In their latest “Get a Mac” ad – which debuted on Monday on US network television as well as online – Apple takes dead aim at Microsoft’s Windows Vista’s intrusive User Account Control (UAC) “feature” and Windows’ insecurity in general:

See a higher quality version of Apple’s “Get a Mac – Security” ad here: http://www.apple.com/getamac/

[Thanks to multiple MacDailyNews Readers for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Take: It certainly is good to see Apple getting tougher and strongly highlighting some of Windows’ many shortcomings in their Mac advertising. Hopefully this ad will help many come to a sad realization, so they can make the happy decision to cancel Windows and allow themselves Macs.

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