Watch Microsoft troll Apple MacBooks with a new ad for Surface devices

Intel has been trolling Apple for a while now, particularly after Apple took the call to stop using Intel's chips for the MacBooks. Apple is going to use its own in-house silicon for their devices now, starting with the Apple M1 that was used in the last iteration of MacBooks and the iMac. 

Intel recently hired “I’m a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads that praise the PC. The usual attacks have been on the lines of how Apple MacBooks are limited in terms of colour and variations and how “no one really games on a PC”. 

Also Read: Intel takes on Apple again with new Mac vs PC ads, this time they star the “I’m a Mac” guy

Now, Microsoft has hopped on and has trolled Apple on its lack of form factor. 

Microsoft India shared a tweet on March 24 which has a little video that shows off the 2-in-1 Surface device and how it can be used both as a laptop and a tablet. 

While in the words accompanying the video, Microsoft does not say much, the video shows them trying to take off the screen from a MacBook to use it as a tab, like you can do with the Surface Pro device it's being compared to. 

Microsoft asks - “Hey Bro, can you do this?” and goes ahead to stretch the Surface Pro screen, taking it off to use as a tab and then reattaching it again. 

As expected, you cannot take the screen off the MacBook, as the video shows, and for Microsoft - that's brownie points. And Microsoft also calls it the “BackBook”, slamming it for not being versatile, and prompts people to “upgrade” to Surface. 

We haven't seen as many ads from Microsoft attacking Apple as we have seen from Intel yet. Intel is clearly using marketing to get back at Apple instead of actually putting out if their chips are indeed better than Apple's M1. However, with Microsoft stepping in and also trolling Apple now, Intel has one more in its corner.