Comments on: New Get A Mac Ads: Podium, PR Lady, and Boxer http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122493 Ryan Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:44:05 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122493 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-122432" rel="nofollow">Inferno_str1ke wrote:</a><blockquote>I find it funny that Apple are spending loads of money on this when they’re not even trying to hurt sales of PCs - just Vista. That their money is best spent on adverts rather than fixing all the problems that have cropped up with leopard is certainly some form of irony. I still think our Mitchell and Webb versions are better though :P</blockquote></div> Companies like Apple have to advertise to pull in a new audience, and they are smart for making these ads. Think about how viral they are, and the fact that they put Windows down in the process is just an added benefit for them. Inferno_str1ke wrote:
I find it funny that Apple are spending loads of money on this when they’re not even trying to hurt sales of PCs – just Vista. That their money is best spent on adverts rather than fixing all the problems that have cropped up with leopard is certainly some form of irony.

I still think our Mitchell and Webb versions are better though :P

Companies like Apple have to advertise to pull in a new audience, and they are smart for making these ads. Think about how viral they are, and the fact that they put Windows down in the process is just an added benefit for them.

]]> By: Inferno_str1ke http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122432 Inferno_str1ke Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:02:27 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122432 I find it funny that Apple are spending loads of money on this when they're not even trying to hurt sales of PCs - just Vista. That their money is best spent on adverts rather than fixing all the problems that have cropped up with leopard is certainly some form of irony. I still think our Mitchell and Webb versions are better though :P I find it funny that Apple are spending loads of money on this when they’re not even trying to hurt sales of PCs – just Vista. That their money is best spent on adverts rather than fixing all the problems that have cropped up with leopard is certainly some form of irony.

I still think our Mitchell and Webb versions are better though :P

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122312 Ashley Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:33:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122312 Podium is definitely my favorite -- especially the line "it's not what Vista can do for you, it's what you can buy for Vista" or something like that. :) Definitely a great marketing team over at Apple, there's no denying that! Podium is definitely my favorite — especially the line “it’s not what Vista can do for you, it’s what you can buy for Vista” or something like that. :) Definitely a great marketing team over at Apple, there’s no denying that!

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122285 Ryan Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:59:21 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122285 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-122258" rel="nofollow">Me wrote:</a><blockquote>shame that leopard is giving many mac users the same headache that vista is giving many pc users…I have used both and have had few, if any, problems with either one, usually caused by me and my habit of doing things im not supposed to with a computer…</blockquote></div> I'm guilty of the same things. Naturally you think the computer will understand what you're trying to do, but then it all goes wrong. ;) <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-122262" rel="nofollow">KylesCove wrote:</a><blockquote>No matter how many problems Leopard has, Apple has brilliant marketing strategies.</blockquote></div> They really are great at marketing. Their commercials for iPods, iPhone, computers, and more have always caught my attention. I really like their new iPod Nano commercial. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-122265" rel="nofollow">netster007x wrote:</a><blockquote>Podium was funny. PR was OK. Boxer was just dumb. “Not a competition?!” Of course it’s a competition.</blockquote></div> Glad I someone else felt the same way I did on them. Me wrote:
shame that leopard is giving many mac users the same headache that vista is giving many pc users…I have used both and have had few, if any, problems with either one, usually caused by me and my habit of doing things im not supposed to with a computer…

I’m guilty of the same things. Naturally you think the computer will understand what you’re trying to do, but then it all goes wrong. ;)

KylesCove wrote:
No matter how many problems Leopard has, Apple has brilliant marketing strategies.

They really are great at marketing. Their commercials for iPods, iPhone, computers, and more have always caught my attention. I really like their new iPod Nano commercial.

netster007x wrote:
Podium was funny. PR was OK. Boxer was just dumb. “Not a competition?!” Of course it’s a competition.

Glad I someone else felt the same way I did on them.

]]> By: netster007x http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122265 netster007x Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:01:34 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122265 Podium was funny. PR was OK. Boxer was just dumb. "Not a competition?!" Of course it's a competition. Podium was funny. PR was OK. Boxer was just dumb. “Not a competition?!” Of course it’s a competition.

]]> By: KylesCove http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122262 KylesCove Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:31:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122262 No matter how many problems Leopard has, Apple has brilliant marketing strategies. No matter how many problems Leopard has, Apple has brilliant marketing strategies.

]]> By: Me http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122259 Me Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:53:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122259 ...and by that i mean messing with the operating system and files, not anything else. …and by that i mean messing with the operating system and files, not anything else.

]]> By: Me http://cybernetnews.com/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/comment-page-1/#comment-122258 Me Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:51:54 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/12/new-get-a-mac-ads-podium-pr-lady-and-boxer/#comment-122258 shame that leopard is giving many mac users the same headache that vista is giving many pc users...I have used both and have had few, if any, problems with either one, usually caused by me and my habit of doing things im not supposed to with a computer... shame that leopard is giving many mac users the same headache that vista is giving many pc users…I have used both and have had few, if any, problems with either one, usually caused by me and my habit of doing things im not supposed to with a computer…

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