mac users posts

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cult of Mac

The Street: "Mac Owners Are Snobs"

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Feb 17th, 2008

According to a recent The Street video, they say that Mac users are "snobs." The video, which is based on research by Mindset Media says that Mac owners are more likely:

to be perfectionists
to use notebooks
to use teeth whitening products
to drive station wagons
to pay for downloaded music
to go to Starbucks
care about "green" products and the environment
to own a hybrid car
and last but not least ... to buy 5 pairs of sneakers in a year

I don't know about you, but I cannot remember the last time I have owned (or least bought) five pairs of sneakers in one year's time. I must agree with the downloading music, going to Starbucks, and the green products. The research also showed that Mac users are more likely to be liberals. In my opinion, this research does seem a little slanted, as my experience has been the opposite (as far as being "snobby" goes). What do you think?

[via Insanely Great Mac]

Tags: Mac users, snobs

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, OS, Switchers, Apple

MetaFacts report finds that AAPL popular with the AARP crowd

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Nov 30th, 2006

According to MetaFacts 2006 Home PC Brand Profile Report, 46% of Apple's base is over the age of 55, compared with 25.2% of other platforms. The Home PC Brand Profile Report is "one of a series of summary reports on specific topics based on the results of MetaFacts' 2006 Technology User Profile (TUP) study, which reveal the changing patterns of technology adoption and use in American households and businesses."

Dan Ness of MetaFacts says "Apple can claim long-time loyalists, but its future among the young technoliterati is an interesting dynamic, with a higher-than-average share of US home's primary PC users falling into this age group."

I say "With age, comes wisdom."

Other interesting tidbits in the report include the fact that Apple users are buying more portables than desktops, even as their primary home computer, which isn't as surprising as it used to be. Why tether yourself to a desk when the couch is so much more comfy?

All you have to do now is teach Grandma that the Internet and the application used to browse the Internet are not one and the same and you'll both be set.

Tags: apple, grandma, mac users, MacUsers, metafacts, survey

Tip of the Day

To get an instant map to any address, just go to your Address Book and right click on the address field of any one of your contacts and select "Map Of." The address will then be revealed in Google Maps on Safari. You can do the same if a data detector determines there is an address in an e-mail in Mail.

Learn More

TUAW flickr Pool

www.flickr.com

Featured Galleries

TUAW bloggers (30 days)

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Steven Sande	44	3
2	Dave Caolo	35	4
3	Mel Martin	31	0
4	Mike Schramm	30	0
5	Josh Carr	18	24
6	Michael Rose	17	25
7	Victor Agreda, Jr.	15	6
8	TJ Luoma	14	25
9	Erica Sadun	13	1
10	Chris Rawson	11	0
11	Ken Ray	11	2
12	David Winograd	10	5
13	Joachim Bean	10	3
14	Aron Trimble	10	3
15	Sang Tang	9	0
16	Brett Terpstra	7	5
17	Megan Lavey	6	9
18	John Burke	6	3
19	Lauren Hirsch	4	0
20	Casey Johnston	3	0

More Apple Analysis

AAPL on BloggingStocks The Apple category feed from BloggingStocks.com
AAPL Quote, News & Summary The AAPL financials page from AOL Money and Finance
iPhone analysis from BloggingStocks iPhone tag feed from BloggingStocks
Macintosh news and reviews on Download Squad The Macintosh category feed from Download Squad

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

mac users posts

The Street: "Mac Owners Are Snobs"

MetaFacts report finds that AAPL popular with the AARP crowd

Tip of the Day

Breaking news Feed

Featured stories Feed