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Windows 7 'I'm a PC' man quits Microsoft

'I'm a PC and I'm pissing off'

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Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” bloke is reportedly leaving the software maker.

According to an email, seen by SeattlePI.com, Sean Siler has quit the company for personal reasons, after five years of service.

“I have a lot of memories from my time at Microsoft, but the ‘I'm a PC’ commercial is the highlight. I really feel proud that I was able to be a visible part of the company's fight against Apple,” he wrote.

Today is Siler’s last day at Microsoft. He “starred” in a number of the company’s ads to sell its Windows 7 operating system.

The toe-curling “I’m a PC” slogan was a response to Apple’s “Get a Mac” ad campaign.

Siler isn’t just a telly ad star; he has most recently been the IPv6 program manager at Microsoft. ®

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Why is it

Why is it that Microsoft ad's always come across like your parents trying to be hip?, I mean like "Welcome to the social" crap they did for the Zune.

Or the Vista and Windows 7 "party's", or it's something syrupy with a small kid drawing something to send to mommy.

They really need a younger PR team

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I'm a fat bastard

and windows 7 was my idea.

I also have no talent nor taste in clothes.

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I am a loser and Windows 7 was my idea,

nuff said..

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