Survey finds Apple users have sense of superiority -- no wait, hear us out

Wait up, hang on here -- you're telling us a personality profiling conducted on 7,500 people at Apple's biggest tub-thumping event of the year, Macworld, yielded results that would suggest Apple users "are more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large." And this so-called survey says Apple users have high indexes for "low modesty," "high perfectionism," and "high superiority," and low indexes for things like "humility," and "self esteem"? Lies and half truths. We don't know a single Apple user that fits anything remotely similar to that profile. Plus, we hear this poll totally had some hanging chads.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 21st 2008 5:50PM]

I have NEVER found the attitudes of Mac users to be "superior". In fact, most of them have atrocious attitudes toward anyone but fellow Mac users, and even then, they fight among themselves like the proverbial "Kilkenny cats".

Donald L McDaniel

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 21st 2008 12:36PM]

I have never used a Mac.

I HAVE, however, used Unix, Windows, and Linux. With Unix, yes it was incredibly powerful, but I could all but feel the acne popping out of my face as I executed each command...

Windows... well... we can beat Microsoft to death with ALL of the problems we have to deal with.

Linux, sure it's free but you're TOTALLY on your own, both to get it running, and to find decent software or device drivers for it...

So I can ONLY come to the conclusion that having a Mac IS better (can't be any worse...), and Mac users are well within their right to have a superiority complex, after having come to such enlightenment.

I THINK I need a Mac... Therefore I AM!

P.S. Jesus was a carpenter by trade... I wouldn't take the preachings of a carpenter seriously either if I knew he was a carpenter... so what's your point Don?

[Sic Tr4nsit Posted Jan 21st 2008 12:56PM]

Quality workmanship my nuts!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 22nd 2008 5:27AM]

I have been a PC user for many years now, but I started long ago with a Mac. I have no problem with macs, or mac users. It is just a computer, it is not a big life-choice. Whatever makes you happy!

I use a PC because:
1) I can, and do, build my own. I really enjoy this!
2) I am an over-clocker. Again, I really enjoy this aspect of computing.
3) I am not a huge fan of Windows, but it is the only viable choice for gaming. And gaming is what really drives #1 and #2.
4) I dual boot Linux, and have done so for years.

What I would love to see is Leopard for PC. If I could buy the OS, sans the Mac hardware, I would give Leopard a try in a heart-beat. I would even gladly pay $200+ dollars to do so. However, I really want to have total control of my hardware. I like being on the cutting edge of performance. I know that Leopard will never be split from the hardware, so this will never happen.

I just added up some numbers, and I come to roughly $2265 tied up in my current PC (minus the Monitor). A mac pro with similar specifications would run me $4400 per the Apple web store. I am confident that this mac pro would be a solid unit, but that is one heck of a price tag. To me, this kills the idea of buying a mac and dual booting Windows.

To me, a computer is a tool, well, maybe more like a toy :) . The PC, for my needs and wants, is much more versatile, and I am sure I am not alone in this. Ever since my friend Brian introduced me to Linux back when I was in college 9 years ago, the demarcation between PC and Microsoft have become quite pronounced. I think this 'debate' is a little clearer if you think of it in these terms: Microsoft does not make a computer, just an OS. It is just one of many operation systems you can choose from. Certainly it is the most common by a large margin, but if you so choose you can go in a different direction.

On a side note, I am certainly not in a position to point out the folly of spending top dollar for computer hardware. I have been paying a 50% premium to keep my system in the upper 5% for years now. So again, it comes down to whatever makes you happy and whatever gets the job done. Also, from my experience, a survey finds whatever the survey sets out to find; this is the only thing I remember from my sophomore sociology class.

-P

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 21st 2008 6:01PM]

@Def3: iPod Touches do not have capslock. You have apparently used it.