Japanese Get A Mac CM 1 Subtitled "Nicknames"

[spore637]

maku to waku...maku!!

[jebug29]

I have to disagree, because PC's are not just for business. They are also for home use and entertainment, as well as Macs.

[Snaggbash2000]

MAKU!!

[Emmanuel009hax]

I don't get it?

[DeidaraHagashi]

Wait... how is Mac home?

[ungas2585]

ROFL! this really made me laugh! :D

[colliric]

Is there a jap version of that networking ad with the sexy jap camera?

There was a UK version of that, but they changed it to a printer and

[davidkeithbecket]

I think the humour is lost on me

[ametasutaiyo]

Ｍａｃ　ｔｏ　ＷＡＡＡＡＨＫＵ

[Tprinces]

lulz.... i find it funny that these have higher ratings then the original Mac and PC commercials.

probably because Mac-kun is cute.

[AwesomeStephie]

well everyones seen the oriiiginals, it's nice seein it different xD

[ttlyluvsasuke247]

Odd, people don't get the meaning behind these Japanese commercials. Even I get it, and I'm not even Japanese O.O;;

lmao, cute commercial XD ^.~

[shiril01]

@ttlyluvsasuke247 gross it's a weeaboo, die please

[TheChadness127]

Lol. Funneh. :P

[kzone272]

not funny.

Japanese comedy is weird

[misstokyo1994]

whee! mac and wac!

[newschannel]

I think something got lost after the cultural differences between Japan and US, because I don't really get the commercial. But then, it is not created for an audience like me in mind.

[mikikaoru]

It is a rather odd choice of commercial. Mac and Work sort of rhyme in Japanese, and they're both regularly referred to as PCs. And most of the Mac usage I've seen has been serious work... Perhaps they're trying to create a division.

[frack101]

Actually, I think it's a sense of familiarity. In Japan, close friends are called by their real names or nicknames. I think it's all got to do with the idea that "Mac" (his nickname) is easy to get along with and friendlier.

[guitarguy159]

yeah usually aquaintances use the san tag at the end of a name like kelsey san

but close friends just use their full name or make a nickname

[tiaxanderson]

In the UK and US versions PC (aka MS's Windows, because as the commercial pointed out, Mac is a PC too) is portrayed as a buggy, work only, machine. It's to appeal to the consumer public (which is obvious since it would be kind of dumb to advertise for corporate machinery on consumer media)

[colliric]

@tiaxanderson

and yet it plays hundreds of thousands more games than Mac does.

[tiaxanderson]

@colliric Which is the main reason I don't have a MAC, also if MAC works just like the iPhone (still a nice phone though), I will never have a MAC. Apple made sure of that.

[colliric]

@tiaxanderson

funny thing Is I may have a mac one day... I was a Final Cut Pro addict once... and it's not on PC yet.

I'm not sure I should get it for one program though... but what a program it is!

[tiaxanderson]

@colliric It sounded like, and I just checked, a video edit program. It's the only program where I haven't gotten a good Windows replacement for. I downloaded Adobe CS4 Pro or whatever, but that program drives me crazy and it doesn't support all the codecs I use for video and audio. But the free stuff is crap too >.>

[colliric]

@tiaxanderson

it's still the best video editing program on the market.

Pinnacle Liquid was my fav PC one, but on my pc at the time it was very slow to use...

It was bought by avid and renamed Avid Liquid. then they killed it because they already had a pro editing program(Media Composor)... sad really it was the best PC one in my opinion.

[tiaxanderson]

@colliric That sucks, you happen to know a good video editing program for the PC? Preferably for free :P

[colliric]

@tiaxanderson

just make sure you get a professional level one.

Most free video editing programs are of the Imovie, Windows Movie Maker, non professional sort...

I'm looking into CineFX myself at the moment...

[WhoTookMyMirr]

@mikikaoru Or it could be a jab at Windows being work just to navigate through

[Carbonracer966]

who came up with "Mac" as a name anyway? I know its short for Macintosh, but seriously? Macintosh? What a BAD name for a computer. bad computer, bad name. lol.

[mikikaoru]

McIntosh was a kind of apple, but they had to change the spelling to allow it as a trademark (or something like that).

[Carbonracer966]

o right its a kind of apple sry i forgot

[BluMeino]

so the pc guy is a chobit, awesome.

[Kive]

lol a male (and ugly) one? hehe

[sammywolf]

People use him at home in private...hmm...that could be taken in various ways...

[Carbonracer966]

lol... wow you're a sick person aren't u? or r u just in elementary school? that would explain it too...

[sammywolf]

Neither, I was joking.

[inkathebadger]

I like the Persocom better...

[chichirismuse]

Kentaro Kobayashi, eh? Hm... I have a new stalkee :P I love these commercials.

[mikikaoru]

His name is Kentaro Kobayashi and belongs to a group Rahmens. Enjoy!

[imntoyouok]

Do someone think its wrong that I find the Japanese Mac guy cute??

[imntoyouok]

Is it obvious I should be asleep right now? I just mispelled "Does"! Oh, well. But still, he is cute!!

[ShingAndAyu]

I think both Mac guys are cute. Justin Long and Kentaro Kobayashi. [Woah, awkward, Kentaro's also my brother's name xD]