If you’re a fan of Apple’s highly successful and endearing Get a Mac commercials, AdWeek has them all in one place. From 2006 to the last of 2009.

We know how you love Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads with John Hodgman and Justin Long. So, here are all 66 TV spots (plus the 90-second extended version of 2008’s musical ad “Sad Song”) that have aired since the campaign, created by TBWA Media Arts Lab, launched on May 2, 2006.

Apple did not run any ‘Get a Mac’ commercials during the 2009 holiday period. Is that the last of ‘Get a Mac?’

PC Magazine on the differences between how Apple and Microsoft release a new operating system version. It’s night vs. day.

Microsoft releases the public betas in order to get feedback and telemetry from testers to improve the product. Apple, on the other hand, will drop its new OS down from heaven (or, rather, Cupertino), without soliciting a word of feedback on in-development code from ordinary users.

Known major changes in OS X Leopard: 64-bit kernel, QuickTime X, Grand Central, support for Microsoft Exchange servers. Add to that my prediction of no support for PowerPC Macs, and a new user interface theme, ala iTunes.

From Our new secret weapon sucks by Mark Leyner who managed to meet with Saul A. Jenks, CEO of JaniTech, and what it means to develop a vacuum cleaner for the military with 4.5 million air watts. Jenks:

It means that you could approach a cave in Tora Bora and vacuum out high-value targets. I’m talking about literally sucking the sons of bitches right out of there.

Oh, the secrets divulged over a beer at Hooter’s.

Quick. Name a few fast foods and desserts that are bad for you. Pizza, cheeseburgers, chocolate ice cream. Guess what? They’re actually good for you. Science to the rescue from Prevention:

Science really has rescued some of our naughtiest foods from the taboo list. New studies suggest that former no-no’s like red meat, ice cream, and cheese may add to better health and longer life. This isn’t an excuse to go out and binge on every burger you see—overdoing calories and saturated fat is an invitation to obesity, clogged arteries, cancer, and diabetes. But indulging in these once-forbidden treats once in a while (and in waistline-friendly 400-calorie portions) may actually boost the health of your diet.

Pizza, beef, cheese, ice cream, and chocolate. Today is a good day.

Apple’s new iPod nano has a built-in video camera. Is the quality of the video good enough to put a dent in Cisco’s latest purchase, PureVideo’s Flip video camera? Pater Kafka in AllThingsD:

Apple (AAPL) has passed my “good enough” test. The nano doesn’t do the job as well as a single-use device, but it’s adequate for my needs.

That’s an important story because most technology pundits are predicting the death of the iPod. Apple wisely waited for years before adding video and audio features to the iPod, which was first a music player, then a media player, and now an almost all-purpose device?

Almost? All purpose? The latest iPod nano has a microphone and speaker. It also has a built-in FM radio. The iPod is not yet dead, and Apple is working to extend the product’s life cycle through enhanced usability and more features.

How does the iPod nano’s video compare to the stand-alone Flip video camera (a true one-trick-pony)?

I don’t think the gap between the two cameras is big enough to help Flip. If you’re really serious about video quality, you’re probably not carrying a Flip to begin with. And given the choice between a video camera that takes a decent picture and one that also lets you listen to music, watch movies and play games…well, that’s a tough sell…

Apple’s media centric future is tied up in iPhone OS, represented by the expensive iPhone, and the increasingly affordable iPod touch. The new iPod nano is an interim, low-end product, priced just $50 lower than the iPod touch. Kafka:

The only question for me is whether I spring for a nano now, or hold off in the hopes that the iPod touch line gets a camera sooner than later.

What’s important to note is that Kafka springs for an Apple product. When will we see an iPod touch with a built-in video camera, digital still camera, and an FM radio?

Apple’s iTunes Store set the gold standard for online purchases of music, TV shows, movies. With the addition of the popular App Store, Apple has attracted 100,000 developers who offer 65,000 apps, games, utilities; customers have responded with over 1.5-billion downloads. Now, Verizon wants in on the action and plans to build their own app store. How well has Verizon handled apps for cell phones? Stacey Higginbotham:

Verizon has offered content for years using Qualcomm’s Brew platform for feature phones, but smartphones were left out. Now that smartphones are so popular with consumers rather than merely with corporate users, having applications is becoming more important, and those apps are coming from a greater number of providers.

Like any slow motion train wreck, this will be fun to watch.

Almost three years after Apple introduced the iPhone, Microsoft responds with Windows Mobile 6.5. What does Gizmodo have to say about the new and improved WinMo?

There’s no excuse for this.

Point by point, menu by menu, and screen by screen, Gizmodo’s John Herrman disects the latest WinMo, and issues a ruling.

It’s a superficial update, and not a very thorough one. It’s an interim product, and a vain attempt to hold onto the thinning ranks people who still choose Windows Mobile despite not being somehow tethered to it until the tardy Windows Mobile 7 comes out, whenever that may be.

What does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer have to say about competition with Apple’s iPhone?

We and Apple are neck and neck and we’re chasing the two other players (Nokia and RIM).

Neck and neck? On what planet? Apple’s iPhone surpassed Windows Mobile in unit sales this year. iPhone sales continue to grow while Windows Mobile sales continues to drop. Apple’s revenue per iPhone is reportedly $500 per unit, while Microsoft’s license revenue for Windows Mobile is less than $50 per unit.

Truly, using Windows causes insanity.

From Reuters:

Microsoft also announced a new online application store, where users can buy 246 applications for their phones.

246? Apple announced that the iPhone’s App Store now has over 85-thousand applications, and over 2-billion downloads to date.