Report: Mac users are smarter than PC users (get ready to rummmmmmmble)

ZDNet via Yahoo ^ | Ian Fried

[CheneyChick]

Cheers, CC :)

[CheneyChick]

Apple had to have paid Nielsen for this.

I guess you didn't read the whole article:

" Kelly said Apple Computer is a client, but he said Apple did not commission the study nor was it made aware of the results prior to the report's publication."

Cheers, CC :)

[Lower55]

You don't see ugly Dell's and Gateway's winning design awards year in and year out.

And a dog show judge that raises poodles will pick a poodle.

[SSN558]

Remember those little 6 inch screen, Macintosh's that came around 1988. Aerospace industries and Universities bought 1000's of them. I seem to recall about a year and a half later they were all stacked up in utility closets or being used for door stops.

[Lower55]

The more I look at poodle, the more I wonder.....is that spelled right?

poodle? poodle.....just doesn't look right.

[SpinyNorman]

Oh please.

I use both at work, only because my boss got a deal on the Apple, and won't even try to use a PC.

Since Macs make up, what, about 10% of the market, if that, you have to ask why.

Could the the high numbers of PC users be because the PCs are easy to use, cheaper, and have more available software and accessories? If we accept that 90% of the computing world is PC based, then you have to accept that there are people from a wider range of IQs successfully using them. I don't see people buying PCs because there were no Macs to buy.

Why are you "smarter" if you cannot operate a mouse with more than one button, or even comprehend why one would be useful?

Why are you "smarter" if you pay an extra premium for the same piece of equipment or software that you can get for a PC and a lower price (go ahead, look in a computer catalog and compare)?

Why are you "smarter" if you buy a laptop that looks like a toilet seat, or a computer that looks like a pastry with a flyswatter stuck in it?

Why are you "smarter" if you use an operating system that is just now barely competent at preemptive multitasking?

The list goes on and on.

Bottom line: most Mac users do so because they are remnants of a day when Apple flooded the education market with IIe and Macintosh computers. Few of the current users are willing to make the trivial leap to a PC based system. This is hardly an argument for being "smarter."

By the way, our Mac G3 and G4s lock up frequently, even more than the Windows machines, have no easy or effective way of killing processes. Translucent, clear, or fruit colored parts are no indicators of intelligence.

The final point: OS X is a Unix clone. Stick with Linux, as the Linux community will quickly surpass the Mac community, if they haven't already. All Mac users can look forward to is less and less software, and the inevitable migration of these "smarter" Mac users to the PC world prior to the Mac's final gasps in the market.

[Clara Lou]

as a work of art
Pardon me if I'm not impressed. Honestly, I think that's the difference between a Mac-user and a PC-user. MAC-users buy something to look at and enjoy cutesy. PC-users buy something to WORK on. BTW, there was a photo a while back of one man urinating on another. That was called art, too.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

I didn't buy my PC to look pretty outside the CRT, just inside. When Macs start being able to play the latest games (did Max Payne ever make it out on Mac? I think it got ported to consoles faster!), vast amounts of software (if you aren't using Adobe products, what does a Mac offer?), and top-of-the-line peripherals and components (What's the Apple equivalent for my Geforce4 Ti4200?), then I might consider it. What good is a "superior" OS if there's nothing developed to go on it....

[Clara Lou]

Why, I don't believe you are taking this discussion seriously! ;-)

[Fresh Wind]

poodle? poodle.....just doesn't look right.

The correct spelling is "piddle".

[Clara Lou]

" Kelly said Apple Computer is a client, but he said Apple did not commission the study nor was it made aware of the results prior to the report's publication."
CEO's fudge the books by 4 billion dollars. Kelly can be full of bologna.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Oooops. I just checked Nvidia's website, and they've started offering drivers for OS X for their chipset. Of course, I don't know if anyone actually makes a GeForce4 card for Apples, but I guess they have the capability for it. But what's the use, if I can USE the improved graphics for anything because no one makes software for the Mac...

[TankerKC]

Hmmm -- the only people I know with a Mac are better educated, do make more money...and are computer illiterate.

This has been my experience too. The article says that Mac users are more "web savy" because they have been on the 'net longer. I have also found that to be true, but most don't really understand what they are doing.

[Eastbound]

I like both PC and Macs. PC's allow you to exercise both hemispheres. Macs are good for right hemisphere work, but if used exclusively, you can forget how to put bread in the toaster. :)

[Lower55]

Ya think?..lol

[Fresh Wind]

Translucent, clear, or fruit colored parts are no indicators of intelligence.

They must sell Macs at Toys-R-Us. That's the only explanation for those popsicle colors.

[Ipberg]

I paid less than a $1000 for an AMD K6/500MHz PC three yeras ago with everything I needed. All I've upgraded since was the RAM and I've yet to see any need to switch from Win98 to WinXP.

[monday]

"The study notes that although there are clear benefits to marketing to Mac owners"

My first computer was a Mac. The reason? I was 14 and didn't have to pay for it;-) Since then I've bought 5 PC's including my laptop.

The way I see it Mac owners are excellent marketing targets because they have more money then time. Since I learned how to use a PC back when I had more time then money, I see no reason to switch back to Macs now.

[Flyer]

Chevy! Ford!

Chevy! Ford!

CHEVY! FORD!

sigh. . .

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[CheneyChick]

Results of my "scientific" research: PC users are grumpy (& mean-spirited). Mac users are happy.

Cheers, CC :)

P.S. As proof, take a look at this thread.