The New Mactini - BBC

BBC · 4.4M views · 2008-12-15 · 1:38

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Overview

A sketch from The Peter Serafinowicz Show parodying Apple product launches with the absurdly tiny 'Mactini'.

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Used as a joke when Apple products get smaller or more minimal.

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Topics

Satire & parody Stand-up & sketch comedy Tech company stories & documentaries

What people said

breve · 2026-01 · Joke / meme
It's pushing forward the state of the art. It's how we get to the Mactini and Mactini Nano: [VIDEO]
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jacknews · 2023-04 · Joke / meme
"Double tap the space bar to type a comma, triple tap to type a period. More taps have more punctuation." lol reminds me of the Mactini : [VIDEO] Only joking, this looks cool.
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gnulinux · 2018-12 · Joke / meme
> it reminds me of the Onion satire (maybe it was not the Onion) about the laptop with just one big button instead of a keyboard. The New Mactini: [VIDEO]
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