Japanese Get A Mac CM 6 Subtitled "Restart"

[Thsnickaman]

are they saying "persacom" like in chobits??

[bakubakudankyo]

@Thsnickaman its PASOKON (persocon - personal computer) a common terms for PC, and yes CHOBITS use that term for a different meaning as in human shaped computer

[megamanxu]

wait so MS office for mac is more stable than MS office for MS windows? what in the world... :O

[Andaril2]

ms dos 5 was best !!!

[SMGJohn]

PC guy is just about PCs so it can run any kind of operating system from Linux to Solaris to Windows

[megamanxu]

@SMGJohn exactly, if pc guy was running linux he could be running for years without restarting haha. actually he wouldn't have to restart at all, all he would need to do is logout, or use the killall command and he's as good as restarted. unlike mac who is over simplified for its customers that it will actually "restart" sometimes for updates and such.

[SMGJohn]

@megamanxu Well, I don't really worry if the operating system becomes slow because it has been running for long time. But I care about the hardware because the computer get's hot and if you run it for several days straight you damage the hardware.

[megamanxu]

@SMGJohn what if you're running a server? and most ppl who own a mac doesn't turn it off, like i'm not assuming anything, but every sing person i saw using a mac doesn't turn it off and only set it to sleep/hibernate.

[SMGJohn]

@megamanxu That's why Mac get's more hardware damage then PC's, because people don't turn them off. At my school people just never turned them off and after a couple of month half of them where sent to repair... While I refused to use Mac I had PC and I never experienced any problems

[RowrChan]

Japanese Mac is nicer than american and british Macs... they just leave PC alone, but this Mac calls help! :D

[ChristopherDone]

@RowrChan Well, in the UK one he goes to call IT. Don't mean to piss on your Japanophilism, mate.

[Kossrifle]

Third party applications on windows > Third party applications on mac. So don't blame your os, blame the vendor.

[lemint606g]

そのまんまUS版を訳してる感じだな。

[hitlersucks101]

he must be running 95 XD

[TheHumanObservation]

Meh, Macs crash way more than PCs

[00GreyEyedGirl00]

Does anyone else think the guy that plays the PC is way hotter than the Mac guy? It's the total opposite in America xD

[bananasir]

last year i had 5 crashes on the pc. last year i only had 1 crash on the mac. XD mac are so good after one crash u have to get another one

[TubeofDestiny]

livvyxo is right, these two guys are like brothers, it's much better than "look at me I'm a twat and he's boring" US version...

Also, CAPSLOL @ "I'll call IT.", PC user solve problem themselves, Mac user call Apple Support hehe :D

[claunia]

The only times I've seen the whole Mac OS X crash and panic is with a hardware fault. And the application that by itselfs crashes the most, is Microsoft Office!!!

[dong2512]

Agreed and seconded.

[Habbloxian]

@claunia Really? Well my XP had crashed on... *gasp* NOTEPAD!

[scottskitchen]

LOl as soon as I get "Application not responding" and the END NOW button all subsequent programs crash and then I can reboot. Fun .... NOT!

I love my 8-core Mac Pro!

[KashiwaDaisuke]

Really? I've never had user-intended Microsoft software crash on me, and I've been in IT for a while now.

[netsurferx1]

@claunia And that's why I use OpenOffice...Especially after the nightmare that is Office 2007/2008!

[bucketoftsuki]

This is so funny, one because I love Japanese humor, and two, because thelast time I used a Mac, all of the Mac's in the lab froze, and the IT guy couldn't say or do anything about it because the Mac's had created their own untracable problems. It was absurd!

[BakaMeganekko]

I have a linux :(

[AsterSelene]

I have a Mac and personally I like it.

The Japanese are so polite, eh? I mean, Mac just politely says that he'll get the repairman and asks the audience to look after PC, whereas in the US version it was nonexistent ^.^

[djdoc]

HAHA! Japanese PC looks like a younger version of my dad!

[Rubbersoul1967]

Good god, PC is so damn adorable.

[kornguy26]

the last five times i have used a mac it crashed for no apparent reason i didn't just the desktop even have any programs running got up for the bathroom came back and it was locked up i suggest linux ubuntu or gentoo

[BellaCharlotte20]

PersoCon.. so kawaii...

[manicmolly]

thanks for subtitling!!!

[shinluis]

SUTEKIIIII

that really cool. the actors are great! =)

[stryderism]

The main reason to buy a mac in Japan, is because a mac is cheaper than Windows pc's :D

[7r0j4n]

No it isn't...

[jayczzya]

lol. good one

[digitulpunk]

better than the american versions.

[LeTinctoire]

Second that. All Japanese Mac-commercials are way better than the US/UK equivalents.

[andyswVids]

What's the difference?

[LeTinctoire]

Different humour patterns.

The Japanese version looks a little like the good ol' "fool (PC) vs. straight man (Mac)"-pattern. The US version, however, doesn't really have this pattern, since they allow the PC to behave like a normal person. For instance, in the commercial about 'video production', the Japanese PC was still impressed by his own (horrible) work, while the US PC was embarrased by it.

[LeTinctoire]

I guess the UK version is somewhere in between them, mostly because the PC ends up putting his foot in his mouth.

[andyswVids]

I like the uk versions better. To me they're more interesting than the us ones.

[livvyxo]

To be fair, the Japanese will love these commercials because it features a popular comedy duo

Just like in the english ones, we all recognised mitchell and webb.

but who are the US people apart from one's in dodgeball?

[teleute1313]

In the US commercials, the Mac is Justin Long (an actor, who has appeared in "Dodgeball", among other films), and the PC is John Hodgman, a comedian and author, who frequently contributes to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. The commercials actually helped boost Hodgman's career (and backfired a bit on Apple in the process--PC's funny, while Mac comes off as a jerk).

[livvyxo]

Sounds like the PC is more famous than the mac. Yeah he does come across as a jerk here! Same for the UK ones, though the actor who played PC is slightly more popular than his other comedic half, again the mac does seem like an arrogant twat.

But in the Japanese the two seem like brothers! :)

[atultom]

The original AMERICAN actors are Justin Long and John Hodgeman (he's a legend, how can you not have heard about him?)

These Japanese commercials are boring, the British ones are the best...

[ChristopherDone]

@LeTinctoire This exact screenplay has been done in the US and the UK, and top actors were used for each. How are the Japanese ones "way better"? O _o

[LeTinctoire]

@ChristopherDone The screenplay is differs significantly. The US/UK Mac is a bit sarcastic about PC rebooting the second time (esp. US), while the Japanese Mac remains optimistic and cheerful. This Mac's last line is also not "*sigh* we had him, we lost him".

Of course, it's all a matter of taste, but I prefer the Japanese skits. While the humour in all these Mac ads is incredibly simple, I think the Japanese ones are a bit more subtle than the US/UK skits.

[ChristopherDone]

@LeTinctoire Um, ok.

[Shoen]

@LeTinctoire this is just a copy of the USA version!

[LeTinctoire]

@Shoen If you change the language, you change the culture. The idea is exactly the same, but the execution is very different.

[Shoen]

@LeTinctoire i think they didn't need to change the actors but just the language.

They seems afraid to air the original comercial with american actors.

[LeTinctoire]

@Shoen Language is more than words. If you just write text, you miss intonation and misinterpret one's intentions. If you would use the original commercial with a Japanese dub, the body language and other visual cues might be slightly off for Japanese people.

I doubt a dub of the original ad would be as effective as this one, even if you ignore Japan's trademark xenophobia.

[ChellzNCheez]

awesome! Brilliant commercial!!

[ItsNotDavid]

A Mac? Oh sorry I need a real computer; not a shiny toy.

If I want stability I'll keep running my Fedore Core Linux and keep my $1000, thanks.

[HaldirIthillen]

Whatever floats your boat. ^_^

[dusthillguy]

Heh heh! Fedora core? Yeah, nice one. A real man surely uses GENTOO LINUX, WITH CFLAGS SET APPROPRIATELY, AND YOU GAIN A HUGE BOOST IN STRENGTH.

[ItsNotDavid]

*stab*

[gnail]

genius!

[karisve]

so fun!