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Geek Culture / Mac users have different brains

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Posted: 15th Apr 2008 23:56
Apparently they do :S


http://newslite.tv/2008/01/mac-users-have-different-brain.html

Quite interesting article though. It would be nice to know more of the psychology behind that.

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I should be a hardcore mac-user then. Good thing I don't care about what I use as long as it gets the job done.

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 05:23
I am a hardcore mac user. I even do run winodws on my mac. Apparently, I am more assured of my own superiority than the majority of people here

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 06:05
Theyre just now figuring out that mac users are different than pc users? I wonder how much money they wasted in "discovering" something that was already obvious.

I'm a hardcore PC user, but I definitely think the superiority comment fits me well, especially when it comes to very low level hardware/software details.

I did hear a commercial for an ipod last night, and it just reaffirmed why I don't buy apple products even though they are great. Basically the commercial was some obviously blonde valley girl with half a brain talking about how her ipod lets her automagically download music, and how it freaks her out that the electronics in her house "talk about her".

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 08:47
I got a mac
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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 09:37 Edited at: 16th Apr 2008 09:40
Quote: "Theyre just now figuring out that mac users are different than pc users? I wonder how much money they wasted in "discovering" something that was already obvious."

That's the wrong attitude to have, psychology usually points out the seeming obvious, though also points out which of the obvious things is actually true. You see, two completely contradictory views on how people do something or other could both seem obvious, and thus make the learned results seem obvious, despite them finding a more definite solution. And I assume it was understood that mac users were in different some way or other. The whole point of the study is to find out how they differ. And more so, Mac users have a different mentality, not brains. So no, you can't treat them like second class citizens.

Anyways, I mostly fit into the Mac user category, aside from hating Macs. I'm guessing the majority of forum users here will, or at least think they do, and still not be Mac users.

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Am I the only one who likes both?

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 10:27
Quote: "Mac users are also more receptive to their own inner feelings than PC counterparts and may feel both happiness and unhappiness more intensely."


From my knowledge of Meyers-Briggs I say that Mac users are more likely to be Feeling types rather then Thinking types. There are many reasons for people to choose one or the other such as what people use at school or image. Gamers are very likely to buy a PC.

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Quote: "Am I the only one who likes both?"


Like (as in do not really dislike) both Mac and Windows, just I do not like Mac THAT much at all, but I do not dislike it (and I like Linux over both of them ). And why do we say both? Do Linux, BSD, Solaris and Windows fit in the same category?

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Quote: "Am I the only one who likes both?"


Nope! I use/like my Mac and PC equally!


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I personally hate macs. One of the biggest things I hate are the one-button mouses. Mine has like 5.

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I agree, a Mac personality will most likely be more Feeling-oriented than Thinking. Although Bizar Guy seems correct in his theory that most people here will feel the "Mac"-way, simply because they're intellectuals and the whole article described a common intellectuals' way of viewing the world.

I use Windows Vista Home Premium and Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10. Period.


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i feel more superior than a mac user i have a CLEVO w 8800gtx!

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 19:18
I would probably use a Mac but then I can't use DBP/DGDK!

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Yeah, me to.

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 19:42
Of course Mac users have different brains. Who else could justify spending more than £700 on a technically out of date laptop?


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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 21:28 Edited at: 16th Apr 2008 21:33
What a load of bull@*&% !!!!

What gets me is that people got paid to come up with that tripe, while other people actually have to work for a living.


*Edit*

This sums it up nicely.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/17/mac-believe-themselves-superior

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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 21:34
Quote: "Am I the only one who likes both? "


I love Windows (well, XP anyway) and I've only ever really tested Mac Os X at the library, but fell in love with it almost at once. I therefore love both operating systems, but I am definitely considering switching to Mac someday for things like Video Editing, a major hobby of mine.


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MacOS X looks better then XP and maybe Vista too but I love my RMB and task bar; I can't believe Apple have not copied these features into OS X. As a gamer you need Windows anyways so it doesn't really matter.

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I repeat my question:

Quote: "And why do we say both? Do Linux, BSD, Solaris and Windows fit in the same category?"


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Posted: 16th Apr 2008 22:48
I think it's because Mac targets the faults in the PC in general and not the OS, and all of thoses OS run on a PC so yeah they are the same in that respect i.e. run on the PC

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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 00:28
Quote: "I should be a hardcore mac-user then. Good thing I don't care about what I use as long as it gets the job done."


Ditto, I used to dislike Windows XP because it got on my nerves, now that I get along with it - I'm not bothered as it works - though ideally speaking I'd like a high-spec Mac running MacOS X and Windows simply because I'd get the best of all worlds, though I don't have the wallet for such a thing. Plus I'd need the use of a laptop (and not this crappy one)

Though I wouldn't say the article is all that accurate, there are times I try to be modest (though I am can be proud at times) and refuse to see myself above anybody else (unless that somebody else is an a-hole or antisocial)

Meh, well it is a daft study, unless they were students writing their dissertation, then this is pretty useless and the results mean very little but a correlation - says not much about all Mac users or wannabes and isn't a study useful for anything really.

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Posted: 17th Apr 2008 00:34 Edited at: 17th Apr 2008 00:46
i had mac osx in my ibm notebook once, played around with nice gui, used it for internet, and thats about it. whenever i wanted to play a game or play minesweeper or do DBP stuff, or do any of that osx cant do, i went back to my old windows pc.

Macbook Pros are very well built with aluminum chassis and cover, magnetic powerplug, and a slot drive. they are also very light.

my friend has one so i know a bit about it.

aluminum casing is pretty good and strong (my friend dropped his many times so its full of dents)

Magnetic power plug is a very good feature. Although i have fixed many laptops that had a broken dc-in jack What i do is remove the old cheap plastic jack, buy a good quality japaneese dc-in jack at a local electronics store (reinforced with steel and comes with a screw and a bearing so you can secure it well in place). put that in, solder it in and i sometimes even put some hot glue gun in there for extra strength. the result is 100 times stronger than the original. SO i am not worried about powerjacks because i am sure i can fix it if it breaks.

Slot drives can be a plus because normal drives can be broken by accident. for example sometimes when i put my laptop in my backpack while its on, the button is pressed and my cd drive opens. When i take it out without seeing that, it can get damaged, the lens may touch something or some other junk in my bag can damage it.

however slot drives do not support minidisks. I didnt care enough for minidisks untill i bought a piece of hardware for my laptop that had it drivers on a minidisk.

Also my friends macbookpro was very buggy and kept getting a BSODs when running windows.

also it does not have high end graphics and it gets very hot.

also macbook pro has awesome speakers.

also macbooks are overpriced (i guess its the lightweight and the magnetic jack and the aluminum chassis/cover

Even though i have an awesome non-mac laptop i never really felt the need to brag and stick it into someones face (i thought i would but i never did Exept for this one time when this kid tried to persuade me that bying an xbox 360 was cheaper and better than bying a laptop)

Now for some bragging!

My clevo M570RU is very awesome.

8800mGTX w 512mb MXM- which means you can remove the video chip and upgrade it when a new one comes out UPGRADEBILITY!
Can be upgraded to a C2D extreme which is a QUAD CORE!
built very well! the cover is aluminum, the rest is a very good quality plastic does not bend at all unlike most laptops ive seen if you put some pressure on the back of the screen you will see it on the screen.

this thing has 3 fans, and even with an 8800m gtx dosent get very hot. even when playing Crysis (btw did i tell you this thing can play crysis very well maxed out) This laptop can play pretty much anything maxed out. I have not tried dx10 yet because i do not have vista (btw did i also tell you that this thing is downgradeble to xp unlike most vista laptops these days?)

I have had this laptop for 4 months now and it didnt get a single bsod (yes even when using win xp!!!!1111!1)

unlike my friends macbookpro My clevo has 2 buttons on the touchpad, a numpad also it has a A FRIGGING TV CABLE JACK! and a SERIAL PORT! HELL YEAH!

speakers on this thing kinda do suck but i am actually planning to replace them with a pair of better ones. yes i dont care about warranty.

my clevo is 8 a 17inch at 8 pounds but i deal with it.

Its powerful enough to completely replace my desktop and light enough for me to carry it to places.

so if mac fans think their laptop is the best in the world, i can smack them with my 8 pound portable desktop any day untill mac comes out with something better than an airbook.

oh! one more thing my laptop can run osx AND leopard and linix.... OMG!!!111!111

boy that felt good.

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That felt like a raven post.

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Quote: "there are times I try to be modest (though I am can be proud at times) and refuse to see myself above anybody else (unless that somebody else is an a-hole or antisocial)"


Why resist? Embrace the power. Come to the dark side. Togheter we will rule this board. Like father, like adopted.

BTW, you set yourself above anti-social people? I'm anti-social. Now, i'm a sad anti-social. Thanks. Perhaps you meant the other definiton? The I-hate-people-and-I-don't-care-about-you-or-your-stupid-pet-dragon kind?

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Quote: ""there are times I try to be modest (though I am can be proud at times) and refuse to see myself above anybody else (unless that somebody else is an a-hole or antisocial)"
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yo mee too

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Quote: "also it does not have high end graphics "


From what I've noticed the graphics cards in Macs are improving:

MacBooks still use on board Intel Cards (the current card is Direct X 10 compatible, according to Wikipedia, but I doubt nears the performance of a 8800)

The current MacBook pros come with GeForce 8600 GTs

iMacs come with ATI Radeon HD (2400 on the lowest end, 2600 on the rest)

And the MacPros come with a nice range of graphical possibilities, ranging from a single ATI Radeon HD 2600 to 4 of them (the nVidia Geforce 8800 is in the list) and the most expensive card for it being the 1.5 GB Quadro FX 5600.


Though the PC equivalents are cheaper, but if you're Mac confident (not everybody gets along with Windows, and can afford to splash out a bit more on a computer they'd prefer to use - I get along with Windows though, because it does what I want greatly and cheaply - though I'd feel more comfortable with a Mac, but price wise I don't see that being realistic)

So Mac graphics cards are hitting the high end a bit better - but you still have to pay a bundle.

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Why resist? Embrace the power. Come to the dark side. Togheter we will rule this board. Like father, like adopted.

BTW, you set yourself above anti-social people? I'm anti-social. Now, i'm a sad anti-social. Thanks. Perhaps you meant the other definiton? The I-hate-people-and-I-don't-care-about-you-or-your-stupid-pet-dragon kind?"


Yes, I mean those kind, those how get ASBOs and tend to shout at random people in the street, get arrested by the police for vandalism etc. Amusingly on my way back from uni I had a few bothering me about my dreads - was tempted to run screaming "agh I'm being attacked by mini chavettes!" but it would have been immature on the bad kind of level and would have only encouraged them.

Also, on another note, I don't think I'm better than you because you're anti-social, no it's because you're Norwegian...it's one of those jealousy things.

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Quote: "I did hear a commercial for an ipod last night, and it just reaffirmed why I don't buy apple products even though they are great. Basically the commercial was some obviously blonde valley girl with half a brain talking about how her ipod lets her automagically download music, and how it freaks her out that the electronics in her house "talk about her"."

It's called a telephone dear

All apple stuff is just commercialism gone mad!
The could make the iBox, literally just a cardboard box with a logo and USB socket, and they could sell it for five times more than average cardboard boxes. You could even use it to transport your mac and iPod from place to place!

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Quote: "From what I've noticed the graphics cards in Macs are improving:
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Wow last time i looked, 8400 was the best thing for a macbookpro

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The article in the first post of this thread seems more like an attempt to persuade you into buying a mac.

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Quote: "The article in the first post of this thread seems more like an attempt to persuade you into buying a mac.
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I really hope thats not a accusation I mean why would I care what computer you choose to buy?

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I'm accusing the article writer, not you

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O ok, sorry for the misunderstanding. Just thought the article was interesting and worth posting

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I dunno, seems doubtful. Most mac users I know got pissed at their PCs, or grew up on macs or bought a mac when Apple was the big cheese, and so use them.

People don't buy macs simply because they think they're above a pc. If they do, it's purely due to the marketing apple already does, and so the psychologists are simply showing how well advertising works


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