I've said it before, I've got nothing against Apple products, but I can't stand their whole superiority complex, and constant need to belittle and attack their competitors by name, when the major competitor (Microsoft) has in fact rarely (if ever) attacked back, and in fact, has gone out of their way to help Apple (once, with a lifesaving loan) and even supports their OS with compatible software.

Apple is simply at the bottom of the pile and feels the need to sling shit, because it's all they've got in their hands.

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Apple has spent the majority of their advertising deliberately attacking Microsoft, and not just their operating system. They have made specious and unfounded claims regarding Vista operation, Microsoft budgets, the way Microsoft develops software, and have made direct insults and derogatory statements regarding the intelligence of Windows users.

The so-called "flaws" Apple has chosen to "advertise" (wow, thanks!) were based on ignorance of the OS and have been either common misconceptions, or simple fixes by adjusting preferences. Continuing to harp on them only makes Apple look even more computer-illiterate and childishly petty.

Compare Microsoft's commercials to Apple's. Count how many of Apple's ads make derisive, derogatory, inflamatory, and/or negative claims against a competitor, or a competitor's customers. Now count how many of Microsoft's ads make any claims about anything other than their own product. Watch the (non iPhone) Apple ads and tell me how many of them ever showed the product at all, or even mention it, or what it does, or can do.

Now why do you think that is? And please, if I'm wrong, and you see any Microsoft ads that are deliberately attacking Apple's products, OS, or users... do share.

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