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"&amp;lt;vc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Apple Computer is preparing to film a series of new spots for its extremely successful \"Get a Mac\" national television campaign, but will do so without the help of 'Mac guy' Justin Long.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nAccording to &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/11/apple-ditches-mac-guy-in-new-ads.php\"&amp;gt;a report&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; on &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;RadarOnline&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a representative for Long confirmed that the actor's days as an Apple pitchman are over.\r\n\r\n\"Every ad you see Justin in is for that previous time period only. There's no long-term deal with him,\" the rep said. \"Justin's a movie star, not a commercial guy.\"\r\n\r\nOver the years, Long has played roles in flicks such as \"Dodgeball\" and \"Waiting...\" He's currently filming \"Live Free or Die Hard,\" where he trades in his squeaky-clean image in starring alongside Bruce Willis as a computer hacker trying to save the world from Internet-based terrorist. \r\n\r\nMeanwhile, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Radar&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; reports that Apple's \"Get a Mac\" television campaign with push forth with other principals, director Phil Morrison and journo-humorist John Hodgman, both returning for another round of spots.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://images.appleinsider.com/ads-get-a-mac-110706.gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" alt=\"Apple's Get a Mac campaign\" border=\"0\" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nAs for the reasons behind Long's dismissal, it's not exactly clear. But as the report points out, most people who've watched the \"Get a Mac\" ads come away \"liking the 'PC guy' while wanting to push the 'Mac guy' under a bus.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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