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Will Ferrell Stars in New Apple "Switch" Ads

Posted by pudge on from the ho-ho-ho-ha-ha-ha dept.

Znonymous Coward writes "Just in time for the holidays... Apple has posted a couple of funny new switch adds staring Will Ferrell as Santa."

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  1. Interesting, no? by Hanji · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't it interesting how the content of these switch adds tends to be completely ignored, but apple keeps posting them, because of their great amusement value?

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    1. Re:Interesting, no? by wbswbs · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The content at this point is irrelevant. Apple's message that switching to MacOS X is a good thing is out there already--most potential "switchers" already now about the campaign and its purposes. The Will Ferrell-type switch ads are primarily to maintain buzz/mindshare. I seems to be working, at least here on /.

  2. Another reason I like Apple. by heldlikesound · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Yes, they have problems, yes, they should open things up a bit more (Quicktime), and yes they should use their legal hounds much less, but can you name another computer company with this kind of sense of humor? I can't imagine, Dell, Microsloth, Gateway, or IBM putting these kind of ads online... They are not really business related (he doesn't talk about Apple products that much..), they are just fun little spoofs on the Switch ad campaign.

    Bravo Apple, now just send those lawyers up to the North Pole...

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  3. IBM? by PaulBu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, actually their Linux commercials/ads
    were quite funny!

    See:

    http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/04/19/ibm. gu erilla.idg/

    or

    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/11/business/media /1 1ADCO.html

    ("He just loves the game..." :) )

    Paul B.

  4. Re:It's not a parody of anything... by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Insightful

    this just in.....fun exists and people appreciate it from ANY company

  5. How about Yo-Yo Ma? by TomatoMan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/yoyoma.html

    If you're going to talk about new Switch ads, I'd personally rather listen to Yo-Yo Ma than Will Ferrell. He's new up there too. Might be worth a teeny mention.

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  6. So funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    These are great. Seriously I like that Apple has fun with these and (maybe) lets Will just spout off crazy stuff. It shows that cool-hipness I've always thought apple had. How many companies are going to show a comercial where santa says 'i got my ass handed to me' lol.

    btw to the people who were saying how these have nothing to do with Mac's, they know, thats why it says 'parodies of our switcher ads' its just apple being apple and having fun. I imagine its probably a lot of fun to shoot these ads with Will Ferrell and that he says a lot more off the wall funny stuff that we'll never get to see ;)

  7. Re:Ugh by mbbac · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Steve could be in a switch ad. He switched to Macintosh after using NeXT for a while after he came back to Apple.

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