{"id":34631,"date":"2010-08-31T03:09:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T02:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=34631"},"modified":"2021-01-07T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:02:41","slug":"mac-vs-pc-guy-commercials-may-not-be-over-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/mac-vs-pc-guy-commercials-may-not-be-over-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac vs PC Guy Commercials May Not Be Over Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bit of a buzz has been going on related to the famous Mac vs. PC Guy commercials that have become a highly recognizable and popular advertising campaign which successfully repositioned Apple&#8217;s brand against the personal computer category leader, Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote about the Apple brand and Mac vs. PC Guy commercials on the Corporate Eye blog in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/creating-a-relationship-brand\/\">May 2008<\/a> and again in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/when-brands-attack-the-rise-of-comparative-advertising\/\">October 2008<\/a>, and now, over two years later, the ads are still popular.\u00a0 There aren&#8217;t a lot of companies or brands that can boast that kind of successful ad campaign longevity.<\/p>\n<p>A new interview with Justin Long, who plays Mac in the Mac vs. PC Guy commercials, sheds new light on the ad campaign.\u00a0 While only 66 Mac vs. PC Guy commercials have actually aired on television (you can watch all <a href=\"http:\/\/adweek.blogs.com\/adfreak\/get-a-mac-the-complete-campaign.html\">66 ads on the Adweek website<\/a>), Long explains in an interview published on Time magazine&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/techland.com\/2010\/08\/30\/the-justin-long-interview-unaired-im-a-mac-spots-feature-zach-galifnakis-as-drunk-santa\/\">Techland<\/a> blog, that at least 100 commercials were actually filmed.\u00a0 However, he doesn&#8217;t know if those ads will ever see the light of day.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Long didn&#8217;t know if the Mac vs. PC Guy campaign had met its demise yet or not.\u00a0 When asked &#8216;the&#8217; question about whether the campaign had ended or not, Long responded, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, they don&#8217;t really tell me much. I personally haven&#8217;t heard anything. I could get a call next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the Apple brand struggles to overcome some bumps in its otherwise easy path of growth that the company has enjoyed over the past several years thanks to innovative products supported by creative advertising, it&#8217;s interesting to debate whether the time has come to charge forward with completely new advertising or if sticking with continuity is the better approach.\u00a0 Only Apple&#8217;s marketing and executive teams can make that decision, but it will be interesting to see what comes next for Apple advertising.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?\u00a0 Is it time to retire Mac vs. PC Guy or is there still some life left in the characters Justin Long and John Hodgman play?\u00a0 Leave a comment and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit of a buzz has been going on related to the famous Mac vs. PC Guy commercials that have become a highly recognizable and popular advertising campaign which successfully repositioned Apple&#8217;s brand against the personal computer category leader, Microsoft. 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