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Survey Finds Apple Users Have Sense of Superiority

engadget.com — A personality profiling conducted on 7,500 people at Apple's biggest tub-thumping event of the year, Macworld, yielded results that would suggest Apple users "are more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large."

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  • kiiwii, on 01/17/2008, -15/+575The story really should have an "obvious" tag as well.
  • badenglishihave, on 01/17/2008, -58/+538Friend: "Do you have an iPod?"
    Me: "No. I do however have a digital media player that supports Vorbis, FLAC and XViD video playback. It costs half as much as an equivalent iPod and has better battery life."
    Friend: "Tuh! So what you're saying is: it's not an iPod. That's too bad. I have an iPod and it's the best."
    Me: *rolls eyes*
  • monkeyrun, on 01/17/2008, -11/+256how insightful, next survey will find out Linux users think they are 1337?
  • ChiefIcaroc, on 01/17/2008, -17/+185Wow! Really? You could never guess that!
  • pixelmixer, on 01/17/2008, -15/+129/ Typical Mac user response.
  • rstarr, on 01/17/2008, -29/+132Buried for inciting a flame war.
  • VeritasAequitas, on 01/17/2008, -12/+107Did anyone notice that the survey was done at MACWORLD. Its not like it was a random sampling of computer users. I'd like to see the same thing done at conventions for linux users or microsoft users. People that go to conf. like those probably are not your average user.
  • coheedcollapse, on 01/17/2008, -15/+104I couldn't agree with your sentiments more. Most people don't even know that there IS an alternative to the iPod. The people that do and still have them are all about the image.
  • clbw, on 01/17/2008, -21/+97As a Mac user I can't begin to tell how hard it is being right all the time.
  • RADI0ACTIVE, on 01/17/2008, -19/+93That could be a headline over at The Onion.
  • Ajenthavoc, on 01/17/2008, -7/+76This goes to show that I'm better than all you apple fanboys with superiority complexes.
  • lnxfi, on 01/17/2008, -10/+78Let's just file this one under, "Duh."
  • SOS84, on 01/17/2008, -21/+83Since when did sheep develop the capacity for feeling? Did Jobs mob collectively forget to take their Prozium?
  • sclifford, on 01/17/2008, -4/+62Meh. Macs have their uses as do Windows and Linux boxes. I'll use the best tool for the job. My workstations are Macs - I run Leopard and Windows on them. My servers are Linux (for MySQL) and Windows (for asp.net apps, PHP via Phalanger).

    It's computing, not religion.
  • Schneckehaus, on 01/17/2008, -8/+61The fact that Mac users fit into a stereotype based on the brand of computer they use is, by nature, idiotic. Sad truth.
  • tvon, on 01/17/2008, -3/+55Oh, so you're too good for a superiority complex eh? Is that what it is?
  • coheedcollapse, on 01/17/2008, -4/+56I don't care at all if someone chooses to use a mac. I care when they A) Use it as a status symbol and B) Act like I'm inferior for having a Windows/Linux box.
  • inactive, on 01/17/2008, -7/+57A perfect example of the ***** this article is targeting. Thanks for playing moron.
  • jonshipman, on 01/17/2008, -5/+54Well, obviously this article isn't referring to me because I'm the best.
  • diggrim, on 01/17/2008, -10/+58we don't feel...we know
  • DrywallThief, on 01/17/2008, -6/+52High quality audio formats.
  • an0nym0uz, on 01/17/2008, -23/+67All you "superior" Apple users can blow me.
  • humperdeath, on 01/17/2008, -12/+54Survey taken at a MACWORLD conference? What'd they expect? It is like taking a survey of new BMW owners, as they drive off the lot, "Which is the best car maker in the world?"
    DUH!
  • Kronos6948, on 01/17/2008, -2/+41If you're serious, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC are two ways of encoding music. Ways to encode with better sound quality, and it doesn't get better than FLAC, because FLAC is the "Free Lossless Audio Codec". It does make for huge files, though.
  • lordmike, on 01/17/2008, -17/+54Survey finds that Right wingers not only have a sense of superiority, they want to eliminate all the "inferior" people who don't agree with them...
  • heartcoldfusion, on 01/17/2008, -5/+41According to the article, what you meant to say was, "People need to get a life, even though it won't be as perfectly awesome as mine."
  • solid12345, on 01/17/2008, -4/+39Hey shut up with your...your...LOGIC!
  • inactive, on 01/17/2008, -5/+40Bad analogy. NASCAR fans don't spend 9/10 of their day trying to convince people that like football, baseball, or basketball sports suck, and if they were "in the know" would switch to NASCAR. Mac users are similar to vegetarians, they can't be happy doing it, unless everyone knows they do it. If you like Mac, fine, I say. Just please get off the pedestal and get a life, you aren't any better than anyone else because of the computer you use. What makes you a good person is how you treat others, and as this study shows, Mac fanboys have ALOT to work on.
  • Chompy, on 01/17/2008, -23/+57This survey is poorly designed because the sample is biased; you can't survey people hardcore enough to go to a trade show and expect to spin that result into something that applies to everyone.
  • WilliamHBonney, on 01/17/2008, -9/+38yes and by the way the world is also round.
  • samejreltub, on 01/17/2008, -8/+37No surprises there eh ;)
  • blewsdawg, on 01/17/2008, -3/+29I'm in IT, and I work with average users of MAC, Windows, and Linux. MAC users absolutely do seem to generally have a sense of superiority. So do Linux users. Of course, Linux users build their own computers, as well as those belonging to their entire families. And they write open source software that is usually better than proprietary equivalents and used on all three operating systems.

    All the while, MAC users contribute...what?
  • rikwakefield, on 01/17/2008, -9/+34Apple users can be so smug.

    Thaaaaaaaaaaaanks. ^_^
  • inactive, on 01/17/2008, -7/+31Watch out, Mac fanboys aka the Turtleneck Mafia is trolling here.
  • artificialgrey, on 01/17/2008, -1/+25So what kind of player do you own?
  • yohnstoppable, on 01/17/2008, -2/+26I dugg it for inciting a flame war.
  • TheFinaleofSeem, on 01/17/2008, -7/+30Next up: Survey finds that *nix users in general have a feeling of superiority!
  • lydecker, on 01/17/2008, -11/+34This was the major reason I originally didn't want an iPod, because I didn't like the superiority complex, and I definitely didn't want to grow one.
  • UKsHaDoW, on 01/17/2008, -0/+22non nom nom
  • inactive, on 01/17/2008, -17/+38This just in, Cookie Monster likes cookies.

    Duh. I've never met anyone more superior than an Apple user (or "Rotten-to-the-cores" as I like to call them).
  • BinaryFragger, on 01/17/2008, -0/+21Oh please, Apple fanboys are always "should get a Mac!!" posts to PC articles. It goes both ways.
  • allengeer, on 01/17/2008, -5/+26<<farts into wine glass>>

    smells wine glass.
  • scepticus, on 01/17/2008, -8/+28After spending that much money for a box, they better.
  • akilleen, on 01/17/2008, -0/+20What?!?! Logic?! I will hear none of this!
  • zachlac, on 01/17/2008, -6/+25Perceptions are based on reality.
  • mlwarrior, on 01/17/2008, -9/+27vorbis doesn't mean better quality, it's just open source.
  • davidrools, on 01/17/2008, -3/+21I thought being left broke after buying a new Mac led mac users to try to justify their purchase however possible to whomever they can, in an attempt to make themselves feel less regret.
  • bowe, on 01/17/2008, -0/+17Poorsh is the American pronunciation, and is fine unless you're in Germany trying to buy one, but Porsh-a is actually correct.
    It's like how American's always say Brooshetta, when in reality it should be pronounced Broosketta.
  • coheedcollapse, on 01/17/2008, -2/+19"another OS that is a little more open to play around with"

    This quote leads me to believe that this comment was posted as a joke. Also, I'm not sure if you know what "generic" means.
  • peskypescado, on 01/17/2008, -4/+21I'm sure you aren't. Just like how an overwhelming majority of drivers are "above average drivers."
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