Even though I’m a PC user (I have my reasons) and I have Vista, I think the new Apple ads attacking Vista are freakin’ hilarious, especially the security one:

The funny thing is you really need to have Vista or have used it to fully appreciate that commercial.

If I could do everything on a Mac that I wanted to on a PC, I would totally switch over. Maybe some day that will be the case. Although, it wouldn’t be for the “security features.” As far as I know, the reason why Macs “don’t have as bad of security issues as PCs do” is because the jackasses who write viruses, spyware, etc. write them for PCs, not Macs. (When you design a virus it must be written to interact with a particular programming language or code. Just like computer programs, two different viruses have to be written if they are to work for two different operating systems.) And the main reason that more viruses are written for PCs than Macs, as far as I know, is because there are more PC users than Mac users (so virus-makers hit more people with viruses made for PCs). I’ve also heard that some virus-makers target PCs because they hate Microsoft (which is mostly because Microsoft is a big company that dominants the computer market). So, it’s not as though Macs have better security features or anything. And if they came to dominate the computer market, then they would likely inherit the greatest security problems. Rather, my main reasons for wanting to switch to Macs are that they are higher quality computers with a nice stable OS that’s made by a company that takes better care of their customers.

But, nevertheless, the commercial is hilarious.

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