Apple has begun airing two new “Get a Mac” TV commercials on U.S television networks that each blast Microsoft and their Windows Vista product.

Apple’s “Bean Counter” ad looks at how Microsoft plans to “fix” Vista (throw $300 million at advertising) while “V Word” has PC trying to bleep out every mention of the word “Vista.”

Apple Web Ad: Bean Counter

Direct link to video here.

Apple Web Ad: V Word

Direct link to video here.

See the ads in higher quality and in various sizes via Apple.com here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers "Fred Mertz" and "Cubert" for the heads up.]

“How about spending $300 million to create an OS that isn’t a derivative, counterintuitive, bloated, spaghetti-coded mess?” – MacDailyNews Take, August 21, 2008

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