Daily News Brief: Are Mac Users Snobby?
Daily News Brief: Are Mac Users Snobby?
Posted 02/18/2008 at 2:57pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Are Mac Owners Snobs?
Call it what you will, but in a cheeky video citing unidentified survey results, The Street.com points out several traits associated with Mac users, calling them "self centered, arrogant, or conceited." The video claims Mac users are more likely to use teeth whitening products, purchase five pairs of shoes each year, regularly buy organic food, visit Starbucks more frequently, and drive a hybrid car. See the full video here, then send the link to all your snooty Mac buddies. Of course, we'd be remiss not to point out Will Ferrell's compelling argument in favor of Macs.
Alienware Android Phone
This year's 3GSM conference has come and gone, and so too have rumors indicating Dell might be readying a mobile phone using Google's Android platform. But that hasn't stopped UK site Dial-a-Phone from releasing humorous mockups of what a Dell inspired Alienware Android phone might look like. Have a gander (and a chuckle) for yourself here.
Till Warcraft Do Us Part
World of Warcraft has taken the MMORPG genre to new heights, and is the only MMO to boast over 10 million subscribers. Not among them is Jocelyn, a California resident and former Blizzard Entertainment employee. The 28-year-old divorced her husband of six years, citing her husband's addiction to WoW as the motivating factor. But the real mind blowing news here is - oops! We're late for a raid!
Dell to Offer Tri-Core
Looks like Dell isn't dropping AMD, after all. On the contrary, it appears the big OEM is gearing up to offer tri-core Phenom machines for businesses, perhaps as early as tomorrow, with consumer systems scheduled during the back-to-school season, according to TG Daily.
Toshiba Keeps Mum
Several reports surfaced over the weekend claiming Toshiba plans to abandon the HD-DVD business, but an official announcement has not yet been made. Instead, Toshiba offered a brief statement simply stating "The media reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD business. Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this. Although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no decision has been made at this moment." So why the delay of what appears to be the inevitable? ABCNews takes an interesting perspective here, as does ArsTechnica here.
Intel Replaces Fab
According to Globes, Intel has reached agreements with the Knesset Finance Subcommittee, the Israel Tax Authority, and the Investment Promotion Center to stay in Jerusalem. Intel will close Fab 8, and in its place build an updated Fab with current technology. Staying in Israel makes good financial sense for Intel, who in addition to $525 million in grants from the Investment Promotion Center, will also receive $150 million in tax breaks over ten years.
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hogkill
February 26, 2008 at 2:36pm
I agree the article is just meant to stir up controversy but that doesn't mean it has no merit. I used to work at a Staples and quite often Mac fans would come in and complain about products having "works with xp" on them and not saying whether or not they worked with macintosh. I dont know what they expected when they bought their mac but it seems pretty common sense that there arent as many mac designed third party products.
Also as for iPods and Zunes, I think if you ever purchased either you are overly vulnerable to bandwaggon marketing. There are tons of better mp3 players out there that cost a lot less. I picked up my 2Gb sony walkman mp3 player for $100 dollars when 2Gb iPod shuffles were still $300.
And sure Macs are just as functional, or maybe more functional, than Windows systems right after install but you can do anything else with them. You won't be able to install some of the more obscure codecs, you can forget about any decent freeware etc. That's why whenever someone says personal computer they imediately think Windows. My computer is mine because theres no other computer out there with the same mix of applications as me. If you buy a mac you arent buying your own computer, your just buying Macintosh's computer.
And building a custom macintosh rig is next to impossible and there's no point because there's no games. So this survey is right because buying a product based on price and looks alone is exactly what snob appeal is.
"Oh hey PC what have you been doing?"
"Oh not much, just playing some games."
"Oh yah? Which ones?"
"All of them."
crank
February 21, 2008 at 6:56am
I own and use both PCs and Macs. Both are excellent computers, but neither is perfect for every use. This article was designed to stir up controversy and has no merit.
damicatz
February 19, 2008 at 4:40pm
Intel's Fab 8 is built on land that was stolen from the Palestinian people. Israel drove Palestinian peoples out of that land, formerly a village known as Al-Faluja and then razed it.
And now Intel is profiting from it. Fab 28 will sit smack on top of the lands that used to house thousands of people and who were driven from their homes unprovoked.
I for one, am glad that I do not use Intel products. The AMD Phenom may be slower but I'll still have a conscience. Intel is a contemptuous company that will do anything to turn a little extra profit no matter how morally wrong it is
mikeart03a
February 19, 2008 at 2:02pm
I'll agree with people on the most part that a good number of Mac users are a degree of snobbish, but there are some exceptions. I used to work in a computer store myself and I sold both PCs and Macs alike. Our Mac tech was not one of those snobbish folks, he was pretty happy using either a PC or a Mac to get what he needed done. Though, he was still a Mac fan, but he admitted that even he has respect for PC users.
As for the notion of Macs being easy to use... we got more Macs in for repair than PCs. Also, they're a b*tch to take apart and fix.
- mike_art03a
IT Technician
Gov't of Canada
00john00
February 19, 2008 at 12:27pm
Why not??? Its never good to back customers into a corner.
Its better to give them doors so they can hate\blame themselves for opening them later:)
jraktal
February 19, 2008 at 11:11am
I have to agree in general, I have been in the Tech Biz since '95 and have worked on both platforms, and Macs are pretty much puffy full of air types who are artistic (or was that autistic?)
and PC's are normal.
Both Systems Crash, make you pull your hair out and your wanna kick it out the window.
at one time you would use your mac to do stuff that the PC did not do, like high end graphics, and Audio.
now that is no longer the case....now it is just narcissism and the Ipod that keeps apple afloat.
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There is no peace at the gate.
Talcum X
February 19, 2008 at 11:03am
Same here, the only mac I would buy (Tho my wife has an iPod nano...she just had to have it :-/ )
But, I think every line of products have there (dare I say it) fanbo...er... loyalists.
I have my line of makers that I love and trust in the PC market. And I wont ever buy a Goldwing. Not cuz they aren't a good bike. Far from it. I'm a H-D loyalist. But, I'm not a snob about it either.
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Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
popstop785
February 19, 2008 at 7:29am
The only Mac I will ever buy is a Big Mac. Even that is pushing it.
:)
Shalbatana
February 19, 2008 at 7:02am
I think the Phenom is a perfect chip for the common workplace. Hopefully it will get good sales and reputation there.
There's no time like the future.
dcrail
February 19, 2008 at 5:43am
Well, it's official Toshiba has thrown in the towel
http://tinyurl.com/2ftt4c
and it's about time. Now maybe we can start seeing crappy movies on Blu-ray that aren't $30.
JohnnyCNote
February 18, 2008 at 5:22pm
I used to sell computers and on more than a few occasions members of the local Mac club would show up to preach the virtues of their chosen computer. They seemed to be offended that someone would chose anything other than an Apple product, frequently using childish phrases like "WinDoze", etc.
They never grasped the obvious point that it was not their decision to make. I would have been happy to sell either a PC or Mac. It made absolutely NO difference to me because I wasn't the person using it. My main concern was the customer's satisfaction with his or her purchase, because I wanted to avoid it being returned after a few days, resulting in a lost commission for me.
One chief aspect of Mac advertising is that it's easier to use, implying that a Mac owner needs less knowledge about computers than a PC user. This does not reflect entirely favorably upon the Mac user. I doubt this point has ever occurred to these "Mac cultists" who used to pester customers and sales staff at the store where I worked, nor has it appeared to have been considered by Apple's marketing department.
It is curious that certain Mac users appear to feel threatened by the mere notion that someone would use anything other than what THEY want people to use. I might add that after I left the computer store, I moved on to a tech support position for a large ISP. The Mac users whom I helped appeared to have just as many problems as anyone else. I have to wonder just how "easy" a Mac really is to use . . .
wolf17
February 18, 2008 at 8:52pm
@link2lb:
i agree w/ you about Mac users. yeah, I got a good laugh out of "iBullshit for iTards" lmao
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