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Novell/Linux Parody on Apple's Mac vs PC Ads

Posted by Zonk on from the john-hodgeman-still-wins dept.

xtaski writes "Wired's 'Cult of Mac' blog offers up video of Novell's spin on the Apple Mac vs. PC ads. The twist: a young lady portraying that winsome third party, Linux. There are two ads available for perusal, and the second is definitely the better of the two."

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  1. How about a link to the downloadable videos? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Conveniently located on Novell.com instead of some crappy Flash video. Now available in MPEG and Ogg!

    1. Re:How about a link to the downloadable videos? by i_should_be_working · · Score: 4, Informative

      I also like how it's pointing out that it doesn't matter what type of computer you have. You can run Linux now. I guess many people are used to the idea of having to buy a new computer to change operating system.

  2. Not as good as... by computersareevil · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good, but not as good as the IBM commercial from years ago, IMHO.

  3. Indeed not by Dolda2000 · · Score: 4, Informative
    If you follow the link in the article to Novell's video page, you'll see they have them in Ogg/Theora format: