PC tries an op-ed in his battle against Mac
Apple's done quite a few of these Flash-based PC and Mac ads, but the latest one, designed to run on news sites (and currently live on NYTimes.com), is especially well rendered, as PC drags a news-style text box onscreen to literally put himself in the story. John Hodgman makes some truly funny faces, while Justin Long, scowling down from above, at one point looks like a monkey. When I saw this clip, my immediate reaction was: 
Here's the first Mac/PC ad I've seen since Microsoft debuted its Seinfeld-Gates extravaganza last Friday. And I wondered how Jerry and Bill would fare in such a set-up. I know most people hate the Microsoft spot, but if nothing else, it makes you look at Apple's marketing efforts in a new light—and that's got to be some kind of progress. Would I switch to a PC running Windows Vista? Lord, no! Though I do seem to get that spinning pizza of death icon popping up on my Mac an awful lot. I blame Justin Long. Bad monkey!
—Posted by David Gianatasio
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September 10, 2008 in Apple, Gianatasio, John Hodgman, Microsoft, Web video | Permalink
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It is truth that John Hodgeman is funny and Justin Long is unattractive. If I had to pick between the two, assuming a girl could be so lucky, I would have to take Mr. Hodgeman. At least we would never run out of hobo names.
Posted by: Rebecca Cullers | Sep 10, 2008 8:53:53 AM
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