Is Jerry Seinfeld really the best pitchman for Microsoft?

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SEPTEMBER 05, 2008

It's almost like Apple figured out how to get Microsoft to do their work for them.

If you've seen any of Apple's legendary Mac vs PC ads, they work mostly because Apple found a funny way to characterize PCs as outdated, out of touch, ancient and hopelessly complicated. So what did Microsoft do?

They hired a comic who hasn't had a regular TV job in 10 years to be their spokesman.

Check out the first ad below, and decide if they actually made the right choice.

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