Macintosh Commercial - Apple's infamous Mac Office Ad

[joegrst]

This is a kill yoself commercial

[patopaolo]

OMG! that's depressing

[xpandergt]

People didn't like the commercial because it was true. With 90% of the PC's being windows based, the 90% of the people using them probably didn't like being called lemmings. Personally, I think the commercial was innovative right up there with the 1984 commercial. Then again, maybe this commercial was just way ahead of it's time to be appreciated by "masses".

[dharmahooligan56]

I think this was an ad of the times. IBM had a grip on the computer world, and Apple was trying to make better machines and partnered with Microsoft to help take down IBM and break into the business demographic. Microsoft Office on Mac was pretty advanced at the time, and it really paid off for Microsoft in how they planned their future. It's funny how the partnership between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at the time was chaotic and yet productive.

[lakitu21]

wow that's depressing

[mirta000]

it's so much better than mac vs PC

the time when apple advertised fairly.

[simpsonsfan89]

I think this is a worthy followup to the 1984 ad.

[Goger1]

iWalked off the cliff

[kentcool07]

apple sure has come a long way from creepy stuff like this a nice piano jingle.

[teejayandrade]

the cliff represents the pc's thousands of virus spyware and adware vulnerabilty's that can attack in the middle of your work.... !

[winfr34k]

@teejayandrade noo! The people who are jumping from the cliff are the PC Users cause they do all their standard stuff and you know.. The Mac one won't do this because he can overlook his doing (I think). At the Time this ad was released, there were no Viruses or something else for PC and mac.

[Williamsfan]

A direct insult to people who prefer non Mac?

[teejayandrade]

@Williamsfan not an insult mate, matter of fact.

[muk546]

its ok

[royms2000]

This is just a little too creepy for a commercial. MSNBC rated it the worst superbowl commercial ever. I disagree. It's still ten times better than that horrible Just for Feet Kenyan runner ad.

[Sisound]

this is nice. idk why people don't like it

[LESTERNIDOY]

I agree with the discription this is apples horrable ad I think the best apple ad is the Mac ad in 1984 and the Iphone hello ad in 2007

[likemudkips]

i dont get it

[dylan2096]

i guess people walking off a cliff and commiting "suicide" might be considered alittle racy for even the 80's

[nightflyer28]

It's not that - it's that business & IT types don't like to be portrayed as just blindly buying PCs just because they bought PCs last time.

Even if it might be true.

So I guess they took it a little personally.

[dylan2096]

what was bad about this???

[VectronicsAppleWorld]

Nothing in my opinion, but the commercial was not successful and received a lot of bad press.

[nextstep333]

I think it is because of Mass suicides

[jgrab1]

@VectronicsAppleWorld I don't think people were as ready then for such negative commercials. Today I think would be different. Maybe Apple was once again ahead of its time...

[chicgarage]

@VectronicsAppleWorld It's all negative.

[YoAndrew18]

from watching 1984 and this back and forth 1984 was a lot better I love 1984