Tuesday, February 19th 2008

Study Concludes Macintosh Users More Likely to be Snobs

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zekrahminator
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So somebody made a video that put Mac users on the spot. So what? The thing is, what the narrator is getting at is actually true. While this "snob factor" at first sounds like a bunch of fanboyish humor, studies conducted nationwide found that Mac users fit into a ton of stereotypes. The simple version of the conlusion: Mac users are, generally speaking, "self centered, arrogant and conceited." To back up these extreme conclusions, there are studies out there showing that Mac users are...
  • More likely to buy teeth-whitening products and fashionable clothes/sneakers(self-centered).
  • More likely to buy organic food and eco-friendly products, regardless of how much they cost.
This isn't all bad for Mac users though. Mac users were over three times more likely to legitimately purchase music than their PC-using counterparts.
Source: DailyTech

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108 Comments on Study Concludes Macintosh Users More Likely to be Snobs

#51
Darkrealms
MusselsWhats the bet mac users are more likely to whine and throw money at every problem in their life, and never fix anything themselves or do handiwork around the home.


Again - no offense to mac users on TPU. you guys are at least smart enough to be on a forum :D
ROFL, good point! I don't know if the world could handle the 75+% that would come out of that @_0 Or the 8.23% that know how to post on a real forum. Not just a blog or myspace ;p



I have worked with Macs and Linux so for me this is all in good fun everyone.
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#53
tiys
HAHAHA!!! That's too funny...

I think anyone who has an apple product are snobs... "OMG! My new iPod touch is better than your sansa e280" "OMG! MY iPhone is better than ur envy"

OMG! Apple! Who cares that you have a freaking apple product! That doesn't make you of a higher class, does it?
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#54
OrbitzXT
The thing I hate about most Mac users is they know nothing about computers. A lot of my richer friends buy macs "because they're expensive, therefore good. And also they're pretty". I was talking to my friend who is a Mac user and he asked me what I was up to. I said I was hacking my friend and just messing with him. So he goes "haha stupid Windows, you can't do anything to me". So I said yeah I can, I can laugh that you paid $2400 for a glorified Ipod.
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#55
tiys
OrbitzXTThe thing I hate about most Mac users is they know nothing about computers. A lot of my richer friends buy macs "because they're expensive, therefore good. And also they're pretty". I was talking to my friend who is a Mac user and he asked me what I was up to. I said I was hacking my friend and just messing with him. So he goes "haha stupid Windows, you can't do anything to me". So I said yeah I can, I can laugh that you paid $2400 for a glorified Ipod.
You sir, have concluded my thoughts :toast:
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#57
tiys
People are saying the iPhone's are better than them, which I happen to disagree.
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#59
tiys
So you agree with me that Envy > iPhone
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#60
das müffin mann
ohh ya there is NOTHING revolutionary about the iphone, i fact it is missing a few features over other phones, i hate the no keyboard thing
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#61
panchoman
Sold my stars!
tiysSo you agree with me that Envy > iPhone
enV?

LG VOYAGER FTW!!!!

oh and about the revolutionary bit.. its just the touch screen... thats about the only revolutionary bit.
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#62
PVTCaboose1337
Graphical Hacker
I think this story is spot on and it is 100% true.
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#63
das müffin mann
not even the tough screen is revolutionary, but the way they play it up you would think it is
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#64
panchoman
Sold my stars!
das müffin mannnot even the tough screen is revolutionary, but the way they play it up you would think it is
its preety revolutionary.. trust me.. the screen is awesome..
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#65
tiys
yeah muffin man, I hear ya!

down with the un-revolutionary iphone!!
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#66
Ravenas
I really can say I have learned a lot more about you guys here lately, and have found my self feelings kinda awkward. This thread honestly makes me feel like I being stereotyped for no apparent reason...Sorry if I'm the one to come in here and burst a bubble, and I also apologize if this sounds emo. Anyway, thanks guys! :toast: Big thanks to Zek for posting this! :toast:

:ohwell:
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#67
das müffin mann
my sis has one its just a touch screen and noting more other phones have them along with laptops and what not, if apple pioneered them that would be different but they didn't
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#68
tiys
Right...so they copied the tablet PC touch screen (afaik, it was first)
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#69
panchoman
Sold my stars!
i'm with ya ravenas... almost everyone here hates macs for some reason.. and it really sucks
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#70
tiys
I could type a 30 page paper on why I hate mac.
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#71
das müffin mann
ravenous that sounds like snob talk, jk your a cool dude and obviously not a snob, you know what your talking about (about pcs and whatever) but remember the only worse than being a snob is an emo snob ;)
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#72
PVTCaboose1337
Graphical Hacker
I hate mac because the I-Macs I used were basically light up boat anchors...
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#73
tiys
boat anchor macs ftw
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#74
das müffin mann
the main reason as to why i dont like macs is because they are SEVERELY over hyped, and as this little study as proven a good chunk of mac owners tend to be on the snobby side, and there all like omg we have macs were artists because we own macs and we have a far superior intellect because of it, granted not all mac owners are like that, a few forum memebers have proven that, but there are a few people that i know that are like that
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#75
tiys
why can't the mac people just realize that just because they have a Mac, they're not higher up in class than us PC users. They just make themselves look like fools. "ZOMG! MY MAC PWNS UR PC!"
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