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Microsoft To Release Windows 7 In ‘09 After Vista Failure

“Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that regular PC users will be able to test out a “beta” version of Windows early next year. Windows 7, the forthcoming operating system, will let users choose to see fewer alerts and warnings from their computers.” [Link]

Microsoft “I’m A PC” Ads Made On Macs

John Hodgman and Justin Long in Apple Mac ads
John Hodgman and Justin Long in Apple Mac ads

“Turns out that phase two of the ‘I’m a PC ‘ advertising counterattack against Apple was… created on a Mac. … The offending evidence was metadata found in the images of the PC user featured on the ‘I’m a PC’ web site. The data exposed the fact that the images were produced using Macs running Adobe Creative Suite 3.” [Link]

Microsoft Scraps Seinfeld Ad Campaign, Now Responding To Apple Mac Ads

microsoft pc spokesman

“One new Microsoft commercial even begins with a company engineer who resembles John Hodgman, the comedian portraying the loser PC character in the Apple campaign. ‘Hello, I’m a PC,’ the engineer says, echoing Mr. Hodgman’s recurring line, ‘and I’ve been made into a stereotype.’” [Link]