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Mac vs PC ads are back from Microsoft for the Surface Pro 3

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1jP4O7rEHQ8?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;controls=2&amp;autohide=1&amp;showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-1jp4o7rehq8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <p>With its latest ads for the Surface Pro 3 (http://www.wpcentral.com/surface-pro-3), Microsoft has re-ignited the old 'Mac vs PC' battle by taking aim at the MacBook Air (http://www.imore.com/macbook-air). Previous Windows tablet ads have taken aim at the iPad, but this time out Microsoft is going for the big guns with its newest 'laptop' in three new, short ads.</p> <!--break--> <p>So, what's the focus? A few main points come across through the three slightly different ads; touchscreen, kickstand, detachable keyboard and the stylus. Granted, there's no doubts Mac owners out there who would love to be able to swipe away at OS X on their MacBooks or draw on the display with a pen. But the kickstand and detachable keyboard feels like its clutching at straws, a little. I mean, the MacBook Air is a laptop – and an extremely portable one at that – so, yeah. If you want to adjust the screen, you just tilt it. You know, like a laptop.</p> <p>It's not the first time Microsoft has gone after the MacBook crowd with the Surface Pro 3, even offering a trade-in program – one that Windows Phone Central EiC, Daniel Rubino, took advantage of (http://www.wpcentral.com/traded-my-macbook-air-and-all-i-got-was-surface-pro-3) – to get Mac owners to jump ship to the Surface.</p> <p>It's truly amazing that something like the Surface Pro 3 has a full computer packed inside it, of that there's no doubt. But are Mac owners really going to leave behind OS X and the MacBook line for a Windows 8 tablet with a plug in keyboard? Are you?</p> <p>Check out the other two commercials below and be sure to sound off in the comments below with your own thoughts.</p> <div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YfpULoEZIHk?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;controls=2&amp;autohide=1&amp;showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-yfpuloezihk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yYC5dkQlQLA?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;controls=2&amp;autohide=1&amp;showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-yyc5dkqlqla" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-26266"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/3d61ba26/sc/28/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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