Hello, I'm a PC... Hello, I'm a slacker Jerk

We mentioned before that the actor who plays the "PC" in the Mac V. PC commercials is funnyman/author/NPR personality/lecturer/Daily Show corrispondant John Hodgman. But we never really went into how much we dislike those commercials.

It really all boils down to how much we hate the "Mac" character, and how much we love the "PC" character, when clearly the intention of the commercial is the excact opposite. However, Seth Stevenson of Slate wrote an essay that really gets to the bottom of why the commercials stink.

"My problem with these ads begins with the casting. As the Mac character, Justin Long (who was in the forgettable movie Dodgeball and the forgettabler TV show Ed) is just the sort of unshaven, hoodie-wearing, hands-in-pockets hipster we've always imagined when picturing a Mac enthusiast."

"Meanwhile, the PC is played by John Hodgman—contributor to The Daily Show and This American Life, host of an amusing lecture series, and all-around dry-wit extraordinaire. Even as he plays the chump in these Apple spots, his humor and likability are evident." [via boingboing]