Tuesday, February 19th 2008
Study Concludes Macintosh Users More Likely to be Snobs
So somebody made a video that put Mac users on the spot. So what? The thing is, what the narrator is getting at is actually true. While this "snob factor" at first sounds like a bunch of fanboyish humor, studies conducted nationwide found that Mac users fit into a ton of stereotypes. The simple version of the conlusion: Mac users are, generally speaking, "self centered, arrogant and conceited." To back up these extreme conclusions, there are studies out there showing that Mac users are...
Source:
DailyTech
- More likely to buy teeth-whitening products and fashionable clothes/sneakers(self-centered).
- More likely to buy organic food and eco-friendly products, regardless of how much they cost.
108 Comments on Study Concludes Macintosh Users More Likely to be Snobs
although the ads aren't meant to come across as stouting that a Mac is superior, they do indeed imply that.but, these ads aren't targeted at "kids" - they're targeted at early to mid twenty somethings predominantly; Hence the look of a PC being "nerdy, geeky (don't foget, for our generation, growing up it wasn't cool to be a computer geek or considered a nerd), out of fashion and out-dated" whereas the Mac is given the look of "tredny, hip, and up-to-date". They attempt to get across that the Mac is easier to use than the PC is, because everything is "built right in".
Being in college, though, even if I see someone come into to class wearing a suit, it doesn't strike me one way or the other - could've just gotten off from work, or will be headed to work shortly after class.
We all label people (or almost anything for that matter) by the perceptions we have acquired over time, not by anything objective or substantial.
For each of us it would take being trambled by a stampede of horses to change our opinion. This is what the marketting people are counting on. They are not trying to sway your opinion, but trying to solidify the opinion of their base.
I don't care about suits or casual. Give me good products at a decent price and I will buy them. I simply do not care about your corporate image.
The main goal of the commercial is to portray the PC user as nerdy vs. the cool, hip Mac user.
The funny thing is that the computer you own does not define you, but people somehow tap into this as being somehow relevant.
If you look at the latest Mac's there is little to distinguish them from PC's other than the Apple Logo. The hardware is Intel, Nvidia, etc.
So the only real difference is in style.
Apple tries to claim that PC crash more than Macs, but when burdened with the latest software from vendors, Mac's crash too.
I have nothing against Apple. I have nothing against pre-built PCs. I just think that people should take the time to inform themselves about what they are buying or discussing, before they make uninformed purchases or forum posts.
Just my 2 cents.
Snob (in this context) = Goes to pvt schools with Macbook Pro + iPhone + iPod + iPoop, etc. who look down upon others.
At least most PC users have arguments as to why they like PC's (upgrades, more software/hardware choice, customisation) compared to mac users who just quote the ads.
"uuhhhh..... it just works?"
I can think of 2 mac users I know who are "snobbish" in the way they talk computers.
Interesting thing is - these 2 ONLY use macs.
The rest of us are multi platform, and simply play to the strengths of each platform.
I still think though, it's like trying to compare sports cars to luxury cars to suv's.
Fun, but pretty blooming pointless.
As for mac users i agree, but i find them funny, i went to a genius bar once with a friend with a macbook, when they where having that problem of the mac's dying from some chip. I pointed out to the dude, ya know my PC never has this issue, he responded it crashes though doesnt it, i said of course, but at least it doesnt take 4-6 weeks to fix, and he walked away :D
Doesnt matter that i work 38 hours a week in a textiles factory, live with a hot chick and make a lot of money - my PC's are custom built so that makes me a nerd.
suits are just cloths, i knew no less then 5 people in HS that wore one every day, they wherent snobs....well one sorta was but it wasnt that he looked down on people, just that he was so detached from everybody elses reality that he seemed like a snob.
some places in this country its the costom to ware suits based on your religion, my ex's father grew up in a part of pencilvania(sp) where they did that, and he said if i showed up in my joging pants and teeshirt people would look down on and even make fun of me......then again i told him "who fing cares, they can all kiss my fat white ass" because honestly, i wana be cumfy not cooped up in a suit when i dont need to be!!!yes, yes you are......damn you and your quad core and 1gb 8800gt's with good stock cooling....damm you!!!!!!!
oh and on a side note, i dissagree about the price of macs WileE, only your iMac isnt possable to out do price for perf vs a mac if you know what to buy, and even with the imac, for stock perf i could match it ;)
that said, did anybody but a mac fanboi/user really need this study to tell them that mac users are stuck up snobs(pure mac users or full on converts not ppl who have both are are skilled with both)?, honestly, just go over to a site like spymac, full of stuck up pricks who will tell you that all pc's suck, and when u point out that they are just on a dumbled down linux/bsd pc they will get pissed and dennie it and say the hardwares diffrent and better.
i use to have fun trolling spymac and some other sites because......well honestly its just to damn easy..........they are so easy to piss off, just point out why mac's suck, like how u cant upgrade most of them and they are throw away and buy a new one systems just like most ppl with their dells, and you will hve 50 mac snobs frothing at the mouth, when you ask them if they can do some tasks on their mac, 99% of them duno what your talking about or try and say it dosnt matter because nobody needs to do them anyway(example, recover lost/deleted data from command line/dos style tools)
ah the joy of dealing with stuck up mac users.....im so glad i dont have to do that every day now, for a while i had to deal with on guy in perticular, an ex coworker of my mothers, the guy would bad mouth pc's constantly, his ONLY exp with them having been one emachien somebody bought him as a gift and the OLD buisness systems they had at the office(couple 95 boxes and 3 nt4 boxes) he got a pc fromd ell, one of those imac clones, it was nice for its size, but he was mad at how hard it was to transport to and from work(wow 4 wires......)
he sold it to the office and got a 3 year old apple portable/laptop thing, that then crashed every few hours under use, reinstalling the os didnt fix it.........but he insisted it was more reliable and faster then the pc :P
note, the nt4 systems NEVER crashed EVER, the 95 boxes every couple weeks would have to be fully shut down and restarted to keep from crashing, his mac frooze/crashed once a day at least :D
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Yes I work in IT for work (15 strikes against me), yes I build my own computers (10 strikes against me), yes I post on forums (2 strikes against me), and yes I play computer games, particularly WoW right now (10 strikes against me).
BUT I also ride dirtbikes and quads, have a 4x4 truck that I do most of the work on, wheel the piss out of it and get muddy and beat up as hell, do general construction on the side to help a friend out (plumming, roofing, framing, concrete, finishing, ...), snowboard, hike, play soccer/football/basketball/racketball for fun with friends, rollerblade, and bike (I'm sure there are others but I cant remember).
I'm still in the 100% nerd category?!? LoL
(stirspot)
I want to see the studdy that shows how many Apple product users have volvos, subarus, buggs, etc ;)
(/stirspot)
Again - no offense to mac users on TPU. you guys are at least smart enough to be on a forum :D