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Are Mac users smarter than PC users?

by techinik
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I just came across this interesting report. Read it and decide for yourself. No need to blindly follow it. If you know how surveys and such stuff work then you should most of them are pretty inaccurate. Anyway just read it for fun.

Are Mac users smarter? - CNET News
  • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
    Selectional bias. It's a marketing study looking for affluent prospects. Those who have already achieved their goals spend more on toys. That Macs have hipster appeal has no bearing on "smarts", nor does education have any bearing upon intelligence.

    The article headline is CNET being disingenuous as they are fully aware that their comment section will become a warzone. It's baiting.

    BTW, PC = personal computer. Your poll should say "Windows". Unless you like pissing off us Linux users.
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  • Profile picture of the author Indiana
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    • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
      Originally Posted by Indiana View Post

      He gives me text...In word for mac...I cannot open in windows...
      I don't know what version of Word your client is using, but the Word file format has been identical for both Windows and Mac platforms since Office 2003.

      Originally Posted by Indiana View Post

      He gives me images...I cannot open in windows...
      I'd love to know the image format that can't be opened by a modern Windows machine...

      Originally Posted by Indiana View Post

      It is impossible for him to open a .exe
      If you're client downloads virtualisation software, such as VirtualBox, and uses it to install a copy of Windows -- then magically, the 'impossible' becomes possible.

      Originally Posted by Indiana View Post

      Mac users 3% of the world...Safari browser...No1 For vunerabilities...
      I disagree about Safari -- but why does that matter anyway?

      Originally Posted by Indiana View Post

      He is limited to the 16 basic colours (Minimum web safe) because Mac disagreed with Microsoft "way back when" about how many pixels per centimetre...Given this ...Impossible to tile a background...
      Yet he wants 97%..Of the world to view his site
      with Windows...
      There are web standards governing the formatting and appearance of HTML and CSS. The appearance of the final page is governed by how well or poorly the web page and browser implement those standards. The client OS is completely irrelevant.

      Originally Posted by Indiana View Post

      And yes he is in the "more intelligent than the average PC user...
      Yet he is begining to understand how stupid he is using a Mac
      Yeah, just like those other 'stupid' Mac users, Stephen Fry and Professor Richard Dawkins... :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Lawrh is right. A customer once told me that they use mainframes because PCs always crash, etc... I told him he was WRONG! A halfway decent pc will almost NEVER crash! In fact, it will go LONGER than many mainframes without crashing, because mainframes would likely more often be subjected to the environment and/or have PM. NOPE, the reason why "PCs" crash is M/S WINDOWS! HECK, Linux once had a bug that made it crash and, when they finally found it, it was fixed QUICKLY! Of course, it took a LONG time for it to be a problem. The victim had to have their computer running for years.

    Besides, Linux is based upon the oldest consumer O/S that is still around, and IBM, HP, SUN, and some others have used it on their main business products.

    MOST people that have PCs got them because it was the in thing, or to do their accounting, or play games, etc... Apples, being more expensive, less common, etc... were less subject to such whims. Though that isn't so true now. But you can take a sample of either group and make them appear very smart or very stupid.

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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    Interesting. I don't think it would really make much of a difference. Macs seem like they are more of a pain, but if you are into graphics they can be great. It all depends on the person.
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  • Profile picture of the author xtrecoolx
    I have been a hardcore Windows user for a long time and I always thought that MACs are for people who do understand anything about computers. After switching to MacOs, I realized that Windows is a piece of crap, inefficient and slow software. When you say MAC and PC, be aware that is MacOS vs Windows. I hate Apple's marketing crap against PCs. I wish UNIX operating systems could be more friendly to regular users so that we would depend neither Windows nor MacOS.

    Therefore, for now, since there is no good alternative, MacOS users are smarter :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Linux all the way.

    (In theory, but not in practice)
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    • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
      Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

      I use linux in practice. Works quite nicely, thank you.
      I concur. It works quite nicely.
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      • Profile picture of the author KimW
        Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

        I use linux in practice. Works quite nicely, thank you.
        Originally Posted by Lawrh View Post

        I concur. It works quite nicely.
        I have a machine that I was thinking of trying linux on,what would you two suggest?

        And oh, to the original question.....no comment!
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        • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
          Originally Posted by KimW View Post

          I have a machine that I was thinking of trying linux on,what would you two suggest?
          I use openSuse 11.2 The latest, 11.3, was just released. openSUSE.org

          It defaults to the KDE desktop, I'm using the Gnome desktop.

          I've never tried the cult of Ubuntu. It's very popular.
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          • Profile picture of the author KimW
            Originally Posted by Lawrh View Post

            I use openSuse 11.2 The latest, 11.3, was just released. openSUSE.org

            It defaults to the KDE desktop, I'm using the Gnome desktop.

            I've never tried the cult of Ubuntu. It's very popular.
            Dowloading them both, but it looks like Ubantu wins out as the box only has a cd drive and the Suse coms on a dvd iso.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

      I use linux in practice. Works quite nicely, thank you.
      I meant in theory for me. Linux is great.
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  • Profile picture of the author jacktackett
    The right tool for the right job. I've made a lot of money off of Linux - but I don't push it as the solutions 100% of the time - because its not. Would I ever recommend Windows to run DNS - hell no. Would I recommend a graphic artist use Linux - probably not since most of her peers will be using a Mac. A 2000$ mac book for my neice who is struggling to pay for school and daycare - nope - I purchased her a $400 Acer running windoz.

    You can have your personal prejudices - just don't let them interfere with getting the job done.

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  • Profile picture of the author John10
    interesting.
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  • Profile picture of the author cpace32
    Mac users are, by far, more "snooty" than PC users. I wouldn't say that one is smarter than the other.

    One thing to bear in mind is demographics- Mac users are more likely to be upper middle class, since they cost an arm and a leg to purchase.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    I'd reckon that if there was an actual in-depth study of it, Linux users would probably have the highest average IQ, Windows users the lowest.

    (I use Windows and I ain't even no Norman Einstein, never mind Albert)
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  • Profile picture of the author Karan Goel
    I'd say no! Though I'm a Mac user (and I love it), I also have Windows on a virtual machine. Both are good, and necessary!

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