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I WAS a PC
And I am in my daily life. Got tired of the constant care, feeding, and BS associated with it.

Now I'm a Mac and make my living fixing the PC mess.

Guess they wouldn't like me, huh?
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Way better campaign  TedKraan | 09/19/08
Actually...  rapson | 09/19/08
Not really sure about that one  TedKraan | 09/19/08
He has a point  rjohn05 | 09/19/08
Actually, it was IBM that popularized the term  bmerc | 09/19/08
Well said. And...  Cayble | 09/21/08
Mac = PC  pico_D | 09/19/08
Mac wants everyone to think they're not PCs  tikigawd | 09/20/08
It's Substantiated Criticism, Not "Unsubstantiated Bashing"  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Some of these points are conceded  CrashPad | 09/20/08
How Typical of Microsoft Apologists  Cardhu | 09/20/08
You miss the point...  CrashPad | 09/20/08
I'm Not Your "Feloow Techi [sic]"  Cardhu | 09/20/08
I WAS a PC  itguy08 | 09/19/08
In fairness...  Sleeper Service | 09/19/08
particularly  rtk | 09/19/08
actually  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
they'll replace all of their hardware?  rtk | 09/19/08
re: I WAS a PC  Badgered | 09/19/08
So, your point is ...  daboochmeister | 09/19/08
It would seem  Boot_Agnostic | 09/19/08
Perhaps the original posts was saying this....  James Quinn | 09/19/08
Exactly  itguy08 | 09/19/08
Hey ItGuy80...  PollyProteus | 09/19/08
Exactly ?  etherspy | 09/29/08
It's not "can't handle"  RealNonZealot | 09/19/08
There is no mistake. The issue you cite are no longer...  ye | 09/19/08
DLLs  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
@ fox.kenji: obviously  tikigawd | 09/20/08
Sorry  Boot_Agnostic | 09/19/08
No  Badgered | 09/19/08
Lack of English Comprehension Skills  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
So...  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
re: Lack  Badgered | 09/22/08
Quoting Out Of Context  Cardhu | 09/22/08
"Just Your Opinion"  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Just Your Opinion  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
Typical Debate Ploys Here  Cardhu | 09/21/08
Typical Debate Ploys Here  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
Thanks  Cardhu | 09/21/08
Typical  Badgered | 09/22/08
Those Like You Who Put Words In Other People's Mouths  Cardhu | 09/22/08
Just curious  Badgered | 09/23/08
Products and Coercion  Cardhu | 09/23/08
Just the facts ma'am  Badgered | 09/22/08
You Really Miss The Point  Cardhu | 09/22/08
re: Missing the Point  Badgered | 09/23/08
Not just recently  rtk | 09/23/08
Microsoft Deletes Critical Posts In Their Forums  Cardhu | 09/23/08
Off of public usenet?  rtk | 09/23/08
I Said  Cardhu | 09/24/08
I'm a PC and I run Linux... Doh..  b.bob | 09/19/08
Windows has had file level permissions since 1993.  ye | 09/19/08
Yeah  TedKraan | 09/19/08
User rights file level permissions?  b.bob | 09/19/08
Not sure you know  rtk | 09/19/08
Yep. User level file permissions.  ye | 09/19/08
Yup, correct  TedKraan | 09/22/08
Fer sure, fer sure........  Ole Man | 09/22/08
Getting better  Win3.1 | 09/19/08
The key factor is freedom versus bondage  pjotr123 | 09/19/08
Isn't the only free OS  Boot_Agnostic | 09/19/08
Never understood this argument.....  James Quinn | 09/19/08
ms tried the holistic solution  Hogleg | 09/19/08
My argument is rock solid.... yours well lets just say  James Quinn | 09/19/08
Argument is rock solid?  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
I've been working on repairing and supporting  James Quinn | 09/29/08
Dude, you are free to do what you want  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
re: Dude  Badgered | 09/19/08
So back in the day when they said....  James Quinn | 09/19/08
[/sarcasm] , right?  Badgered | 09/19/08
Actually you can do anything you want with your Apple...  PollyProteus | 09/19/08
Not at all true.....  James Quinn | 09/29/08
OS X hardware integration  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
Apple tax.  rtk | 09/19/08
Pardon me.  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
You're pardoned.  rtk | 09/22/08
A hard drive is a hard drive...  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
Apple hardware  tikigawd | 09/20/08
You have no concept...  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
Lasts inherently longer?  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
Where is the PPC version of WinXP?  Bruizer | 09/20/08
You do reaslise we're talking about PCs?  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
Considering...  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
Ubiquity  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/19/08
Really? I see many options: OS X and Linux to name two.  ye | 09/19/08
That's why ads are necessary  IT_User | 09/19/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  CrashPad | 09/19/08
Best Post Ever!  mikefarinha | 09/19/08
YES!  B.Beck | 09/19/08
And yet..  TedKraan | 09/19/08
We don't matter???  SamDiaz ZDNet Moderator | 09/19/08
Wrong  mikefarinha | 09/19/08
I never claimed...  SamDiaz ZDNet Moderator | 09/19/08
Well then. The market has spoken and Windows "won".  ye | 09/19/08
Technically its not a victory until a surrender.  James Quinn | 09/19/08
That's What IBM and Ed Esber  Cardhu | 09/27/08
Partly true  TedKraan | 09/22/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
To be creative, even Microsoft needs a Mac happy  A Grain of Salt | 09/19/08
Yes, Shots are Cheap...  OutsideThe Box | 09/19/08
I doubt I'll take you up on the wager happy  A Grain of Salt | 09/19/08
Your right, it is ironic...  OutsideThe Box | 09/19/08
Then again, we read it and comment. Irony. (nt.)  A Grain of Salt | 09/19/08
Hey...  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
Cheap Shot or Revealing a Truth?  UserLand | 09/19/08
Kind of  mdemuth | 09/19/08
I honestly tried resisting to respond...  OutsideThe Box | 09/19/08
...there is no compelling reason to make the switch...  PollyProteus | 09/19/08
sniff, sniff...uhh...sniff  benblush@... | 09/19/08
Oh yeah, it's all about looks. grin  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
Reliability  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Sauce for the goose...  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
I Provided References  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Evidence?  Sleeper Service | 09/21/08
More Than Just Mistakes, It's Microsoft Business Strategy  Cardhu | 09/22/08
So has MS  Acoyauh | 09/19/08
Ok, please explain to me this...  OutsideThe Box | 09/19/08
That actually shows...  Samic | 09/19/08
And you also know it's a real PITA for them too, right?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
roughlydrafted?  rtk | 09/19/08
So just because it's on roughly drafted it's untrue?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
Now we are hearing a different tune  CrashPad | 09/19/08
Pffffft, OntheRun and jkOnTheRun, are trustworthy sites?!?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
trustworthy sites  rtk | 09/19/08
So just because it's on roughly drafted it's untrue?  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
Message has been deleted.  benblush@... | 09/19/08
Of course you didn't catch it  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
Let me guess....  rtk | 09/19/08
It's happened before...  Narg | 09/19/08
WHAT ad company?  Acoyauh | 09/19/08
Do you even know where you are?  laura.b | 09/19/08
What software??  CrashPad | 09/19/08
How sad...  Acoyauh | 09/19/08
It was more about the irony. Read the follow up comments happy (nt.)  A Grain of Salt | 09/19/08
ISN"T IT IRONIC?  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  rag@... | 09/19/08
RE: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  deanders | 09/19/08
I have to admit this latest attempt was MUCH better.  James Quinn | 09/19/08
Truth in advertising: DRM! Activation! WPA!  scott1329 | 09/19/08
This is just Wow  CrashPad | 09/19/08
... just Wow?  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
You got that right!  Ole Man | 09/22/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  user support | 09/19/08
Actually...  benblush@... | 09/19/08
Exactly the same...  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  asmaa.saber | 09/19/08
Macs Pass Time By Making 1-Line Posts on ZDNET  benblush@... | 09/19/08
Dump Sinfield and push these!!!!  Narg | 09/19/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  ruffneck119@... | 09/19/08
????  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
Some thoughts from someone in the ad biz  alexs08 | 09/19/08
Some thoughts from someone with a brain...  benblush@... | 09/19/08
...and an inferiority complex  tzcannon | 09/19/08
Are you feeling well?  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
there are two types of long time Mac users  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
We Are Not Liars  Cardhu | 09/21/08
"...I've used Windows since '95..."  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
Speaking as a ad watcher  wolf_z | 09/19/08
Who or what is being rebranded?  Marcos El Malo | 09/19/08
Without inside knowledge  rtk | 09/19/08
Life WITHOUT walls???  pointzerotwo@... | 09/19/08
Lemme Help You Buddy!  benblush@... | 09/19/08
Ok,  pointzerotwo@... | 09/19/08
dead format walking?  Ole Man | 09/22/08
...life without walls is open source software...  PollyProteus | 09/19/08
In a world without walls, who needs Windows?  pointzerotwo@... | 09/19/08
Uh...  James T. Kirk | 09/19/08
As are their complaints about Windows. At least they're consistent. (nt)  ye | 09/19/08
Embrace, extend, extinguish  pointzerotwo@... | 09/19/08
Along with that, who needs  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Cardhu  CrashPad | 09/20/08
The Agenda Of Microsoft and Its Apologists  Cardhu | 09/20/08
You're right...  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
Yeap you lost it  CrashPad | 09/20/08
The Tactics Of Microsoft Apologists  Cardhu | 09/20/08
So...  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
That's Not A Question For Me  Cardhu | 09/20/08
So you can't answer the question?  Sleeper Service | 09/21/08
I'm Not Accountable for Your Conduct  Cardhu | 09/21/08
So...  Sleeper Service | 09/21/08
But what the hell...  Sleeper Service | 09/21/08
Thank You For Reasoned and Informed Debate  Cardhu | 09/21/08
Upon futher review  CrashPad | 09/20/08
I Don't Favor Either Mac Or Linux For a Recommendation  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Works out of the box?  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
Our Macs Do Work "Right Out Of The Box"  Cardhu | 09/21/08
Agreed, and who needs.........  Badgered | 09/22/08
Your Comparison Of Imperfections  Cardhu | 09/22/08
...is your comparison of imperfections  Badgered | 09/23/08
I Don't Recommend Just Apple  Cardhu | 09/23/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  Loverock Davidson | 09/19/08
Successful?  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
Sure  wolf_z | 09/19/08
well if you need play by play ...  CrashPad | 09/20/08
Target is computer dummies like Loverock  fr0thy2 | 09/21/08
The only problem with these ads  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
Don't be a...  benblush@... | 09/19/08
HAHAHAH, perfect example!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
Forgive them!  Ole Man | 09/22/08
You're full of it  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
Re: The only problem with these ads  deanders | 09/19/08
How exactly did they imply it?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
It's implied by  Badgered | 09/19/08
Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
Yes we will  Badgered | 09/19/08
Claiming they are insinuating Windows users are stupid is little over the..  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
Condescending  djchandler | 09/19/08
Well, thanks for the advice  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 09/19/08
I agree, Kid...  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
From one who is well beyond middle aged  Ole Man | 09/22/08
Speaking of Condescending...  vulpine@... | 09/25/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  jlmuzzio | 09/19/08
The only thing you've confirmed  rtk | 09/19/08
Right...  deanders | 09/19/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  benblush@... | 09/19/08
Astronaut in Ad  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
By association.  deanders | 09/19/08
I'm a PC too!!  Windows Defender | 09/19/08
A Mac  fox.kenji | 09/19/08
Oh dear. Another one.  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
Plug-and-Play  pico_D | 09/21/08
*facepalm*  Sleeper Service | 09/21/08
Re: Facepalm...  vulpine@... | 09/22/08
Haaaaaaaard question.........  Ole Man | 09/22/08
A Mac  Joe Dufflebag | 09/21/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  shadfurman | 09/19/08
Microsoft completely missed the point of the Mac vs. PC ads...  olePigeon | 09/19/08
The actors in the commercial claim to be the OS...  PollyProteus | 09/19/08
"...but represent the "suggested" user type of the OS."  vulpine@... | 09/24/08
The Problem with "I'm a PC"  tzcannon | 09/19/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  pico_D | 09/19/08
Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  as901 | 09/20/08
I use Vista...  Sleeper Service | 09/20/08
RE: Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.  The Rifleman | 09/20/08
The Entire Microsoft Ad Campaign  Cardhu | 09/20/08
Nah...  Sleeper Service | 09/21/08
I love my Mac.  mister-moon | 09/21/08
Typical Microsoft Indifference  Cardhu | 10/18/08
Where do I buy "I'm a PC" bumper stickers?  BillDem | 09/24/08
I already have an "I'm a Mac" t-shirt  vulpine@... | 09/24/08
I Agree  Cardhu | 09/25/08
I think Both Of You Are Actually People  Cardhu | 09/25/08
Just because I'm a PC doesn't mean I'm running Windows.  noeman5 | 08/02/09

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