Posts tagged Movies

Video: The End of the “I’m a Mac” Ad Campaign

May 29th

Posted by Scott Coughlin in Business of IT

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image Anyone involved in Information Technology during the past five years is aware of the famous Apple “I’m a Mac…I’m a PC” TV Ad campaign.  Besides being simply hysterical, it also is credited with creating the greatest wave of Apple’s market share growth in history.  Unfortunately, Apple has decided to end this run of 30 second comedy spots.  They have even pulled all of them off of their website.  Lucky for us that fans of the series have archived them all on YouTube!

I usually feature comedy on Saturdays.  In the past, I have featured jokes, comics, cartoons, and news on the weekends.  Sometimes I include comics, stories, games, and photos.  By far, though, videos with Information Technology (IT) themes have been the most popular.  So I have gone back to this endless well! 

For this week, I have picked this video to share with you as follow-up.  It is called “Buy a Mac”… It is by Apple Computers and compiled by nahu090yt. It is a seven minute compilation of the first 15 classic commercials from this campaign.  I am sure that with a little YouTube searching, you could easily find the entire series of commercials.

I hope that I gave you a good chuckle to make your weekend a little more meaningful.  I will be back Monday with more serious IT topics!

I will miss this ad campaign.

What did you think of the video?  Did you like it? Do you know of any other similar movies or clips?  Please share.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for May 29, 2010.

video credits: nahu090yt and Apple Computer

image credit: The Revolver and Apple Computer

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Poll: Best Computer Fiction Movie

Apr 30th

Posted by Scott Coughlin in Humor

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image I love Information Technology.  I love movies!  Obviously I am a fan of computer themed fiction movies!  Who isn’t, right? 

The question is: What is the best computer themed movie out there?

Today, our Information Thought of the Day (ITTOD) is a poll subject.

I would like your answers to the following poll today.  Tomorrow, I will share my hope for this topic with you!

What is the best computer themed movie?

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I will be sure to share the results.  Feel free to add a comment below to add other thoughts that should have shown up on the list.

Do you like polls as a daily topic? Do you have a recommended one for another week? Please let me know.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for April 30, 2010 ©Scott Coughlin.

 

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News Commentary: Is Blu-Ray Dying?

Apr 27th

Posted by Scott Coughlin in Business of IT

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It is a well publicized fact that Apple’s lack of support for Adobe Flash on its mobile web devices, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, has had the chilling effect of beginning the end for this technology.  Where once the whole web thought that Flash was here to stay, today rarely is a new site opened that relies on it.  Even where webmasters chose to employ Flash, they almost always provide a Flash-free site in order to have access to those millions of lucrative Apple customers.  I wonder though, if Flash was not Apple’s first recent technology sniper job, or really its second.

On Mondays I offer comments on some image of the most interesting information technology stories that I have found on the web that week.  Please feel free to join in the discussion or suggest other stories.

Today’s comments follow the most recent reading of a story describing how Apple is refusing to integrate Blu-Ray disc support into its operating systems and computers. Give it a read below.

Network World – Steve Jobs email hints at no upcoming Blu-Ray support on the Mac By Yoni Heisler

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“During an informal Q&A session in October of 2008, Steve Jobs explained why Apple wasn’t interested in supporting Blu-Ray on the Mac.

"Blu-ray is a bag of hurt," Jobs famously declared, "I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting until Blu-ray takes off before we burden our customers with the cost of licensing."

Just as it did to the serial port, floppy disc drive, external monitor, and most recently Flash, it sure does look, by now, that Apple has it out for Blu-Ray.  There are certainly no lack of third party vendors willing to install them into Apple machines.  Also, the guts of a Mac today are really nothing more than a top-of-the-line PC so there is no hardware incompatibility.  The reality is just the Apple chooses not to support Blu-Ray at all.

What could possibly be their reasons?

  • Apple runs the iTunes movie rental and purchase store.  Obviously, Blu-Ray support would negatively impact the sale of online movies..
  • There is a licensing fee involved with supporting Blu-Ray.  It would negatively impact their bottom line to support it.  Of course, they could just pass costs to buyer.
  • Most benignly, they think that physical media is dead and thus are looking to ignore newer, not fully established, formats.

I am sure that I don’t know exactly why Apple is not supporting Blu-Ray, but I sure wish that they would.  Frankly, I think that it is a bit embarrassing today that you can easily spend $3000 on a Mac Book Pro, but still don’t and can’t get the latest industry standard for movie watching.  Seems a bit crazy to me.  For a platform that aims to be a media center and content generation device out of the box, it looks like a strange oversight.

What do you think about this topic?  Do you agree or disagree with me? Do you have a recommended news story for next week? Please share your ideas below.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for April 27, 2010  by Scott Coughlin.

Image Credit: Blu Ray Discs

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