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Mac Users More Liberal Than Windows Users
Slashdot ^ | 4/24/11 | Soulskill

Posted on 04/24/2011 7:36:36 AM PDT by Clint Williams

adeelarshad82 writes

"A recent survey conducted on 400,000 people — in which 52% of respondents were self-described PC (Windows) people, 25% were Mac users and 23% were neither — showed that Mac users are more politically liberal than their PC-using counterparts. 58% of Mac users were 'liberal,' as compared to 38% of PC users. Amongst other things, the survey also indicated that Mac users were, on average, more urban, younger and more educated than PC users, which could potentially be a contributing factor toward being more liberal."


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To: Wildbill22

And it amazes me how celebs want to share their political views, as if they are doing us some service by sharing their ignorance. They don’t seem to understand how they are driving away customers as if their money isn’t good enough. Morons.


21 posted on 04/24/2011 7:57:39 AM PDT by Wildbill22
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To: Clint Williams

more educated = better indoctrinated


22 posted on 04/24/2011 7:58:07 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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To: Clint Williams
the survey also indicated that Mac users were, on average, more urban, younger and more educated than PC users, which could potentially be a contributing factor toward being more liberal.

That would also probably indicate that they were buried in federally "guaranteed" student loans, which would make them serfs of the federal government.

23 posted on 04/24/2011 7:58:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing." -Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: Clint Williams

Well I’m a recent Mac convert. I’ve been in IT for a long time and still made the switch to Mac.

Apple is simply making a higher quality product. In fact the quality with Apple products simply has no equal in the PC industry.


24 posted on 04/24/2011 7:58:17 AM PDT by precisionshootist (Donald Trump Is a Patriot first and a businessman second.)
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To: paulycy

Hey, if I’m all busy watching the screen and the keyboard, how can I possibly watch myself too? That’s just madness, man.

;-)


25 posted on 04/24/2011 7:58:21 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

This thread is too binary:

Linux!


26 posted on 04/24/2011 8:00:09 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Birther on Board)
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To: savedbygrace
"What about those of us who use both?"

Just don't listen to NPR while you use it. They broadcast the sync signal that lets the Mac interface hypno virus start to corrode your neural nets and build new pathways where you don't want them.

27 posted on 04/24/2011 8:00:55 AM PDT by Rashputin (Barry is insane., so handlers keep him medicated and on the golf course.)
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To: Clint Williams; SunkenCiv; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; Yaelle; Atom Smasher; sheik yerbouty; LucyT; ...
Seems to me that the sampling technique employed for this "survey" leaves much to be desired. The ratio of Windows users to MAC users in the real world is much greater than the 53 to 25 percent (a little over 2:1) obtained here. I don't know offhand the exact percentage of the personal computer market using MAC operating systems, but I'm sure it's nowhere close to one in three, and it may even be as low as single digits.
28 posted on 04/24/2011 8:01:01 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Steve Jobs is a cult figure for the easily brainwashed youths of this nation, just like our President. That said, Apple is an amazing company. I run windows on may laptop but am an Iphone addict.


29 posted on 04/24/2011 8:02:31 AM PDT by pineybill
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To: pineybill
Steve Jobs is a cult figure for the easily brainwashed youths of this nation

And Bill Gates isn't?

30 posted on 04/24/2011 8:04:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Clint Williams

When he’s not on FR, my Mac likes to shop for bulk ammo.


31 posted on 04/24/2011 8:05:17 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Ouderkirk
"more educated = better indoctrinated"

You got that right. It's actually a big joke on the Mac users who think they've got something different. There is no Mac anymore. There's an Apple interface running on, essentially, BSD Unix and Wintel hardware. Wow, really kewl, dude.

32 posted on 04/24/2011 8:05:34 AM PDT by Rashputin (Barry is insane., so handlers keep him medicated and on the golf course.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Windows used to come with MicroSoft Basic, but no more. Since Office for home use is only $100 smackers, I've learned to use Excel 2007 VBA for home projects.

Have you looked at Windows Powershell?

33 posted on 04/24/2011 8:07:17 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: sphinx
That's not a knock on Macs. It's a tribute to effective marketing.

If it was all that effective, it wouldn't just work on liberals.

34 posted on 04/24/2011 8:11:48 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I use have and use both and I am staunchly conservative.


35 posted on 04/24/2011 8:13:56 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Government is made up of people, individuals who are largely ungoverned)
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To: arderkrag

Hey Georgia Cracker buddy

I just got a Mac Pro because Apple is the least Green friendly company -
and because Al Gore is on the board.

I love lib hypocrisy.
But I also love Macs.

Apple scores last.

http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-scores-last-in-greenpeace-report-on-green-friendly-data-centers/91490


36 posted on 04/24/2011 8:15:41 AM PDT by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: A'elian' nation

Wow. In that case, I may reconsider my next purchase. ;)


37 posted on 04/24/2011 8:19:33 AM PDT by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
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To: Explorer89

Guess you totally bought into the lies. The Mac users are slaves who must take what they are given from big brother and are not allowed to make changes. PC users are free to choose what hardware, operating system, and software applications they use and free to modify their systems to suit their needs.


38 posted on 04/24/2011 8:22:05 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: tacticalogic
Have you looked at Windows Powershell?

Not until you just mentioned it. It seems to be more oriented to system administration. VBA is essentially free and easy to use. What are the advantages of Windows Powershell?

39 posted on 04/24/2011 8:24:39 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: sphinx

I’d like to try a Mac for my graphics work but I’m not interested in paying the price. Also I like being able to fix the computer myself.


40 posted on 04/24/2011 8:29:00 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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