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Seriously? (Score:2, Insightful)
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Wow. (Score:5, Insightful)
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Uhh, you judge a person by the computer they use? You must be a... oh, never mind.
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Hooah!?
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I'm genuinely curious - what makes the Mac guy a "hippie"? You've already dismissed folks who asked about his clothes as being "shallow" basing things on appearances. So what is it? Can't be his physical build, haircut, grooming... that's shallow appearances. Maybe its him doing creative things with his computer of choice? Or is it just because.. ya know... he's the Mac guy?
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*chaching* Wha? I'm sorry AC, I couldn't hear you.
I said you just lost yourself a customer!
*kaching* AC you're going to have to speak up.
YOU JUST LOST YOURSELF A CUSTOMER, APPLE!
*change* Yeah, you can use it!
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people like me found the PC dude much more amusing and likeable than the scruffy, elitist asshole Mac guy?
But look at it another way. Consider if they had cast some real jerk into the role of PC. Essentially they would be insulting PC users. By casting a likeable friendly type, they are saying PC users are really OK Joes, and given the opportunity would like to have something better. I think it's a pretty savvy casting myself.
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I didn't think he was smug at all, and he obviously wouldn't have been designed as smug. so it's really just in the hostile minds of the insecure but Apple still wants to sell to those people.
it's like the way you always get people in ipod threads complaining that the ipod is cool and so people buying it is some sort of problem. I'm fairly certain th
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I am not saying this as a PC fan boy. Remember, I use a Powerbook, not a Dell or Toshiba. I feel
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But they're not here NOW. Its hard to compare "now" to "future" in time for a publication deadline. Given what's here NOW (non-Intel-native executables for OSX), WindowsXP (and thus Intel-native) won.
In 6 months (or whever the Intel-native OSX versions are available) the numbers may very well change, and OSX might end up on top like history says it should be.
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If native binaries for the apps don't fucking exist for the Intel Mac, then it's not "deceptive". I'll send you a shiny dime if you can point out the deception in the statement: "DV (Digital Video) did a test with the new Core2Duo and did a variety of tasks on the same machine in OS X and XP; XP blew OS X away
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Of course, the rematch would be a different story, since LinuxBox would already be configured.
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What he said to the Japanese girl: (Score:5, Funny)
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Cute joke, I guess, but...
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I couldnt really understand the rest of what they said over the constant acknowledgments from Mac (sou sou), but she asked who the other guy was and made a comment.
He had a bad accent, but what did I expect from someone who memorized three expressions for a tv commercial?
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Japanese version (Score:4, Funny)
Not the Americans dubbed in Japanese - these are Japanese actors doing the same shtick. Hi-larious.
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Good to see that some Slashdot readers still exhibit the mental age of a 12-year old when it comes to laughing at someone simply because they're speaking another language in an "oh look at those funny Japanese" kindof way.
Frankly, they're not doing anything that the American actors didn't do, so one wonders what else makes it "the fun
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In the "Mac & PC" they note that Macs are technically just a kind of personal computer then wonder why Mac gets a special name as part of that, but other computers are just "PCs." Mac suggests its a kind of nickname because people enjoy their Macs. As a nickname for the other other kind of PCs, they suggest "Work," (which sounds like Mac in Japanese).
In "Virus," PC gets o
That's the Rahmens (Score:3, Informative)
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It's all gibberish to me..
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Obligatory PS3 vs. Wii parody video... (Score:4, Funny)
It was produced by G4.
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Justin Long as there's.... (Score:2)
The Camera (Score:2)
"Does Hodgman become the Mac?" (Score:4, Funny)
It would only be fitting. If imitation IS the most sincere form of flattery, then PCs should be awfully flattered. Waaaay back in the day, Macs had a selling point of being able to read PC diskettes. Then they started boasting that they could run PC programs. After that, you were able to buy an add-in card with a Pentium CPU, on which to run your Windows apps. Now, they run on Intel hardware, and you can boot into Windows.
As much as I respect Macs for what they are and do, for all of their "We're different" attitude, they just can't seem to stop with the "Me, too!" actions.
Ah, well. Here goes nothing, Maccers, start modding me down....
Re:"Does Hodgman become the Mac?" (Score:4, Insightful)
Actually that would be the ultimate switcher message
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Hell yeah! I mean... heck... who wants compatability! Who wants the option to use data and applications from other platforms? That's just crazy talk.
Intimidating Stars (Score:5, Funny)
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Jack Black is linux and Helen Mirren is BSD
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I'm glad he's gone (Score:4, Interesting)
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What he says in Japanese (Score:2)
FWIW he doesn't sound like he actually speaks japanese, just for the ad. But maybe he does. Yo, Justin, work on your accent! Ganbatte!
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Are you sure? I thought those phrases were to be translated "how are you gentlemen?"
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I'd hate to be the Mac person (Score:2)
Hodgman, as the PC person, is supposed to be the bumbling-buffoon comic relief.
And the appropriate joke for the story (Score:5, Funny)
PC: Games.
Mac: Can I play?
PC: No.
Mac: Aww! No fair.
PC: All right. you can play them in 2 years, if you're lucky.
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In fact, no third-party "iLife for PC" cocktail is as easy, intuitive, or great-looking as iLife on a Mac.
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heh.. (Score:5, Funny)
Ellen Fleiss (Score:2, Insightful)
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When will they stop making asses of themselves? (Score:5, Insightful)
The usual responses I hear:
"PCs are no fun? Don't Macs get like, no games? What a bunch elitist assholes! Who gives a shit about making picture albums!"
"Macs are safer? Of course they are, you don't get to do anything with it because there's none of the software I use!"
"That Mac guy looks arrogant, not sure why. The PC guy looks friendlier though. Hey, in fact he looks a lot like that guy on that Jon Stewart show. Now THAT'S a funny guy."
Now tell me slashdot, am I living in some bizzaro world or are Apple really shooting themselves in the foot?
(Disclaimer: Not a Mac hater myself. Long time Linux user who's seriously thinking of buying one of those nice Core 2 Duo MacBooks real soon...)
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I like them. They don't make me want to buy a Mac. I guess its not an effective commercial for my demographic. I prefer commodity hardware (even if I occasionally buy it as a pre-assembled package) and a commodity OS.
I can see how these commercials would really piss off Windows fans. In fact - I've seen some of the Windows fanboy spoofs on YouTube... and I have to chuckle at how much it apparently
Re:When will they stop making asses of themselves? (Score:4, Funny)
That would be an awesome parody commercial. Justin Long exits, a new Mac guy comes in. PC Guy: "What happened?" Mac Guy: "I upgraded." PC Guy: "Why are you so different?" Mac Guy: "I have to have a whole new computer to upgrade." PC Guy: "I don't need to do that." Mac Guy: "Prove it." PC Guy gets his arm screwed off and a huge robot arm put on. Smacks the Mac Guy.
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This series of ads is not about preaching the the choir. It's about converting those who don't feel emotionally attached to their computer. Apple tries to convince potential buyers to get a 1000$ Mac rather than a 500$ PC. It's that simple.
And it's working. Apple market share has been rising quickly since the introdu
Justin Long is a douche bag... (Score:2)
John Hodgeman (Score:5, Funny)
(I was kind of waiting for a reference to the commercials on the Daily Show, and they delivered
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The Mac says he does "music, movies, podcasts - stuff like that". The PC says he does "timesheets and spreadsheets and pie charts". He does not says "games." Definitely implies it, though. The whole thrust of the ad is that PCs are built to do business apps and Macs are not. It's fairly ludicrous.
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If you take a fairly typical PC, it's not going to play the awesome, leading edge sort of games that real gamers play--and that they tend to throw in the face of Mac users. Yes, you can build a machine that beats the crap out of a Mac for gaming, but no, the average person doesn't buy into that market
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hajimemashite -her
yoroshiku onegai shimasu. -him
hajimemashite - How do you do?
yoroshiku onegai shimasu - Nice to meet you.
Later:
arigato - thanks
Can't really hear anything else.
Wow, wrong on nearly everything. "Hajimemashite" does not mean "How do you do?", it means "Nice to meet you." If you wanted to say "How do you do?", the polite form would be "O genki desu ka?"
"Yoroshiku onegaishimasu" does not mean "Nice to meet you" as pointed out in my previous paragraph. "Yoroshik
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Yes, I think you might be. Or at least, close. The guy is amazingly annoying, condescending, and not particularly representative of anyone I can think of in this role except himself. He fails to represent the spirit of the machine's users, which is pretty much one of independent thinking and an appreciation of fine design for the most part; and he fails to represent the machine itself in the sense that the
Re:Macs are sexy ladyboys (Score:3, Funny)
(Disclaimer: I'm typing this on a ladyboy MacBook Pro. Which for games purposes, is currently running Windows XP. Eww!)