Study: Mac fans use computers for a wider range of activities than Windows users

Macsimum News ^ | Apr 17, 2009 | by Dennis Sellers

[Swordmaker]

New info from the MetaFacts research group shows that there are differences between the typical Mac user and the typical Windows users. I’m not saying we’re better, just different (in a, ahem, good way). According to MetaFacts:

Sixty-three percent of Mac users spend more time using their computer than watching TV, compared with 57 percent of non-Mac households. (The national trend away from TVs passed the half-way mark between 2007 and 2008.)

Fun is only slightly stronger among the Apple crowd. Sixty percent of Apple households say they keep finding more ways to use the Internet for fun, compared with 58 percent of the non-Apple group.

Mac home users are more active than Windows home users. They use their computers for a wider range of activities.

Also, Macs are used differently than Windows systems. Apple computers are more often used for graphics and imaging, personal, and communication activities, with more than 25 percent more activities in each category. Apple users simply find a wider range of uses for their computers than Windows users.

This information is released from the Apple Profile Report, a Technology User Profile solution from MetaFacts. It is based on recent surve-based research, reporting directly from a representative sample of actual users. The Apple Profile Report is available for immediate purchase through the online store at the MetaFacts web site.

[Onelifetogive]

Study: Mac fans use computers for a wider range of activities than Windows users

This is true. PC people use their computers for computing. Mac people use them for boosting insecure egos, propping up sagging manhood, attempting to feel superior, and also computing, if there is not too much math.

[Swordmaker]

I’m not cool enough to be a Mac person.

Sure you are... Macs just bring out the inner Fonz...

[Jukeman]

Sounds suspicious to me. Better check the DHS report.

[21twelve]

“They use their computers for a wider range of activities.”

Uhm. Does this mean what I think it means? I wish you guys had told me I can do more with my computer than be on FreeRepublic.

[cynwoody]

i know a couple of mac-jihadists that spaz whenever you mention ‘windows’ (kind of like saying ‘foxnews’ or ‘o’reilly’ to a liberal)... funny thing... these professionals have never made a dime writing software for the mac.

Of course, writing for is not the same as writing on ...

Why developers prefer Macs

From the above:

This newfound success has been evolving for some time. One team manager interviewed for this article said that his programmers started switching from Dells and ThinkPads at least three years ago. Now 80 percent of his group uses Apple laptops.

[aft_lizard]

You are right, it's black and comes in 4 languages congrats it's even cool during a kernel panic:

[Swordmaker]

I wish you guys had told me I can do more with my computer than be on FreeRepublic.

You can, but nothing that is as important as Freeping...

[swatbuznik]

Whatever happened to the “cute” little bomb?

[wastedyears]

LOL

[wastedyears]

Mac users buy them for audio, photo and video purposes. I know if I get one, it would probably mostly be used for audio purposes, not necessarily ripping my music. Probably the only time it would pass my door would be to record a jam session. Other than that, it most certainly would not go everywhere with me. The MSI Wind is a cheap Netbook I would get to take with me everywhere.

If I get a serious band going, the Mac would contain all our music in its raw, unmixed form. (I’d rather record analog)

[BunnySlippers]

Sad, all that time Mac users spend having fun on the Internet that they could spend having fun with other people in bed (or the car, the shower, the couch, whatever) like Windows users.

I use my Mac in all those places. Except I;m working on using it in the shower. I CAN use it easily however in the tub. :)

[Swordmaker]

Whatever happened to the “cute” little bomb?

I kinda miss it, too.

But what got me was on the earlier versions, instead of "RESTART" the button on the bomb windows merely said "OK." I don't know how many times I sat there staring at a dialogue box that said "Sorry, a System Error has occurred..." followed by a simple "OK" to click.

I can assure you it was NEVER "OK"... I thought it should say "Oh, Sh!t".

[CodeMasterPhilzar]

I don’t get BSOD either. I run Linux and when I crash I see...hmm, I don’t know, I don’t crash...

[BunnySlippers]

iLife is an incredible app that is super easy to use. In the end, Mac users can figure out easily how to utilize more functions.

[Star Traveler]

I don’t know if this fits in or not... but I’ve heard about studies that say Macintosh users can manage to use a greater number (i.e., by “count”) of applications than Windows users.

It has to do with the user interface and the ease of use, across the board with many varied applications, making the learning curve a whole lot easier for Macintosh users, thereby contributing to them using a greater “number” of applications...

I remember it used to be said (by those “hard-core Mac-users”... LOL..) that using Mac programs without ever cracking open a manual was the sign of a true Mac User... :-)

[vox_freedom]

shhhhh. Can’t you keep a secret?

[Star Traveler]

You better archive that image and save it for posterity. I don’t think I’ve seen one of those for about four years... LOL..

Pretty soon no one will know what you’re talking about except if this is shown and explained in a museum... :-)

[wastedyears]

I’d mostly use it for music recording, though nothing involving the use of ProTools or the like. Just rough recording straight from instruments, no mixing involved.

I don’t know what iLife is.

[Spirochete]

Whatever happened to the “cute” little bomb?

The MacOS 'Bomb Box', predates OS X. It went away when OS X was rolled out, around 2001.

[mowowie]

lol
So true.