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While Microsoft would do anything to stay in competition in almost everything, from Bing in search to competing the browser race it has effectively being putting out its Laptop Hunters ads. Apparently those ads are pissing someone off and they are asking them to be put off. that someone according to Microsoft is Apple. Microsoft sprinkled this news during the presentation at the Worldwide Partner Conference today along with the news of its retail stores and the coming of Project Natal to Windows. The ads are pretty successful as they are helping Microsoft as people get aware of the huge price difference. Below is the transcript off the call that Microsoft got from Apple:

And you know why I know they’re working? Because two weeks ago we got a call from the Apple legal department saying, hey — this is a true story — saying, "Hey, you need to stop running those ads, we lowered our prices." They took like $100 off or something. It was the greatest single phone call in the history that I’ve ever taken in business.

I can bet that this is the best thing Microsoft has ever heard.