The recognizable “Get a Mac” television commercials, featuring John Hodgman and Justin Long as the PC and Mac guy, have seen there last days. There have been rumors of the end of the campaign since Justin Long, the actor who played the “Mac” character in the commercials, revealed his impressions that the campaign had finished. The last set of commercials were released in October 2009 directed at the release of Windows 7
In related news, Apple has released a new online ad campaign called “Why You’ll Love a Mac“. The new ads focus on the benefits of using a Mac over a Windows PC, a familiar theme for Apple. The message is simplified into five categories: hardware, software, OS, support, and compatibility. The web-based ad shows useful information aimed to convert all of those potential PC “swtichers” out there. As for Apple’s plan for a new Mac television campaign, it remains a mystery. Any ideas for the next Mac TV campaign?
[The Loop via Tuaw]
Steve Jobs is the man. Here are ten facts about Steve Jobs that you may not have known about him:
1. Steve Jobs doesn’t wear black turtlenecks and blue jeans, he secretes them from his pores each morning.
2. When Steve Jobs gives a keynote speech, he makes the entire Internet reconfigure itself to handle the blogging traffic.
3. OS X isn’t based on Unix, it’s based on Steve Jobs’ DNA.
4. Steve Jobs doesn’t need eyes. He sees everything he needs to see through the iSight cameras built into newer Macs.
5. The iPhone had no design and production team; Steve Jobs simply willed it into existence with the magic phrase “One more thing.”
6. Steve Wozniak isn’t real. He’s just an astral projection of Steve Jobs’ bigger, nerdier alter ego.
7. Steve Jobs knows exactly how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop.
8. When Steve Jobs sneezes, tiny ones and zeroes are expelled, which assemble themselves into OS X widgets.
9. Steve Jobs doesn’t need a computer to load his iPod; he interfaces with it directly using his right index finger.
10. Steve Jobs can change the weather by writing an open letter to the sky.
[Facts from CrunchGear]
