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A couple of weeks back, I posted some clips of spoof Mac vs. PC ads, as well as pointing out that the Apple campaign is a little… how can I put this… untruthful… at times<\/a>. I couldn’t be bothered to report Bill Gates getting annoyed on US television over the whole Mac vs. PC thing<\/a> but I can tell this whole episode has gone mainstream when British comedians start poking fun at the Mac vs. PC ads on BBC Radio 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was laughing out loud when I heard last Friday’s The Now Show<\/a> – so much so that I thought I’d share a short segment of the show<\/a> here – thereby illustrating that the whole “my operating system is better than your operating system<\/a>” nonsense is quite ridiculous really:<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes<\/a>: Let’s take two letters at the same time…<\/p>\n

Mac: Dear Jon, I’m a Mac.
\nPC: And I’m a PC.
\nMac: I wonder if you could settle, once and for all, the controversial debate that’s been raging as to which one of us is better for the home and which one is better for the office?
\nPC: Well it really is a tricky one that, isn’t it? Umm.<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes: But the Mac or PC argument has of course been a source of techie conflict for years; personally I couldn’t give less of a t*ss either way – they both let you download p*rn don’t they – what’s not to like? But speccy computer enthusiasts on either side treat the Mac and PC divide like open war…<\/p>\n

(gunfire\/explosions)<\/p>\n

Admiral Horatio Nelson<\/a>: The Battle is won Mr Hardy. Those Mac-loving scum have taken their stupid mouse that has only one clicky button and turned tail and fled. We can claim victory over those who would dare prefer an OS X operating system that utilises GUI and Unix underpinnings.<\/p>\n

(explosion)<\/p>\n

(Windows exclamation sound)<\/p>\n

Arghh!<\/p>\n

Admiral Horatio Nelson: Mr Hardy! I’ve been hit by a spam e-mail! I thought this ship’s Windows anti-worm and virus software had been configured to prevent unsolicited e-mails. I am done for.<\/p>\n

Captain Thomas Hardy<\/a>: Sorry Sir, the ship’s firewall was down. IT say there was a .DLL file error in the hold.<\/p>\n

Admiral Horatio Nelson: It is over Mr Hardy. My battle is lost. Kiss me Hardy.<\/p>\n

Captain Thomas Hardy: No thanks Sir, someone might film it on their phone camera and put it on YouTube and we’d look well gay.<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes: PC or Mac, Mac or PC it’s causing a national divide pitching brother against brother, cousin against cousin, spoddy geek against spoddy geek…<\/p>\n

Geek: At my signal, unleash Dell.<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes: However, Mitchell and Webb<\/a> aren’t the first double act to advertise computers either. Punt and Dennis<\/a> did one some years ago, back when they were famous, in which they too had to pitch computer against computer but back then, there was no real contest as to which was the best…<\/p>\n

Sinclair ZX-81<\/a>: Hello, I’m a Sinclair ZX-81.
\nSpace Invaders<\/a> machine: And I’m a Space Invaders machine in the pub.
\nSinclair ZX-81: I’ve got up to 1K of memory, an external cassette recorder (not supplied) and a lead to connect me to the back of the television.<\/p>\n

(pause)<\/p>\n

Space Invaders machine: Yeah but I’m in the pub.<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes: No contest!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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