http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/apple.reminds.viewers.of.vistas.shortcomings/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/adsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has released several new "Get a Mac" ads, each specifically targeting Windows 7. The first segment, "PC News," shows PC character John Hodgman sitting behind a news anchor desk for live coverage of the Windows 7 launch. To his dismay, the field reporter interviews customers that express how excited they are to switch to a Mac.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/22/apple.reminds.viewers.of.vistas.shortcomings/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/16/mb.pro.in.microsoft.ad/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0901/songsmith.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As the 'I'm a PC' and 'Get a Mac' ad campaigns continue to battle, Microsoft appears to have presented a MacBook Pro in an online promotion for its Songsmith software. The notebook is cleverly disguised with flower stickers, including a decal placed over the Apple logo, although part of the fruit's white stem can still be seen. Although MacBooks can run Windows, the intense rivalry between the two... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/16/mb.pro.in.microsoft.ad/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/15/get.a.mac.holiday.ads/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/getamacsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has released two new Get a Mac ads with holiday themes, "Tree Trimming" and "I Can Do Anything." Both videos are animated in a style reminiscent of the stop-motion technique employed by the original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special, although the PC and Mac characters are still voiced by John Hodgman and Justin Long, respectively. The holiday series diverges from the attacks against ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/15/get.a.mac.holiday.ads/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/internet.get.a.mac.ad/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/vword-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has launched its latest Get a Mac ad that highlights a customer satisfaction survey, as featured on sites such as CNET.com and NYTimes.com. John Hodgman, playing the role of PC, starts off by noticing the results of a customer satisfaction survey. He walks off the screen and tries to change the results, despite resistance from the Mac character played by Justin Long. After PC points out that... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/internet.get.a.mac.ad/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/29/mac.pc.viral.video/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/vword-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In the ongoing competitive ad campaign battle between Microsoft and Apple, the recent "Get a Mac" ads have achieved nearly 70 percent of the "I'm a PC" online views, according to Visible Measures viral video research that compared numbers only from the first week after each launch. The Apple ads achieved twice as many placements with distinct URLs than the Microsoft campaign in the same period of ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/29/mac.pc.viral.video/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/24/apple.deals.refurb.macs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/dealnn/content/0806/MacNN_AppleLogoBlack.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A vast selection of refurbished Macs are currently being offered at Apple's online store at discount prices. The 20-inch iMac with 1GB of memory, 250GB hard drive and 2.4GHz processor is priced at $999. Get a Mac Pro with 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor, 2GB of memory and 320GB hard drive for $1,999. Currently one MacBook model, in white, is being offered at $1049 with a 2.4GHz processor,... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/24/apple.deals.refurb.macs/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/22/new.get.a.mac.ad/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/bakesale.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's latest Get a Mac ad stokes the marketing rivalry between the company and its primary competitor, Microsoft. The ad, available online, suggests that Microsoft sets its customers' needs at a low priority, exemplified by the ad campaign costing millions that could have been spent reworking Windows Vista. This is the third ad in a recent series that has focused on Microsoft's exorbitant advert... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/22/new.get.a.mac.ad/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/09/web.based.get.a.mac.ad/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new web-based "Get a Mac" ad from Apple is being circulated online, through sites such as TIME.com. The ad relies on two separate banners, each with video; the focus is on the right one, where "PC" (John Hodgman) drags in an op-ed article, entitled "Stop Switching to Mac." PC claims that people are switching to Macs at an "alarming rate," and that the public needs to know about the crisis.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/09/web.based.get.a.mac.ad/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/09/vista.ready.for.use/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/vistastartmenu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Calling Vista the most secure operating in the world (and taking jabs at Mac OS X security), Microsoft on Tuesday relented in its defense of the problematic Windows Vista, which has been the butt of many of Apple's jokes through its "Get a Mac" ad campaign. The Microsoft exec admitted that the system broke many things and said he feels badly for users' plights; the world's largest software develop... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/09/vista.ready.for.use/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/the.onion.get.a.mac/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/21-getamac-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's online "Get a Mac" ad campaign has a new advertisement to add to its ranks, as John Hodgman's PC character draws attention to his brand new PC Newswire, a banner located above the side panel where he and Justin Long's Mac character stand. PC hopes that it will help his case against Mac, whose recent popularity has been widely reported in the news, but soon sees that the "Top PC News Storie... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/the.onion.get.a.mac/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:25:00 GMT