Fun fact: a Mac is a PC, just Apple doesn't market as such.

I have a 24" iMac. My only regret is that I didn't move to Apple sooner. I've had this thing 2 years now and never needed to do a fresh install. I've never had a virus. The screen is beautiful. It runs almost silent. The software I use is more intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and works straight out of the box. My iMac even runs Windows Vista more stable in bootcamp than my old PC. I also know if I were to sell it on eBay now I would get a fair return on it unlike a Windows PC. As for customer service, Apple is in another league. The only thing I would change to now is a new 27" iMac.

They're just going to do exactly what they've been doing.

PC: hey mac (wearing fancy outfit)
Mac: hey PC, say, what's the occasion?
PC: Oh I'ts just me new windows upgrade, you know it's everything Vista should have been.
Mac: I heard about that, looks expensive.
PC: Yes it was Mac, but you gotta break a couple eggs to make an omelete.
Mac: We don't do much cooking here PC, Macs come with everything standard and there's no need to worry about upgrading because of updates from Apple which upgrade instantly and automatically.
PC: whatever, you still have to put in your social security number whenever you update, I wouldn't call that exactly painlessly.
Mac: (quizzical look) What? No company will ever ask for your social security number on a Mac, PC.
PC: Haha ok Mac, very funny, you know very well that to open a web page or word processor or anything else, you have to type in your social security number or credit card number, that's just standard.
Mac: PC, have you been typing those things in recently on your computer?
(PC clone dressed in a crown and robe walks over and stands next to PC)
PC: Oh nice to meet you, here's my social security number

You're long overdue!

Ah, here is what I was talking about yesterday with downloading and unpacking the student deal for Windows 7 Home or Professional.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/

"The Windows 7 launch seems to have gone off mostly roses and sunbeams, but we're hearing today that quite a few people have had issues installing the downloadable $29 student upgrade edition on 32-bit Vista -- apparently the file doesn't unpack to an ISO, but instead to an executable and two bundles that don't function properly, and eventually the process errors out with a 64-bit app trying to launch on 32-bit systems. It's possible to create an ISO using some hackery, but the install process seems to be 50/50 after that -- we've heard of both success and further crashes. For it's part, Microsoft says it's looking into things, so hopefully a newly repackaged download will be forthcoming -- every party has its ups and downs, right?"

This is the update in the engadget link about a workaround,

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/22/how-to-make-a-dvd-of-that-student-only-windows-7/

Out of those 3 commercials all I found out is Macs are higher rated in customer service and that PC is apparently a liar.

The OP is basically like asking if there were no Mac ads before Vista.

And the whole of this thread is like fanboys fest. 

They pull the "Snow Leopord is cheaper to upgrade and works on most old Macs" thing or the usual "Mac gets no viruses and top customer support". Macs aren't top in customer support, and they leave out Trojans which Macs can get.

Sounds exactly like my PC.

The screen is beautiful, almost silent. Windows xp hasn't crashed on me once, and I haven't gotten a single virus. The software is easy to use and is the OS of choice in the business world so I don't need to learn anything different when going into the industry. It's aesthetically pleasing and easy to use right out of the box.

It's funny, mac users are blinded by Apples advertising to think PCs get viruses like crazy and crash every day and are a pain to use, I've never had these problems in 15 years of using Windows (can't even remember the last time I had a crash). Customer service I give to apple, but I've never had to use customer service on windows.

I'll spend the extra $1200 I saved buying a Pc over a mac and go on a nice vacation for a week.

Except they can't, since there have been several bugs with the Snow Leopord upgrades, and moreover, there isn't a version for older PowerPC Macs.

Granted, 3/4 of Apple's ads are nothing more than nonsense to begin with, so I wouldn't put it past them to still say such things.