Hahaha this may seems like a pretty dumb question but i'll ask it anyway. In college do most guys that owns macs walk around in skinny jeans and are kind of hippyish and also majoring in graphic design or something similar? Or are there a wide variety of mac users in all diffrent groups and majors like PC users?
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Mac user sterotype
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ElasticNinja
Android Expert
They are better/wealthier than us
Chidori602
Well-Known Member
took a college tour a week ago, only saw girls with macs not guys.
Most kids in college go in thinking they know everything already. By the time they graduate do they only realize how stupid they are. Real education begins with grad school. Computers are just something to set your beer on in between trips to the refrigerator, bathroom or bedroom.
I've never noticed any difference between PC and Mac users in the UK or China, even in Shenzhen where the Macs are actually made. Mac users I've seen are most definitely not of the skinny, hippyish, arty, Starbucks loving type.
Perhaps it's a regional thing? Maybe within a certain radius of Cupertino, CA?
glockjs
Well-Known Member
that was actually a dude......
Pryomancer
Android Enthusiast
I know many people with Macs. The majority are complete hipsters. They love Starbucks, photography, and other pointless activities like that.
Only person I know who isn't a hipster who has a Mac is a bigger geek than I, he's doing game development, learning Java and C++ etc, and he actually knows about computers.
An Apple user who knows how a computer works. Amazing.
Only person I know who isn't a hipster who has a Mac is a bigger geek than I, he's doing game development, learning Java and C++ etc, and he actually knows about computers.
An Apple user who knows how a computer works. Amazing.
Vihzel
Destroying Balls Everyday
*sighs*
There are a wide variety of Mac users... WIDE variety, just as there are PC users. Why do people generalize tens of millions of people into one category?
You can make a generalization of Android users being more tech savvy and anti Apple, but I've met many people that didn't fit that stereotype that just wanted a different phone.
To me, this is getting on the lines of being mildly "racist". I use Macs and don't like people giving me a negative stereotype just because I own Macs.
There are a wide variety of Mac users... WIDE variety, just as there are PC users. Why do people generalize tens of millions of people into one category?
You can make a generalization of Android users being more tech savvy and anti Apple, but I've met many people that didn't fit that stereotype that just wanted a different phone.
To me, this is getting on the lines of being mildly "racist". I use Macs and don't like people giving me a negative stereotype just because I own Macs.
Pryomancer
Android Enthusiast
Stereotypes don't pop out of nowhere, the fact is there are Mac users exactly like the stereotype suggests, otherwise there wouldn't be the stereotype.
You can thank Apple's marketing department for the self-righteous attitude and general ignorance that the stereotypical Apple user has.
same here in Georgia...
Seems to me that this could also be applied to the average Android user, especially round these parts.
Be warned people.... if this deteriorates into another Apple-bashing fest it will be closed.
Vihzel
Destroying Balls Everyday
Seems to me that this could also be applied to the average Android user, especially round these parts.
I completely agree. It's become really annoying.
Don't get me wrong, I've met plenty of people who are the stereotypical "Apple hipsters" that can be applied to college students but also plenty of people who just like Apple's products and could care less about the all mighty God, Steve Jobs.
It's not good to make a generalization and stereotype, even if there is evidence to support it because the exact same thing can be done in terms of races and that is not a good thing.
Be happy with what you have and don't waste your time pondering about Apple users.
Actually there are quite a lot of Mac users who know how computers work.
1) Because they realise that there is more to computers than just Microsoft.
2) Like your geek acquaintance, they know the Unix shell inside-out.
BTW I can thank Microsoft for introducing me to Macs and Linux with their Windows Vista.
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
But . . . did you buy a Mac because you knew for a fact it was "better" than a PC, or did you buy a Mac because of some compelling technical reasons the PC cannot meet. I am fine with people saying that they prefer Mac or a PC but to simply generalize is usually quite silly.
The generalization I will make is this: most users simply cannot point to any legitimate technical reasons why a Mac is better or worse than a PC and ditto, the many PC users that hate Mac for no reason worth a valid discussion.
My problem with some Mac users is their attitude. They have a Mac so they are cool; I own a PC because I must be a homeless and ever so foolish user that would be better off using an Abacus.
Truth be told, Apple is great at marketing and they sell many a Mac to someone with little knowledge about computers. At least not enough knowledge to be able to confidently state why their Mac is better than my PC.
Like I said, I have ZERO brand or OS loyalty. Unlike many computer users, I actually use my computer to earn a living. If I were looking for a new cell, I might decide to go with an Apple phone. I did not go Apple because I hate contracts that bind me.
I do not think Android is one bit better than the Apple. I do not think Android is better than Android or Blackberry is better than an Windows phone. For me, a phone is vital and whatever allows me to do what I need to do is fine by me.
Bob Maxey
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
Seems to me that this could also be applied to the average Android user, especially round these parts.
Be warned people.... if this deteriorates into another Apple-bashing fest it will be closed.
I agree, darn those insuffereable Android Fan Boys, anyway. They certainly exist and apparently, growing in numbers. Some hate Apple phones for many reasons they think are valid and love Android phones for many reasons they believe are valid.
Like I said, I went Android because I hate contracts. The Blackberry screen is way too small and the Virgin mobile product was terrible. For example, no ability to easily install apps not blessed by Virgin.
Simple fact: Apple computers, phones, and music players are good products. Only an abject fool would decry Apple's ability to sell to the masses or insist that their products are inferior.
The only thing that keeps me from buying an iPad is the lack of a USB port. I borrowed an iPad a few months ago, and for what I need to do, it is perfect. I have no problem with the soft keyboard and the overall size and design kills anything offered in the Android vein. Also, and very important as far as I am concerned, is there is no Android port of Microsoft Office. This is vital because of some of what I do. No Office compatibility, no Android for Bob.
I love PCs because that is what I am comfortable with. I was considering the Apple Mac Book Air because of its size. Brilliant design to be sure. Well made, perky SS drives, ultra thin, great screen. Overall, a great product that weighs very little and will take up very little space in the saddle bags.
Now I am considering the Adamo.
Bob Maxey
Bob Maxey
Android Expert
Ah, but has the Apple marketing department succeeded in getting us to buy their products? Yup, 'tis true enough, they have. Seems to me, if Apple is successful at selling millions of iPhones, iPods, MacBooks and Desktops, then they are doing what is ABSOLUTELY required and demanded by the company and its shareholders.
I also think Jobs is quite good as the public face of Apple. After all, he should be proud as hell. He started a truly great American company, left it some time later, and revived it upon his return. His silly Feces eating grin at shareholder meetings is a tad irksome, but hell, in my book, he has the right to be proud of what he has done. He is indeed a true icon.
If you were a businessman that started a company, brand loyalty and the (apparently) absolute love for you as chairman or boss is something I would think is "a good thing," to quote my third favorite business person, Martha Stewart. If your marketing department can sell the products you make based upon the tone of the Oink rather than the quality of the pork, they are doing their job.
I agree with the point you make regarding stereotypes; they are stereotypes because there is a kernel of truth somewhere in the assessment.
Then again, there are millions of Apple users out there that likely do not care one bloody bit about the glamorous aspect of the product and they do not fit the stereotype. So perhaps the stereotype is simply a view of the undereducated that judges the whole bushel of apples by the few that insist that they are less wormy and much shinier and brighter than the fruit offered by Microsoft, while holding up a worm infested and brownish looking Mackintosh.
They can be quite insufferable, those Mac fanatics. But try suggesting that an Android phone is not as good as this or that, and the Android Fan Boys on this forum will choke you.
Seems to me there is a growing Ubuntu (SP, too lazy to google) fan base that decries anything but Ubuntu for no good reason.
Bob Maxey
Chidori602
Well-Known Member
really? they were pretty hot.
Let's try one more time....
The topic is "Mac user stereotype", not Apple vs PC evangelism or hardware comparisons. Please keep this in mind if responding in the thread.
Thanks for your cooperation.
The topic is "Mac user stereotype", not Apple vs PC evangelism or hardware comparisons. Please keep this in mind if responding in the thread.
Thanks for your cooperation.
In other words, she (Stewart) and he (Jobs) is selling the sizzle, not the steak. But hey, if you can take a 1960s Madison Avenue euphemism change the object from beef to pork and rebrand it as your own (aka plagiarize), then they are still doing their job.
Any negative stereotype is usually borne of a vocal or visible minority who have identified themselves more as a member of a specific group than as an individual. Promoting and defending that group then becomes a matter of self preservation and why these types of "discussions" can seem so personal.
I have 30+ years in the design and marketing industry and I can tell you that the vast majority of designers, artists, printers, webmasters, etc, would much rather discuss the work over a couple of drinks than the tools they use to create it. In fact, platform zealots are rarely taken seriously.
ElasticNinja
Android Expert
Again, most users of Apple products in my experience are from much higher income families then my own
Perhaps this influences the stereotypes?
There is some truth to the stereotypes, but for most Mac users, the stereotypes dont really sticm
Perhaps this influences the stereotypes?
There is some truth to the stereotypes, but for most Mac users, the stereotypes dont really sticm
for most stereotypes, you will inevitably find someone who fits. that doesn't mean it's true. i know plenty - plenty - of people who use macbooks. some of them fit the stereotype. many don't. some come from affluent families, some (myself included) do not. some are hipsters, some are not. (not sure which of those i fit into.) i won't take sides in an apple/pc/google debate, but i will say that i've never been as satisfied with a windows computer as i am with my macbook, nor have i had so few problems with windows machines.
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