Ah, I must be missing the cultural reference, then. The only Mac ads I've seen lately have been billboards. The strip just doesn't make sense to me. I can't even put my finger on what the gag is supposed to be. "Windows and MacOS users used to pretend to hate each other, and they still act like they hate each other even though (hand-waving) - but drawing a picture of a dude with pimples and putting the word 'Linux' over his head will always be good for a laugh"?
Well, it's a parody of the current TV ad campaign that can probably be viewed with quicktime (natch) at apple.com/getamac . In short, the typical apple user is played by a recognizable actor who plays slightly nerdy but plucky underdog characters who succeed in the end and may get the girl, while the PC user is a strawman playing a clueless thinks-he's-clever guy who emulates outmoded ideas about computers and computer users, replete with a bad business suit and presumably he drives his father's oldsmobile. The strip's decent parody, IMO.
The unintentional punchline is that anybody who's not into boy eye candy would rather be trapped in an elevator with John Hodgman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hodgman) than wots-'is-face.
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