Briefly: "Get a Mac" ads; Virgin ban
updated 06:10 pm EDT, Mon September 25, 2006
Get a Mac ads, Virgin ban
In brief: One avid Mac user has posted photos of Apple's latest "Get a Mac" commercials, which are currently showing exclusively in Apple stores.... Virgin Atlantic Airways has lifted its ban on in-flight use of Apple and Dell laptop batteries that was originally enacted after numerous reports surfaced of the Sony notebook cells overheating and, in some cases, bursting into open flames.... A Lenovo laptop computer that burst into flames at Los Angeles International Airport this last weekend was likely the result of a defective Sony battery, according to one Lenovo spokesman.... Apple has announced that the version of Flash that ships in its QuickTime software is older than the version available from Adobe, noting that it will still ship Flash with QuickTime but that the feature will come disabled by default.... Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) problems could persist, according to recent tests of Windows Vista, and are occurring near the end of the development cycle.... One Mac advocate has blogged a request for computer manufacturers to bundle OpenOffice.org with every new computer they sell.
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MS advertising
MS's software may blow, and their hardware overcomplicated, but they started playing an ad over the weekend for their new portable device/OS (not sure exactly what it was), but it certainly showed more about what you get in its 30 seconds then all of Apple's cute little "I'm a mac" ads. You got a cell phone with built-in email, file transfer, presentation system with bluetooth connectivity, all in a small package that you easily carry with you on travel.