Apple has had some great advertisements recently. I love Vista — it is a major step forward compared with Windows XP — but that doesn’t mean I cannot recognize flaws; LUA (Limited User Access) is one of them. Both Mac OS and Vista have a variety of scenarios where you must give applications authorization before they can perform tasks that may compromise your computer’s security. However, Vista — due to the flawed architecture of Windows (especially the registry) — requires this authorization almost every time you want to do anything remotely interesting. Apple (rightly) pokes fun:

They also have a great time talking about the advantages of the built-in iSight inside every iMac and Apple laptop, one of my favorite features of the Apple platform:

Microsoft also has a long way to go with their movie authoring application:

Apparently Nintendo fans have their version of the ads:

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