What they're saying about the new Mac ads

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With Apple’s new Mac TV campaign now out for a week, comments have been flying over whether the ads—which use a hopelessly unhip man to personify the PC and a groovy, unshaven, twentysomething to represent the Mac—do too much preaching to the converted. Over at CNET’s news.com, Mike says, “I can see how some PC users may be offended by these adds [sic], but then again it sometimes takes a slap in the face to make some people come to their senses…” Another

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