"I live in Japan, and we get our own version of Apple's 'defamation' ads, and have considered, in amny instances, to report the ads as false advertizing," says Nazo.

He's anti-Microsoft ads running off- and online, citing a couple of examples, including:

Mac - I have a lot of aplications like video editing, games, etc..."
PC - I only have solitare"

Nazo isn't alone. Bill Gates doesn't like the ads either. Here's what he had to say in a Newsweek Q&A:

Newsweek: Are you bugged by the Apple commercial where John Hodgman is the PC, and he has to undergo surgery to get Vista?

Gates: I've never seen it. I don't think the over 90 percent of the [population] who use Windows PCs think of themselves as dullards, or the kind of klutzes that somebody is trying to say they are.

Newsweek: How about the implication that you need surgery to upgrade?

Gates: Well, certainly we've done a better job letting you upgrade on the hardware than our competitors have done. You can choose to buy a new machine, or you can choose to do an upgrade. And I don't know why [Apple is] acting like it’s superior. I don't even get it. What are they trying to say? Does honesty matter in these things, or if you're really cool, that means you get to be a lying person whenever you feel like it? There's not even the slightest shred of truth to it.

Newsweek: Does the entire tenor of that campaign bother you, that Mac is the cool guy and PC—

Gates: That’s for my customers to decide.

And, "I mean really give me a break!" - adds Nazo.

"A crashed Mac is far more difficult to restore, especially if you use OSX (Which BTW was already a registered OS name here in Japan from before the Mac even existed). It's just bad practice, in any situation, whether it be consumer products, politics, or even *PAA tactics."

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Also See:
anti-Microsoft ads - Apple boosts anti-Windows ads, February 1, 2007
Newsweek - Finally, Vista Makes Its Debut. Now What?, February 1, 2007