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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My experience:

[uradu]

Most Mac users I've met fall in the category of superficially computer literate people: to most of their friends and relatives they appear computer savy because they don't seem intimidated by computers and know most of the lingo, when in fact they gravitate to the Mac because it has a reputation of simplicity and because they do tend to be intimidated by most other platforms. I've also noticed that Macs tend to be prefered by the aesthetically inclined: the sort of people that have a spotless home with lots of art on the walls and an inkling for sophisticated personal appearance. A Mac is simply artsier than most other platforms.

If you were to really make any generalizations regarding the intelligence of a certain platform's users, I think traditional Unix in general tends to be the hands down winner. The knowledge and memory required for just average productivity tend to be much higher than for most other platforms, and the arcane nature of accomplishing many tasks requires the sort of tenacity and persistence that only true conviction can provide.

Re:While I'm Mac bashing....

[Reziac]

See? Told ya I'd get marked Troll for posting the above. Slashdot is sooooo predictable.