John Hodgman, the PC from the Apple Commercials, Interview

A very funny man, John Hodgman, is well known now for his portrayal of a PC on the Apple commercials where a PC and Mac talk to each other about their abilities. Engadget had the chance to interview him. Here is a piece from that interview:

So first things first: Mac or PC?

Here is the joke that is absolutely apt, though I once promised I would never make it: "I play one on TV, but I am not a PC." It is true. I am first of all: not a computer, but a human being; and second of all: a Mac user, almost exclusively, since 1984. There was a brief period in the wilderness between 1997 and 2003. Let us not speak of it.

Did you have to do any first-hand research to get into the PC mindset?

OK, if we must speak of it. My PC experience was relatively benign. I had two machines over those two years, and both ended with the PC, despite all of my diligent maintenance, freaking out at the end, unusable, overwhelmed with spyware and bugs, slowly singing "bicycle built for two" and plotting my demise.

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