Apple's Website Ad Placement - Why?

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Any web designer want to chime in on why apple placed ads across the entire width of the screen, outside of the menu bar container? Maybe its just me, but the styling doesn't seem to match Apple's streamlined minimalism.

Screen-shot of their website: http://i.imgur.com/LZoOp0D.png

With the ads 'fixed': http://i.imgur.com/8XTv8y9.png

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Screen-shot of their website: http://i.imgur.com/LZoOp0D.png

With the ads 'fixed': http://i.imgur.com/8XTv8y9.png

http://www.apple.com/uk/ is similar to the fixed version: http://imgur.com/rILJD18

Thanks for the link, weird the US site is different in that regard.

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