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26 April 2011

PC People vs Mac People Via FlowingData and Hunch.

post by: box at: 14:38 | 18 comments

Yeah, I'm a Mac person all right. Though Boylan's black cherry is my favorite.

posted by leesh 26 April | 15:16

I'm a Mac!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 April | 15:25

How did 60 minutes get on (my)the Mac side? Thanks for this, box. I am in a mixed marriage, so this made me giggle.

posted by rainbaby 26 April | 15:29

Demographically I fit much better into the Mac side except for the fact that I don't like Macs.

posted by octothorpe 26 April | 16:03

I'm a bit more mac than pc. I've never used a mac.

posted by deborah 26 April | 16:23

It looks like I'm a Mac person, only they don't mention the most important point: I probably would have a Mac, but I can't afford one.

posted by JanetLand 26 April | 16:25

Jolt is still around? I had no idea.

posted by ufez 26 April | 16:30

I look like a Mac, smell like a Mac, apparently read like a Mac, I am, in fact, a Mac.

mac mac mac mac

posted by Specklet 26 April | 17:05

I am surprised that "owns a Zune" is not one of the items. . .

posted by danf 26 April | 17:57

Hmm, after just spending an hour first trying to configure an HP printer to work with my new HP Envy laptop and then having HP's support guy spend another half hour before he got it to work, maybe I should re-consider. On the other hand, this is a kickass laptop but would it have killed them to include all the drivers for their own printers?

posted by octothorpe 26 April | 18:23

Leno=pc people haha.

posted by justgary 26 April | 18:32

Funny to see this today, I just started using my new iPad today, bringing me once again into Mac world. I am typing on it right now, as a matter of fact!
My primary work computer is an HP, though, and probably will be for the foreseeable future, so I guess I'm bi?

posted by msali 26 April | 18:47

However...

posted by Obscure Reference 26 April | 18:59

I run Ubuntu at work but they're threatening us with Macs lately. I shall resist.

posted by octothorpe 26 April | 19:32

Makes you wonder what would happen if they controlled for disposable income, and if they had some objective measurements of "tech savvy," since "it just works" is not the foremost indicator of same.

posted by tortillathehun 26 April | 20:16

I wonder how much of this is cause Windows is the default OS in Offices where people may or may not have a machine at home?.

posted by The Whelk 26 April | 21:04

I was a 'mac' person in college, but as soon as I left, I had no choice but to purchase a PC. Not only were Macs expensive in Brazil, there was absolutely no tech support whatsoever, and software? Back in the pre-internet days of late last century? Fuggedaboutit. I got a PC and it is with a PC that I stayed. Surprisingly, I got a Mac again specifically because we are going BACK to Brazil. The Ipad was an excellent choice for me to continue consuming the paper media I have grown accustomed to consuming. Plus, the two play nice with each other, so it is win-win for me.

posted by msali 26 April | 21:53

I'm pretty much on the fence, although some of those statistics are pretty shaky, in my opinion. The only thing that stops me from dumping a PC and buying a Mac is the price difference, so the analysis pretty closely matches reality.

posted by dg 27 April | 00:40

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