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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

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To: sphinx
If I had more demanding uses, my mileage might differ.

Here, let me fix that for you:

If I had less demanding uses, wanted to run less software, have a less powerful machine for each dollar spent, have near zero interchangeability, no upgrade path, play less games, but look more smug my mileage might differ.

61 posted on 04/24/2011 9:53:56 AM PDT by EvasiveManuever (Shakespeare got it wrong. Not the lawyers... journalists.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Mac users were, on average, more urban, younger and more educated than PC users"

ROFLOL! OK then....let's see... I and hubby live in SE Ohio which is not urban, I'm 50 hubby is 3 years older, and both of us completeled high school and have had some college but no degree.I guess I just buck every trend.

62 posted on 04/24/2011 9:56:08 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: cripplecreek

We do fix our own computers here? Not sure why anyone thinks it can’t also be done on a mac? A compiuter is a computer on the inside.


63 posted on 04/24/2011 10:00:47 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: cripplecreek

We do fix our own computers here? Not sure why anyone thinks it can’t also be done on a mac? A computer is a computer on the inside.


64 posted on 04/24/2011 10:00:55 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: mkleesma
ever notice liberals drive Subarus

Hey, no fair. I own a Mac and I drive a Subaru.

65 posted on 04/24/2011 10:15:24 AM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: savedbygrace

You know what they say about moderates. Traffic on both sides of the road runs over you. :)


66 posted on 04/24/2011 10:27:48 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Explorer89

Which is why schools all have Macs? ;)


67 posted on 04/24/2011 10:31:22 AM PDT by BenKenobi
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To: EvasiveManuever

LMFAO!


68 posted on 04/24/2011 10:32:42 AM PDT by BenKenobi
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To: Kirkwood

Lies? No, just the simplicity of a machine for home use. I have built a Linux mail server from scratch, but was unable to keep the crap-ware from building up on a Windows box.

Your mileage may vary.

I love capitalism. I love that I can choose to be a Mac person, and you can choose to be Windows person. If you love Windows, rock on. We each vote with our dollars. I’m not religious about it.

I do find it ironic that many Mac people are liberals. They don’t see the irony in themselves.


69 posted on 04/24/2011 10:37:50 AM PDT by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: Clint Williams

I wouldn’t turn down a Mac as a matter of principle, but all I use the computer for is web surfing mostly, so I just need something cheap. My friends who have macs are really into video editing or composing music.


70 posted on 04/24/2011 10:38:23 AM PDT by Welsh Rabbit
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To: ccmay
Don’t care. I will NEVER go back to Windows.

Me either.

Got tired of always having to fiddle with the computers, defrag, scandisk, anti-virus, blue screen, on and on.
Bought a MacBook in 2007, now have that plus 2 iMac desktops, iPad. Turn them on and 30 sec later or less you're surfing. Cool

71 posted on 04/24/2011 11:27:59 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: VoiceOfBruck
"My purely anecdotal observation is that linux users are generally hardcore computer geeks who do not ascribe to conventional political affiliations."

I know a few Linux users and I've always wondered if someone who knows a good many of them could tell me whether being conspiracy theory nuts is common among Lunix users. All the guys I know who are big users and advocates of Linux are major league conspiracy theorists whether they're young or old. Maybe it's a clique of conspiracy nuts around here who went to Linux and are an exception or something, but it made me wonder. Regards

72 posted on 04/24/2011 11:53:26 AM PDT by Rashputin (Barry is insane., so handlers keep him medicated and on the golf course.)
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To: dfwgator

Jobs is to Gates as the Ipod is to the Zune. (The what?)

My impression is that Gates is looked at as some sort of rich super-nerd. Jobs could go on stage and sell dried up dog feces and his followers would line up to buy it from him. Not much different then what the socialist sold his followers three years ago.


73 posted on 04/24/2011 12:02:30 PM PDT by pineybill
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To: ccmay

As I’m getting deeper and deeper into CNC machining, I’m coming to the terrible realization that running CAD/CAM software like MasterCam is going to drag me back into Windows.

As you can guess, I view this development with all the enthusiasm of cleaning a cat litter box...


74 posted on 04/24/2011 12:54:44 PM PDT by NVDave
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To: mkleesma

Not here in Wyoming, I assure you.

Subies get you around in the winters here. If you’re not driving a 4x4 pickup or SUV, you’re likely driving a Subie here.

There’s darn few 2WD autos here.


75 posted on 04/24/2011 12:58:21 PM PDT by NVDave
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To: savedbygrace
What about those of us who use both?

Is that like being bi-sexual?

76 posted on 04/24/2011 1:21:45 PM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Rush could a be a fake Conservative... ;)


77 posted on 04/24/2011 1:42:26 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: Clint Williams; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
An unscientific survey concludes Mac users are more Liberal than PC users. PING!

Please, No Flame Wars, Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!

Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
 PLEASE IGNORE THEM!!!

 


Apple users are LIBERAL ? Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

78 posted on 04/24/2011 2:45:14 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Clint Williams
Yah, and we all know Apple is not about GREEEEEEEEDDDD. Apple users are supporting Chinese employment, not to mention landfill operators because the batteries aren't replaceable. Talk about planned obsolescence!

Uh, Clint? The batteries on Apple products last far longer—typically 1000 recharge cycles to 80% of new capacity equalling an estimated FIVE YEARS longevity—than the batteries designed to be easily replaced, which are typically designed to last less than two years. . . and the Apple device batteries ARE replaceable and when they are replaced they get recycled... Guaranteed, not thrown in landfills. The batteries in the iPhone I bought in June of 2007 are still going strong four years later... Unreplaced... Still being used by the third hand-me-down user.

And, Clint? Those same Chinese workers are also working for HP, Dell, Motorola, Texas Instrument, Nokia, Sony, GE, Samsung, Google, and every other electronic maker you can name.

79 posted on 04/24/2011 2:58:52 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Clint Williams

Them’s fightin’ words, Clint!!!


80 posted on 04/24/2011 3:27:01 PM PDT by Ronin ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves" -- Bertrand de Jouve)
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