MS goes un-PC

08/27/09 10:30

Microsoft is getting some heat over an alteration to a company ad that changed the race of one of the people pictured in the ad. Apparently, the company thinks its customers in Poland are scared of black people. Or something.

Microsoft insists the edit had nothing to do with race, and was only done to punish the model in the original for using a MacBook instead of a PC.

Judge for yourself -- here are the original English and edited Polish versions of the ad:

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Microsoft apologized to the man in the original ad by offering him $700 if he can find a laptop with the features he’s looking for. The MacInquirer eagerly awaits Apple’s response ad featuring the never-less-than-brilliant Leslie David Baker from The Office.

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