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Novell spoofs Mac vs. PC ads
by Grant Robertson Mar 23rd 2007 at 6:00AM
If only the Novell Linux ads had the humor that the Apple Mac vs. PC ads wield. John Hodgman could step on a stage and say, "Hi, I'm a PC" and have the room laughing. Unfortunately, none of the talent in the Novell spoofs has that much charisma. Nice try, Novell. Couldn't you have hired Demetri Martin? Oh, that's right, Microsoft already snapped him up.
Take the jump to watch the other commercial in the series so far...
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ridestowe said 8:19AM on 3-23-2007
vinyl? pleather. nice.
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Chris said 8:19AM on 3-23-2007
I also thought they weren't as good. But you know what IS funny are the ad's from SUN about Dell.
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darkbhudda said 9:24AM on 3-23-2007
Novell has done the unthinkable. They made the Mac guy likable. They took one of the most condescending annoying characters on TV and made an even worse female version.
Linux with her forced fake smile made me think of those chicks who smile to your face before backstabbing you the minute your back is turned, then are convinced you are cheating on them when you don't answer the phone 1 second after it rings, and they start calling you 500 times a day leaving death threats, get you arrested by the police for something you never did, then they break into your house and slash all your clothes, then steal your car and set it on fire, and that's after they kidnap your dog demanding you send them flowers as an apology for something you never did.
Yeah. Let me install Linux on my machine.
I went from despising Macs to despising anything that's not PC.
The power of marketing is awesome.
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Peabody said 10:03AM on 3-23-2007
I've never seen a current version of Mac. I have used plenty of Windows and Linux. That free leather coat that people share with her should really be a patchwork jacket made out of old bedsheets and rags. PC's coat is real leather but they had to kill hundreds of animals to make it.It costs more than most of us can afford to spend and on top of that he will probably get a horrible skin rash from wearing it.
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James Cole said 12:06PM on 3-23-2007
If it were realistic the Linux girl would have to make that jacket from a pattern.
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Taylor Alexander said 7:26PM on 3-24-2007
If it were realistic, the linux girl would have had to try on 3 or 4 different jackets till she found one that had the right drivers for her hardware. I can imagine the commercial, actually; when she puts on an incompatible jacket, she can't hear or talk to the other computers (wireless drivers tend to be pretty poor in linux).
Linux is really great, but there is SOOO much that needs to be done before it could ever become mainstream.
-Taylor
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Shibathedog said 11:05PM on 4-11-2007
lmfao @ "Oh I'll be wearing this for another six or seven years!"
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