Mac Users May Be Smarter

micah_lanier writes "Thought I would point out an interesting story from news.com. It seems a NetRatings Study concluded that those owning Macs tend to be more experienced with the internet, as well as educated better in general. However, this simply illustrates the fact that Macs are generally bought by those with little trouble paying higher prices, and therefore those who can more easily gain access to higher education (and so on)." Then how do we explain all the people with less education buying premium computers from Compaq and Dell? I think it's just that people with bigger brains like better computers!

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Simplified Theory

[HappyPhunBall]

It all comes down to mouse buttons! In my reasonably scientific explanation, the intelligence of computer users can be assumed as the follows:
From lowest to highest intelligence:

1. One Mouse Button: example: your standard fare lowly Mac user.
2. Two Mouse Buttons: example: tragically 90 % of the population, exemplified by Windows users.
3. Three + Mouse Buttons: example: the uber elite of computing, most scientists, and your typical Unix user.

the homepage glut explained

[MadFarmAnimalz]

And the Mac faithful are 58 percent more likely than the overall online population to build their own Web page

So that's where all the "Hi-my-name-is-Jenny-and-I-like-cats" homepages are coming from.

Re:the homepage glut explained

[Large Green Mallard]

Google's first match for a jenny who likes cats...

here

and on the 4th line..

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">

I get your point tho ;)

Think Difrent!

[Quazion]

And so it seems, its not the people who think difrent, but the computer makes you think difrent, wow..

Where can i buy a mac around here ?

While I'm Mac bashing....

[DeepDarkSky]

Look at Apple's Why Switch? campaign. One of the funnier things I've seen in a while:

Why switch to a Mac?
You can do things on a Mac that PC users only dream about, and do them more easily, without giving up any of the compatibility with the PC world that you need.

Questions about switching
How do I check email? Will my digital camera work? Can I get business or games software? Can I use my printer? What about using a Mac in my office network?

"You can do things on a Mac that PC users only dream about?" So if the PC user can't do it, then how can you, as a Mac user, "do them more easily?"

An what's with the questions on switching? If you can do things on a Mac that PC users can only dream about, then why are all the questions about things that PC users can already do on their PCs? Maybe these things that PC users can only dream about aren't so important?

I know it's not as simple as I've presented, but it still seems very funny to me.

duuh

[Griim]

It seems a NetRatings Study concluded that those owning Macs tend to be more experienced with the internet, as well as educated better in general.

Some of thems guys, they reads real good too.

Re:Prestige, Cost, Market: Three explanations

[DavidRavenMoon]

It conveys an artsy, "I like what computers can do but I don't like computers" image.

OK, I'm a Mac user, and also an graphic artist by trade, and a musician too. So that would make me "artsy."

I do like computers though, and I know about how they work.

A better analogy might be:

Mac users: "I like driving my car, but I don't care to know how to rebuild a carburetor."

Linux users: "I like driving my car, AND rebuilding the carburetor."

Windows users: "My CD player in my car never plays track 5 on any of my CDs. But that's OK because I never liked track 5 anyway."