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'Apple Asked Microsoft To Take Down Laptop Hunter Ads'

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Jul 2009 12:51 UTC

I'm sure most of you are aware of the advertisements going back and forth between Apple and Microsoft. Apple started out with the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campiagn, and Microsoft responded - after a long wait - with the "Laptop Hunters" ads. Recently, Apple made some price cuts, and according to Microsoft, the Cupertino company's lawyers contacted Microsoft, demanding they take down the ads.

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RE[3]: Why does it cause apple so much grief?

by Alex Forster on Fri 17th Jul 2009 06:59 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Why does it cause apple so much grief?"

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2005-08-12

Here's how that reads-

"Hello. I am a forty-something-year-old 'Apple Certified Tech' who was sometime within the last six months fired from a $15/hr position at a Genius bar where I had previously been spending a considerable amount of time dealing with the tiny, acceptable precentage of Apple's manufacturing failures."

Edited 2009-07-17 07:18 UTC

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RE[4]: Why does it cause apple so much grief?

by rockwell on Fri 17th Jul 2009 16:25 in reply to "RE[3]: Why does it cause apple so much grief?"

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2005-09-13

And here's how your post reads:

"Completely disregard any real-life evidence from above poster as simply neurotic ramblings, because the kool-aid tastes great, and iLife is perfect within the reality distortion field."

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