Hi, I'm a PC and I'm a Mac Ad from 1996


	Hi, I'm a PC and I'm a Mac Ad from 1996

coconutshell

2-21-2007 1:26 PM

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coconutshell says:

Interesting.....and amusing!

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2-26-2007 11:39 PM

haraya

Amused me too!

2-27-2007 12:27 PM

bignosemousie

It makes the Mac user look like a slacker. Not so much "approachable and relaxed" as "lives in his mom's basement".

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<H2>Amazing Fact: In 1996, PCs were cuter than Macs</H2>
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