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A study of over 7500 people showed that Mac users actually think very differently than their PC counterparts. The study itself showed that, in fact, Mac users were more liberal, less modest, and "and more assured of their own superiority than the others of the population." Yes, that last bit is true. It seems that Mac users are more receptive to feelings, so that they can feel joy and sadness more intensely. Also, the research firm said that people who are open minded are more than 60% more likely to buy a Mac.

 

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bedlight, enough with the unnecessary language. I don't want to have to come over and give out warnings or close the topic, so I ask for please keep the discussions civil.

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I don't exist cause I have a different opinion than you?

I don't think that's what the poster was saying at all. I think they were suggesting that you "didn't exist' because you were so rude. After all, whether you see it or not, you were edited for a reason. I don't think this is the kind of conversation that Numberzz envisioned when he originally posted this thread, so hopefully now we can get back on topic :D

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I don't think that's what the poster was saying at all. I think they were suggesting that you "didn't exist' because you were so rude. After all, whether you see it or not, you were edited for a reason. I don't think this is the kind of conversation that Numberzz envisioned when he originally posted this thread, so hopefully now we can get back on topic :)

I know I was edited for a reason. I still stand by my statement.

 

...OR try getting laid while riding a bike. now THAT will keep you off the internet for hours! :)

:P:):hysterical:

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I know I was edited for a reason. I still stand by my statement.

Standing by your edited statement isn't a problem. Just don't repeat it please.

 

As I said, what was said should not have been said. But since it was said let's have it said again and all move on I said :P

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The study also found that Mac users were more likely to use teeth-whitening products. I guess not getting viruses is something to smile about :wacko:

 

An older study by Nielsen/NetRatings found that: "Those who surf the Web using a Mac tend to be better educated and make more money than their PC-using counterparts" They also found that "70.2 percent of Mac users online have a college degree". Wonder if that's what they mean by "Think Different" :D

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An older study by Nielsen/NetRatings found that: "Those who surf the Web using a Mac tend to be better educated and make more money than their PC-using counterparts" They also found that "70.2 percent of Mac users online have a college degree". Wonder if that's what they mean by "Think Different" :thumbsdown_anim:

If anything, people with a college degree don't think differently.

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people with a college degree don't think differently.

We're not talking about a kiddie college :D

 

One way to prove that Mac users (in general) are smarter than PC users (in general) is to check the average user's ability to read and write his or her own native language. In a study from several years ago it showed that Mac users had a much better vocabulary, and expressed more complex thinking. I do believe that because I'm sure we've all seen PC users verbalizing as "cus iz da shizzle tru dat" :P

 

What a minute... speaking of which... isn't this you?

 

tru dat.

Well then, I rest my case :D

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We're not talking about a kiddie college :D

 

One way to prove that Mac users (in general) are smarter than PC users (in general) is to check the average user's ability to read and write his or her own native language. In a study from several years ago it showed that Mac users had a much better vocabulary, and expressed more complex thinking. I do believe that because I'm sure we've all seen PC users verbalizing as "cus iz da shizzle tru dat" :D

 

What a minute... speaking of which... isn't this you?

Well then, I rest my case :D

All major hip-hop producers use Macs for production, so you have no case.

 

In a study from several years ago it showed that Mac users had a much better vocabulary, and expressed more complex thinking.

A study from several years ago it showed? Erm, maybe Mac users have good vocabulary, but apparently mac fanboys have bad grammar.

 

And even Harvard students don't think differently -- they're just uniform thinkers who excel in certain subjects.

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All major hip-hop producers use Macs for production, so you have no case.

 

A study from several years ago it showed? Erm, maybe Mac users have good vocabulary, but apparently mac fanboys have bad grammar.

 

And even Harvard students don't think differently -- they're just uniform thinkers who excel in certain subjects.

He pwned you Max. Pretty badly. Go Clide.

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All major hip-hop producers use Macs for production, so you have no case.

Seems you watch too much MTV. Professional producers using either Mac and/or PC's do not talk like that. Nice try though :D

 

A study from several years ago it showed?

LOL that's pretty funny. Ironically we posted that from a PC :hysterical::D

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Seems you watch too much MTV. Professional producers using either Mac and/or PC's do not talk like that. Nice try though ;)

Dr. Dre

Kanye West

Timbaland

Just Blaze

DJ Premier

 

... are all professional producers who talk in "ghetto" slang.

 

It's not like they talk with slang on the mic, and then go home and talk like a white American from Seattle. These people were raised on this kind of English. Apparently you haven't traveled in your lifetime.

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... are all professional producers who talk in "ghetto" slang.

Sorry bud, I used to be a recording engineer and you're talking out of your butt. First of all you are using the term 'professional producer' very loosely. Because of technology advancements, the term today is nearly synonymous with "musician". Secondly a producer could technically be anyone who just guides the musicians in some way, or works on the recording, does scheduling or simply lends an ear to the recording. It takes no Einstein to do any of that. Anyone could 'technically' be called a 'professional producer' simply by leaning a hand on a project and getting paid for it. Big deal. You're obviously using the term a lot differently than most people in the business would. The "producers" that you listed simply are not in the same league as most other true professional producers in the music business. Thirdly my original post said, and I quote:

 

...user's ability to read and write his or her own native language.

 

There was NO mention of talking, and you have NO proof that any of those people read or write like that in real life, so there goes half of your argument right there. You also have no proof that any of those people listed insist on Macs for production purposes. Just because someone might have a copy of Logic on their Mac doesn't make them a professional producer :rolleyes: I'll agree that they may have someone else use it for PRE-production purposes, but not full production, so, as usual clide, you have nothing but a straw-man argument. Your reasoning is so full of holes that it makes me want to go out and buy some swiss cheese. Mmm... cheese :D

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Thank you bedlight ;) That's another reason why clidester is wrong, as ebonics are not a users own native language. You're post is a good example of how Mac users are smarter :)

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Thank you bedlight :D That's another reason why clidester is wrong, as ebonics are not a users own native language. You're post is a good example of how Mac users are smarter :D

;):):thumbsup_anim: :thumbsup_anim: :thumbsup_anim:

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my turn?

 

first;

i haven't read this study in its entirety, but from what i see, it's rife with confounding. that aside, let's take peek (and i suck at foruming and using quote boxes =( ).

Psychologists claim users of Apple Mac computers have a distinct mindset that predetermines their responses to and interpretations of situations.

appetite successfully whetted!

 

A study of 7,500 people found that Mac users are more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large.

though one could argue that these are qualities that are relatively common to people who could be considered by most to be "intelligent," i'd like to kinda pick at them one by one.

 

1.) more liberal - would kinda make sense that someone who would consider themselves more liberal by word or action may be drawn to a platform such as the mac. i oft see alongside a liberal outlook on life a certain degree of disillusionment with a (the?) establishment, which in the case of operating systems, is Microsoft. freedom to choose to be a part of the "other" group, or rather, not a part of the "sheep" may well motivate some to use a mac.

 

2.) less modest - certainly a trait of a person who considers his or herself intelligent. as hinted earlier, one who sees his or herself as intelligent may look to, in a sense, transcend the commonplace so as not to feel or be considered as a person who has easily succumbed to tradition (we see marketers appealing to this very sense with phrases such as, "think different").

 

3.) more assured of their own superiority than the population at large - some people enjoy being part of a club, an exclusive subset or some larger group and once that goal is obtained, condescendence ensues (black turtleneck not required).

 

The boffins from Mindset Media say that as such, Mac users are also more likely to seek varied and novel experiences, believing that imagination and intellectual curiosity contribute to a life well lived.

this ties into the fact that, i would suppose, creative people are drawn to a platform such as the mac. some would argue that the best movie, music, photo editing apps are all for the mac and exclusively for the mac and with no real alternative on the pc platform (one HUGE reason i would presume a person looking to do something creative would go to a platform such as the mac, one wherein all the useful toys lie).

 

Mac users are also more receptive to their own inner feelings than PC counterparts and may feel both happiness and unhappiness more intensely.

manic depression and artists/creative mind? some of the worlds best works were created during manic episodes, i hear.

 

The survey revealed that people with a high openness rating (more open-minded) are upto 60 percent more likely to buy a Mac.

it would take an open mind to use an operating system different than the ones in almost every single possible store in which one can buy a computer. most people lack the time and/or tenacity to try such a thing, i'd imagine. moreover, it'd take a pretty open mind to spend 3000$ on a 1500$ machine (i love that quote!)

 

Sarah Welch, COO and co-founder of Mindset Media says that this knowledge allows companies like Apple to target potential users of the right psychographic.

 

"For the first time, marketers with brands that have distinctive Mindset Profiles, like Apple, can directly reach the people with the personality and attitudes that love what they sell, " she said.

meh. apple's been doing this thus far. i'm just biding my time until apple become the next microsoft, for the sake of shareholders' profits.

 

it's certainly that mac has some magical power to change you into an open-minded, intelligent, creative, manic depressive individual, but that it seems that people with one or more of the aforementioned traits may be more inclined to begin (AND continue) using macs because of the software, the "zomg, macs is a culture!!!111one" aspect of mac-dom, etc.

 

i'm sure that many of the same qualities are present in SOME pc users, but sample size must be taken into consideration as well (i.e., the overwhelming abundance of traits of people using pc simply because that's all they know vis-a-vis those of mac users who chose to use it for whatever the reason).

 

so certain people are drawn to mac, just as certain people are drawn to certain climates; we should not poll floridians and summarily conclude that people who like warm climates are more likely to be 65+ years old (weak argument, i know, but useful for illustrating, like crayons XD ).

 

that said...

second;

wtf was all that stuff about homosexual and macs, i read the site, but i didn't see anything like that. what does {censored} hafta do with mac? well, i have an idea...

 

and finally...

third;

i enjoyed the brief causerie between Maxintosh and Killa CLiDE, but i find myself siding with CLiDE (or is "Killa" better?). please note that i am in no way attacking anyone personally, i just wanted to bring up some pts. right quick.

 

1.) i have a hard time wrapping my head around the notion that testing one's proficiency and reading and writing one's native language can gage much else than simply that. i would certainly include ability to speak with some degree of fluency in a test of intelligence. moreover, a large written vocabulary, though impressive, may be indicative of nothing more proficiency at using a thesaurus or more frequent contact with eloquent instruction manuals (!?). i don't know how the tests were performed or how complex thinking was measured, so i can't really comment further on that.

 

2.) i fail to see the link between pc users using phrases as, "cus iz da shizzle tru dat," and implicit lack of intelligence, relative to the "average mac user." in fact, i'm more impressed with people who can flip back and forward; i find it coooooooool hehe. as long as the individual can speak "proper" english when necessary...

 

of course we could get into the likelihood of a person living in a socioeconomic class wherein s/he is more frequently exposed to people who speak ebonics could be able to pay 3000$ for a 1500$ machine (sprinkle in a tad more thought and one can see a little more clearly another facet of the "mac users are smart, pc users are not fallacy").

 

3.)

Sorry bud, I used to be a recording engineer and you're talking out of your butt. First of all you are using the term 'professional producer' very loosely. Because of technology advancements, the term today is nearly synonymous with "musician". Secondly a producer could technically be anyone who just guides the musicians in some way, or works on the recording, does scheduling or simply lends an ear to the recording. It takes no Einstein to do any of that. Anyone could 'technically' be called a 'professional producer' simply by leaning a hand on a project and getting paid for it. Big deal. You're obviously using the term a lot differently than most people in the business would. The "producers" that you listed simply are not in the same league as most other true professional producers in the music business.

here, max, you begin to talk (intended word usage) about lax usage of the term, "professional producer" and i was very much enjoying your explanations of varying tiers of abilities and what-not up until the point at which you say, "Anyone could 'technically' be called a 'professional producer' [...]." CLiDE never explicitly mentioned whether or not the producers he listed were "true" or not, he simply said that they were, and it is possible that those same people could fit into "anyone's" definition of "professional producer," which is the only real requirement for his statement to maintain it's soundness; had he listed those as "true," then you would've won that since you never really mentioned how "most people in the business would [define 'professional producer']", though even still.... again, great explanations!

 

4.)

There was NO mention of talking, and you have NO proof that any of those people read or write like that in real life, so there goes half of your argument right there. You also have no proof that any of those people listed insist on Macs for production purposes. Just because someone might have a copy of Logic on their Mac doesn't make them a professional producer I'll agree that they may have someone else use it for PRE-production purposes, but not full production

this set here, i have a hard time understanding. as i mentioned above, the whole reading and writing thing seems to have been brought up as an issue for the sake checking one's intelligence (please correct me if i'm wrong). in that i find it difficult to imagine anyone (of skill) attempting to measure a person's intelligence without measuring speech proficiency (e.g. talking) to some degree, i find it difficult to understand the mention of "NO mention of talking"; "NO talking" would seem to hurt the hypothetical intelligence test argument invoked earlier. in other words, i wouldn't trust the results of an intelligence test if it wasn't a full one (like wais-xxx, sbv or w/e). okay, train of thought derailed, but i think my point was already made. the "NO mention" rebuttal almost seems as using an omission as a shield. or defense, rather.

 

5.)

and you have NO proof that any of those people read or write like that in real life, so there goes half of your argument right there.

i wanna use the 'no proof that x does, yet no proof the x doesn't' card here.

 

6.)

Your reasoning is so full of holes that it makes me want to go out and buy some swiss cheese. Mmm... cheese

j'dore this phrase; i might hafta steal it and use it myself. though sometimes it makes me think something like, "this glass is so full of water that it makes me want to go out and buy... more water."

 

7.)

That's another reason why clidester is wrong, as ebonics are not a users own native language.

well, i'm no linguist, but using AAPL's own dictionary.app, i've found out that Ebonics is, "American black English regarded as a language in its own right rather than a dialect of standard English." i'd imagine that if the first and only language that a person can speak is Ebonics, then it could, perhaps, be considered his or her "native" language, but i'm not sure (cf. disclaimer preceding paragraph).

 

8.)

Mac users are smarter

nuh uh, hackintosh users are, pbbt. ;)

 

oh noez, tl;dr

:D

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