It seems like everywhere you look in web advertisements, television, and print ads, where there should be a picture of your average run-of-the-mill PC laptop, there’s an Apple MacBook Pro instead.  Here are just a few examples.

A few days back TechCrunch had a story about Microsoft putting out a promo video for SongSmith that included a poorly disguised Apple MacBook covered up with stickers:

If you check out the IBM LotusLive site, which I mentioned earlier, it’s also got a stock image of a woman working on an Apple MacBook, but the Apple logo has just been erased:

Not exactly in the same vein, but still one that I found amusing was the (perhaps inadvertent) Mac vs. PC ad in the Facebook Developer Forum back in December:

So why does this happen?  Well, my theory is that it’s usually because people in marketing and creative arts departments typically use Macs, especially since they’re often used for video editing, so they’re just there. No reason to run out and buy a $600 prop, right?

If you have another example I should add to the list, ping me in the comments.

Filed under: Apple, Hardware, Offbeat