Apple spits at Windows 7: You can't trust Microsoft
In its response to the Windows 7 launch, Apple suggests that there's one simple reason you shouldn't buy the new operating system: Microsoft is not to be trusted.
Was Apple going to keep quiet about the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7?
Do raccoons know how to get at the leftover spaghetti in your garbage can?
So, indeed, here is an immediate retort starring Messrs. John Hodgman and Justin Long.
Apple's appeal is a very simple one. It is one that you have heard this before, often late at night, often inebriated, sometimes over the telephone.
Surely you remember the script: "Your lover let you down before? You went back to her. She was unfaithful again. And still you went back to her. Now she comes a-callin', telling you things will be different this time...and YOU'RE GOING TO BELIEVE HER? WHAT ARE YOU? NUTSOID?!!!"
However, this time, it doesn't stop there. Because Apple also specifically asks XP users whether it's terribly wise to go with Windows 7 when Mac is No. 1 for customer satisfaction. (The XP user, naturally, decides she doesn't need "pain and frustration.")
Apple has decided to create this little surge of communication, more examples of which you can watch here, designed to prick at your conscience while Microsoft tries to pick at your pocket.
Which suitor should you trust? The one who's supposedly let you down before or the cool, allegedly costly one?
In a tough economy, what may be most telling is how many people decide to bide their time and hide their money, until Windows 7 is deemed to be worthy of at least a steady relationship.
