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Apple slams Microsoft, Windows Vista again with another new ‘Get a Mac’ ad (with video)
MacDailyNews —
Apple slams Microsoft, Windows Vista again with another new ‘Get a Mac’ ad (with video) Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:15 PM EDT Apple has launched another volley in its assault on Microsoft and Windows Vista with a new "Get a Mac" TV commercial that has begin airing on U.S television networks this evening. In Apple's new "Bakes Sale" ad, Windows PC explains that Microsoft's marketing guys are spending all the money on advertising Vista instead of actually fixing Vista, so he's holding a bake sale with rather pricey cupcakes. Apple Web Ad: Bake Sale See the ad in higher quality and in various sizes via Apple.com here ...
Apple "Bake Sale" Ad Continues Vista Thrashing
iPhone Savior —
In this newly launched Vista bashing adventure disguised as a "Get A Mac" ad, John Hodgman, who brilliantly plays PC is seen hosting a doofus bake sale; "Trying to raise money to fix Vista," Hodgman says. PC continues to ridicule Microsoft by accusing the marketing guys of running a big expensive ad campaign rather than using the money to fix Vista. The sad thing is it's true. That's what makes Bake Sale brilliant! Apple's message here is clear, Microsoft's marketing blows no matter how much money they try to spend. The V-word is ridiculously broken, a joke we should all just get ...
Apple continues to bash Microsoft with 'Bake Sale' ad
Latest from Computerworld —
October 22, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. continued to bash Microsoft Corp. 's $300 million Windows advertising campaign today with another television ad that knocked its rival's renewed Vista marketing effort. Like the two advertisements Apple debuted last week , the newest -- dubbed "Bake Sale" -- pointedly refers to Microsoft's makeover. Ads in Apple's long-running "Get a Mac" campaign typically diss Vista directly by focusing on a single perceived problem in the operating system. In the new ad, the character of "PC," played by humorist John Hodgman, says he is holding a bake sale because "the marketing ...
Apple Unveils Another New ‘Get a Mac’ Commercial, Bake Sale
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
Apple has added yet another ‘Get a Mac’ commercial to the ever expanding strike against Microsoft and Windows Vista.
Fresh off the heels of the two most recent ads, “Bean Counter” and “V Word”, which aim directly at Microsoft’s $300 million behemoth of an ad campaign, Apple has now released “Bake Sale” to follow suit. This time around, PC is stricken with the fact that Microsoft is spending all of their money on advertising as opposed to fixing the innumerable problems with Vista, so he is holding a bake sale to make ends meet. Beware, you ...
One more new Apple Get a Mac ad: Bake Sale
CrunchGear —
Apple wasn’t done the other day when it released two new Get a Mac TV spots. Suprise, suprise; this new one stabs at Vista too. Got to say Apple, it’s kind of getting old. We get it, Vista isn’t all that great. Time to move on.
Yet Another New “I’m a Mac” Commercial Targets Vista
Mobilewhack.com —
Apple isn’t willing to stop from making fun of rival’s famous OS. Entitled “Bake Sale” the new “I’m a Mac” commercial shows a PC who is desperate about making some money in order to develop its Vista. Is it only me that thinks Microsoft should respond to this? I mean it could be fun to see the Apple -Microsoft duel continue on prime-time TV. In the mean time Mac owes $10 million for a bite of that cookie, so PC is closer to its targeted income. We’ Tags: Apple , Apple , Commercial , microsoft , Mobile News
Another Apple ad slams Microsoft Vista campaign
Hardware 2.0 —
October 22nd, 2008 Another Apple ad slams Microsoft Vista campaign Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 1:23 pm Categories: Apple , Microsoft , Ad industry Tags: Advertisement , Microsoft Windows Vista , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn) , Operating Systems , Microsoft Windows , Software , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Today sees another Apple ad make an appearance - the third to directly slam Microsoft’s $300 million Vista ad campaign: I gotta get me a few of those $10 million cupcakes! Anyone else find it odd that Apple is ...
Another Apple ad takes on Microsoft's ads
The Microsoft Blog —
Three days after launching two ads mocking Microsoft's $300 million ad campaign, Apple is striking again, this time with an ad featuring the 'PC Guy' having to rely on a bake sale in order to raise money to fix Vista. (Strange how the 'PC Guy' is using the 'V' word again): Next week, of course, the subject changes from Vista to its successor, Windows 7, which will be shown off at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Apple seems to be trying to mock Vista as much as it can before then.
Apple bashes Microsoft with ‘Bake Sale’ ad
D' Technology Weblog —
Apple continued to bash Microsoft’s $300 million Windows advertising campaign with another television ad that knocked its rival’s renewed Vista marketing effort. Like the two advertisements Apple debuted last week, the newest — dubbed “Bake Sale” — pointedly refers to Microsoft’s makeover. Ads in Apple’s long-running “Get a Mac” campaign typically diss Vista directly by focusing on a single perceived problem in the operating system.
In the new ad, the character of “PC,” played by humorist John Hodgman, says he is ...
Apple tweaks Microsoft over Vista ad spending
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
Last month I noted that Microsoft was dropping - early - its Seinfeld-inspired campaign (I'm not saying "inspired Senfeld campaign" though) in favour of a new bunch that go more towards Apple's "I'm a PC/I'm a Mac" thing, taking it on full-frontal. I wrote: And what is Microsoft doing now? It ...
Get a Mac: Bake Sale
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Here comes the “Get a Mac” commercial again. This one is called the “Bake Sale”. PC is explaining why Microsoft's marketing guys are spending all the money on advertising Vista instead of actually fixing Vista, so he's holding a bake sale with rather pricey cupcakes. Video after the break.
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Social Fridays: Round-up of the Best Social Networking Stories and Videos this Week
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If you’re bored at work and itching to get yourself through the day then you know the drill! Rather than surfing around trying to keep yourself occupied before you make a quick sprint to the door when it’s home time; catch up on stories that have been causing a storm on the social network sites this week, right here and right now.. Why not share the fun by use the social bookmarking feature. [image] ...
Measuring Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ viral video response to Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ campaign
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Measuring Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ viral video response to Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ campaign Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 06:25 PM EDT "Microsoft has directly responded to Apple’s wildly successful 'Get a Mac' ads with the $300 million 'I'm a PC' campaign (well, after a brief but intriguing attempt to team Microsoft founder Bill Gates with comic legend Jerry Seinfeld)," Matt Cutler reports for Visible measures Corp. 'The "I'm a PC' campaign hit in mid-September and it took Apple exactly a month to respond with three pointedly anti-Vista 'Get a Mac' ads: Apple's "Bean Counter ad: Apple's "V Word" ad: Apple's "Bake Sale" ad: Cutler reports, "To see if ...
News Bits Goes to the Movies
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Where do kids go for their online movie information these days? Surprisingly enough, it's not Moviefone , which is owned by AOL LLC , or even Fandango , which is owned by Comcast Interactive Media (CIM Labs) . Give up? According to a Nielsen NRG poll, the No. 1 online destination for moviegoers aged 15 to 24 is actually MySpace . According to the poll, 46 percent of young movie watchers stopped by MySpace, versus 26 percent for Yahoo, 18 percent for Fandango , and 12 percent for AOL's Moviefone . But the social networking site's hold on young moviegoers may be even more ...
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