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typical mac users wouldnt know the difference between an open and closed system because they dont do anything on their device except what it comes with or is so
by nazgulnarsil 17y ago
typical mac users wouldnt know the difference between an open and closed system because they dont do anything on their device except what it comes with or is sold through official channels.
- zimbabwe 17y agoMost of my Mac-using friends use Adium and Firefox. Some of them even understand what plugins are. I've got a friend or two who've skinned their Mac, though why anybody would dislike Leopard's version of Aqua rather baffles me. Typical Windows users don't know their device comes with official programs because every machine is loaded with crap. No Windows user within my acquaintance uses Notepad as their basic writing tool. They think Word is a default because it's so common. Meanwhile, I know a lot of Mac users who use TextEdit for everything. I only use Pages on rare occasions. Typical Linux users are fringe to begin with, but of the casual computer users I know most couldn't tell the Ubuntu app directory from the App Store. Meanwhile, I can run quite a lot of Linux stuff on my Mac because it supports many of the same functions of Linux.
- cubicle67 17y agoand your opinion is based on what? I know a number of Mac users and not a single one of them fit your stereotype. I also know a much larger number of Windows users, and strangely a large percentage of them do fit your stereotype.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agomy experience is anecdotal. the opinions about "average" computer use on this site are heavily slanted towards people who understand what a UI is.
- joubert 17y agoHave you been watching those ignorant MSFT ads? ;-)