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Hodgeman, Apple to run final Get a Mac ad to kick off the Stevenote?

According to rumors surrounding WWDC, Apple will air a final Get a Mac commercial with John Hodgeman as the sole actor. The plot? As 9to5 Mac puts it, “PC pretends to be a bartender and gets a guy drunk in order to get his hands on his new Apple prototype!!” If this is true, it’d certainly get a nice laugh out of everyone there. Perhaps, they’ll even poke fun at Gizmodo, too, for purchasing that lost phone. The only disappointing part about this ad will be the fact that it most likely is a finale ad according to the rumors around the cancellation of the Get a Mac ads.

Apple cancels “Get a Mac” ads?

Your favorite comical Get a Mac ads you have grown up with have seemingly been canceled. Instead of appearing on Apple’s website, you will now be redirected to a page about “Why You’ll Love a Mac.” Furthermore, it appears as if Apple has taken them off of their site all together; searching for “Get a Mac” yields no results. Luckily, all of the ads can easily be found on YouTube via a simple search or at sites created for Get a Mac ad lovers.

Obsessed with Get a Mac ads? There’s a site for that.

If you’re into marketing and advertising or just simply find Apple’s Get a Mac ad campaign interesting, you might want to visit AdWeek’s website. They’ve set up a page that has all 66 (yes, 66) advertisements from the campaign so far. They’re organized chronologically and categorized by the year in which they came out. It’s some pretty awesome stuff, in my opinion. You can caught in hours of advertisements if you’re into that sort of thing.

New “Get a Mac” ads target Windows 7

“Time to upgrade…to a Mac” is the theme of the latest Get a Mac ads. Targeting Windows users who hope that the new operating system will solve the problems of the widely-derided Vista, the new commercials suggest that owning a Macintosh might be the real solution to their problems. As always, John Hodgman plays the long-suffering PC, trying to convince frustrated users that Windows 7 will be different, much to Justin “Mac” Long’s subdued skepticism.

New Get a Mac ad talks about innovations

There is no doubt that Apple may be a more innovative company that Microsoft. While I’m not implying that Microsoft simply copies all of the tops products that come out of Cupertino, Apple does certainly make more barrier breaking products, in my opinion. Their latest Get a Mac ad, PC Innovation Lab, focuses on these innovations…or lack thereof. It has the same two actors you’ve grown used to, as well as a special guest PC or two with the same witty type of dialog.

Two new Get A Mac ads target Laptop Hunter Ads

In the ongoing battle between Apple’s Get a Mac ads and Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads, Apple has played their next card. With two more Get a mac ads that are clearly a response to Microsoft’s ads, Apple may have come out on top once again. The title of these two ads are “Surprise” and “Top of the Line,” and they feature the familiar two actors and screenplay.

Apple responds to Laptop Hunter ads

In the ongoing battle between Microsoft ads and Apple ads, Apple has played their latest cards: Customer Care, Elimination, and PC Choice Chat. Elimination is clearly a direct blow at Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads. In this ad, PC has numerous other PCs behind him and a woman is telling PC what she is looking for in her computer. When she mentions that she doesn’t want crashing or viruses, all of the PCs quickly make their way off of the screen. Very clever, Apple.

US News names Apple’s Get a Mac campaign “Best Video Ad”

Everyone knows about Apple’s highly successful Get a Mac ad campaigns. With simple, to-the-point messages and interesting characters, they are the perfect commercials for Apple and their products. For that reason, it comes as no surprise to me that US News has named Apple’s campaign as the “Best Video Ad.” I don’t know about you, but I can’t really think of any other ads that I’ve seen on TV that have made as lasting an impression as the Get a Mac ones. As soon as I hear that music or see that white background with just two people on the screen, I know what they are advertising. Not only that, but I am drawn into to see what Apple has come up with each time.

Apple releases holiday Get a Mac ads

Apple has released some Christmas themed Get a Mac ads to air this holiday season. Like usual, these two ads feature the same two characters, only this time they are animated. However, you can guarantee yourself that these two ads come with the same good ol’ Microsoft bashing that we have all grown so used more »

New online Get a Mac ad features Apple’s high customer service rating

Apple, Inc. is a content producing machine, lately, with plenty of new ads for the iPhone, and now a new online ad for their Get a Mac campaign. This ad, which can currently be seen on the New York Times website as well as other major websites, is called “Mac Customer Satisfaction” and features the usual two suspects, Justin Long and John Hodgeman. This time around, PC tries to correct a “mistake” that seems to be made when it comes to Mac’s customer satisfaction ratings. However, it ends with a nice surprise.

Check out the ad after the break.