Are mac and pc people different?

[woodsmoke]

We might assume that Linux people are MAC people on steroids!

http://mashable.com/2011/04/23/mac-vs-pc-infographic/

woodsmoke

[ubuntuku]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't

[Detonate]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

Ha! I would like to see a comparison based on what kind of car they drive. My observation is Mac users drive Saabs and Porsches. PC users drive Chevys and Fords and Toyotas and Hondas.

I drive a 1970 Toyota LandCruiser with 350 CI Chevy engine an a SM420 transmission which I built myself. I'm a Linux user.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

Most of the mac users I know can't afford Foreign cars.

They spent all their spare cash on a laptop...

[verndog]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't

From reading that link, it appears that Mac users are more intelligent. They don't need to express themselves in a four letter language.

corrected wrong link.

[woodsmoke]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

kubuntuku

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woodsmoke

[charles052]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't

From reading that link, it appears that Mac users are more intelligent. They don't need to express themselves in a four letter language.

corrected wrong link.

Perhaps. I use Kubuntu exclusively but everyone else I know uses a PC. I cannot say that I'm smarter than any of them. They all seem quite intelligent to me.

I don't believe that intelligence is something you can gauge by that infographic. Just because one prefers the Colbert report over 20/20 or USA Today over the Times doesn't make them smarter than the other. It just makes them different. A college education doesn't mean that much anymore when you've got people with Bachelors degrees making only $10 an hour in a factory and they're lucky to have that.

Intelligence is more than just what you know. It's also how you apply it.

In this case, I think appearances can be quite deceiving.

[PhilT]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

Isn't the real reason that Linux users are intelligent enough to prefer "freedom" to being "locked in"?

[Detonate]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

I sometime fantasize about where Windows would be today if Linux had been developed before MS.

[verndog]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

Well UNIX was, and where's it today.

[dibl]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

I'm with PhilT -- I think it's more about a desire for freedom than it is about intelligence.

@Detonate, your comment reminds me -- do you remember when it was possible to build (or buy) an IBM-compatible PC and add as much hardware and software as you could afford, with no restrictions or complaints from the (DOS) operating system? There was no FOSS, of course, but there was an ability to add memory or hard drives or math coprocessors or whatnot without having to get permission from the licensor of the OS. That crap came later.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

"PC" users, i.e., Windows users, generally never learned to use their OS nor truly understand their computer. As a result, and due mainly to Windows inherent lack of security and its users unwillingness to learn, Windows users have become perennial victims, conditions to pay through the nose to keep their OS running. It got so bad that a PhD in computer science reported that because his Windows box was so infected he was going to buy a new "computer", equating "computer" with "Windows". That's because, despite his PhD and like most Windows users, he didn't appreciate the difference between the hardware and Windows itself.

Steven Jobs, while in his exile from Apple, learned about Unix and its security model. He worked with NeXt while he was trying to invent his own computer, the NeXt Step, but he lacked the hardware wisdom and knowledge of Wozniak. Returning to Apple, he bamboozled some FOSS developers into contributing to a new OS project called "Darwin", which was based on FreeBSD, a derivative of BSD and more Unix-like than Linux. When he felt he had picked all the low hanging fruit that was available he picked up his toys and went home, i.e., took what had been developed and added proprietary binaries to the Darwin core so that, as his new OS, it would only talk to his proprietary hardware. To add insult to injury, he took Konqueror from KDE and renamed it Safari, also adding proprietary binaries to it as well. The resulting source code, when "returned" to the community, was worthless to the FOSS. If nothing else the episode showed how a group of people loyal and dedicated to freedom could so willingly volunteer to be screwed because the trusted corporate legends with no history of altruism to be altruistic because of the GPL.

The result is that Mac users have an OS that is nearly as secure as Linux and once the learning curve is climbed, as easy to use as Linux. Like Windows users, however, they have to pay dearly for the experience.

If I didn't have KDE4 running on a Debian based distro (i.e., Kubuntu) I would pay the premium for Apple, and continue to pay, pay, pay. It's better to pay up front for a known quantity then pay afterward to recover your OS, your identity and your credit record.

It's like owning a Cadillac or a Lexus. Parts and accessories cost 3X more for a Caddy than they do for a Chevy, and the mechanic charges more, too. That's because if you are wealthy enough to afford a Caddy you are wealthy enough to pay through the nose in order to continue to own it.

[perspectoff]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

Is woodsmoke a spam bot?

None of its posts are relevant to Kubuntu.

[Snowhog]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

No. 'Out there' on some of his topics/comments? Oh yeah! But we love the woodsmoker.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Are mac and pc people different?

....
I drive a 1970 Toyota LandCruiser with 350 CI Chevy engine an a SM420 transmission which I built myself. I'm a Linux user.

I drive a 10 year old Saturn 4-door with 5 speed stick because it gives me 30mpg in town and 40mpg on the highway at 70mph. I run Linux because it gives me a similar kind of performance. 8)