“Older folks use Macs too! A whole heck of a lot of them, actually,” Jacqui Cheng reports for Ars Technica.
“Mac users ‘enjoy’ the stereotype of being young, hip, and annoyingly artistic at times—I mean, after all, look at Justin Long! However, much to the surprise of many, a rather large percentage of Mac users are over the age of 55. As in, a larger percent of Mac users are over 55 than any other computer company,” Cheng reports.
Cheng reports, “46 percent of Mac users are over 55, according to the MetaFacts 2006 Home PC Brand Profile Report, with only 25.2 percent of PC users being over 55.”
Full article here.
More on MetaFacts 2006 Home PC Brand Profile Report: http://www.metafacts.com/pages/media/tupan06_announce_061129.htm
guess with age comes wisdom. I must be an early bloomer…tho 55 is probably not too too far off…geez i feel old
i just turned 60; i have been using apple stuff since the lisa.
wisdom comes with age – as does spare money.
maybe its long-time users, but maybe its also newer users that find the mac “just works”. plus you figure PC’s have the younger crowd that are into PC games.
Old Guys Rule!
I just turned 60 also – first apple product for me was an apple II+ with an added language card – then a mac plus, IIsi, 7500, imac, ibook, G5 1.8, powerbook, G5 dualcore 2.3, mac mini, 17 macbook pro. Next who knows. apple all the way through ups and downs. Hve had a couple of pc’s for needed apps along the way but macs rule and windows drool.
also had a couple newtons the 2100 best – we need another one.
Going on 41. Proud Apple user since 1990 (still have my IIci somewhere).
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Well let’s hope this statistic is changing rapidly…
Interesting stats… ‘x’ is probably right, there’s older people going for the better/easier tehnology (and likely moving from Windows machines). And of course, there’s all those boomers like me, who discovered Macs early, like ‘ADQ Peter’, and who never left. It might be interesting to know the age spreads for people who are converting to Macs…
I’m 67 and I’ve been using Macs since the first Color Mac. Still have it, in a box. My iMac G5 keeps me happy now.
that would explain the demographics of our mac users group…
57 and a mac lover since 1984. The only interesting computer before the Mac was the Tandy Model 100 laptop.
It doesn’t surprise me that there are older Mac users. (After all, Darkness is older than time itself…) What does surprise me is the apparently large number of older MDN readers. For some reason I thought this site was full of younger types. Must be the commentary. 😀
49 and still breathing
mdn – days?
52 and counting …. switched to Macs this year and never looked back!
I’m 43 and I’m sure I’ll still be using Macs when I’m 55. I really “mean” that.
Doesn’t surprise me.
This stuff is expensive!
Seriously, I’m pushing 50. In addition to numerous small businesses I also have lots of individual clients and many are older people.
Interestingly enough, and this is not a joke, I’ve had 4 clients die on me in the last 6 weeks.
1 Massive Heart attack. (During sex change surgery) 50 yrs. old.
1 Disease I can’t pronounce or spell
1 Breast Cancer
1 “Natural causes
I also have older clients who are thriving. One is the 75 yr old patriarch of a family owned law firm. Just bought all new 24″ iMacs for the 20 or so attorneys in the firm, and 20″ iMacs for all the paralegals. It’s all I can do to get this guy out of World of Warcraft. He insists on meeting with me in there.
Seventy-three and still whacking away on my Mac, and have been since the start. Since Windows was just a hole in the wall.
Could it be that a Mac extends your life?
This is why 46% misses Zune Tang’s satire!
Then if this is true, Apple better aim for the younger market… old people die.
And i’m MUCH closer to 55..
47.
I’ll be 60 next September and have been using Apples & Macs since the 80’s, beginning with a IIe in my work as an educator. My district went to Windows PC’s in the 90’s, but I was able to talk them into keeping and using Macs in the Fine Arts areas. I’m now retired and it’s a G5 20″ iMac and an older G3 PowerBook. Next will be an Intel powered MacBook or a 24″ iMac. The only problem is that they don’t wear out like PC’s. I just gave away my old PowerMac 6500 to a very grateful young teacher.
“Nearly half of Apple Mac users are over 55″………. and proud of it!
34 and using Apple since the II+ in the 5th grade when we could sign up for 30-minute slots to play Oregon Trail. I did fall away to the Dark Side from 1996-2002 but that was due to work requirements. It was funny because I didn’t even know how to use a PC and someone had to show me where the “START” button was. I had more computer problems than I care to remember. Came back to a TiBook 667 in April 2002 and no problems since.
44, and I have been using Macs since the original Intel iMac 20″. Matter of fact, I’m still using it…
I just bought an iMac recently (my first Mac ever actually… call me a “switcher”) and my father (age 60) loved it. So much, in fact, that just this week he bought one too!
All it takes is for someone to SEE what Macs are all about. He has been frustrated with his Windows PC for years. He just wanted something that “just worked” and would allow him to do basic tasks without getting in his way – he switched without hesitation.
Young or old – Macs work for everyone. I know I’ll never look back!
68 years here. I get my heart started each morning by flipping on my new 24″ iMac. That’ll wake anybody up!
Been using Macs since 1990, starting with an SE-30.Use a PC w/ XP at work & can’t wait to get home each night.
Just burned my first CD off iTunes last night. I feel 10 years younger!
Maybe it just takes that long for people to “see the light” and get fed up with Windows bugs and viruses etc…
Im 24, and ive used an Apple since my Apple IIe in 1988 when i was 6!
53 with a soft spot for the ol’ luggable SE.
Ok, let’s get some more demographics on MacDailyNews readers.
1. You MOST closely relate to- A). Austin Powers B). Dr. Evil
2. ZuneTang is serious- A). agree B) disagree
3. You know how the “popcorn” and “baked potato” settings on your microwave actually work, you don’t think it is “magic”- A) true B) false
Jeffrey has a point though. No doubt Apple is acutely aware of this demographic inconvenience.
Most of us old farts have been using Macs for years (1985) and, unless Apple does something really stupid, are captive customers till death.
It thus make sense for Apple to strongly target the young.
Better admit my age I guess….fifty mumble.
WTF….you cannot be hip when over 55? What kind of crap is that? I just hit 50 and mykids tell me that all the neighbourhood kids like me BECAUSE I am hip….well actually I transliterated their term “immature” into meaning hip.
using Macs sine 1986.
Been using a Mac for over 10 years-never went with Windows. I am 56 years and I must say the user experience has been quite enjoyable.
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1)A
2)B
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Ah yes, but with age cometh hipdom, mountain biking and canoe trips out of school vacation times!
Actually not the latter just yet — as a *mature* Dad, one sprog is still at school, ho hum.
Still, just turned 60 and cruisin’ with Macs that include this MBP and an iMac G5.
Talking of age, an old 145b lurks in the airing cupboard and an SE/30 in the loft. Both of ’em still work OK.
Best regards to all you older Macheads
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I a good chunk of us who are Steve’s age, started with his Macs when they were cutting edge in the early tech days, and never saw a reason to switch to a PC. Now the rest of the world is catching up to us.
My count for Mac users over 50 that I personally know, is 28. And about another 30 are between 30 and 50.
Just turned 67.
Mac user since 1985.
Looking forward to iTV
Just got my 7th switcher hooked up with broadband.
I think that’s not bad for a sexy-genarian.
Always Rights:
Shouldn’t it be
1. You MOST closely relate to- A). Herman Munster B). Lindsay Lohan
2. ZuneTang is a dork- A). agree B) agree
3. You know how “scripts” and “avi to mp4 conversion” work on your computer. You don’t think it is “magic”- A) true B) false
4. You are surprised to learn that just by visiting a site on the web, that that site swill send you a cookie. You wonder if it has wheat, nuts or other allergens in it. A) true B) false
I just turned 40 (yes – on top of the hill!) and my father is a recent switcher (thank the Lord) – he’s helping to push up that median age, that’s for sure!
Someone just over 55 now was only just over 23 when the first Mac was sold. Macs have always captured young buyers, it’s just that most of them never switch to another system but remained loyal to Macs.
59 – using a Mac since 84. The Mac made my ad agency a fast, smooth creative shop – no IT guy EVER hired. Networking was a breeze, wireless a 15 minute install. Yeah – I’m an oldie – and get off my lawn you young kids!
You bet your ass sonny boy. I’m 48, or so, and have been using Macs since 1985 – And proud of it too.
I am 32 now… I started with an ColorClassic as soon as it came out.
Sixty. MDN Word: french. Soisante
I started using macs back in 18 and 37, through the gold rush, the war, the crash of ’29, another war, the depression, Elvis, walking on the moon, disco, and Pokemon.
What time is it? Beavers and ducks. I have to crap.
I carried my Lisa on my back to school in the snow-six miles. Uphill both ways.
It was called a backtop in those days-not a laptop.
MW- gone, as in – gone are those days.
28 here. Older guys are hot!!!
16 here. Mac user since jan 2005
Some were smart enough to “see the light” decades ago, and thus are part of the older Apple demographic. Some were knocked off the path, but have found their way back.
But the next generation is already on the right path, at least here in the US. Incoming college students use Macs at a much higher percentage than the general population, especially at prestige universities. They will push the trend as they enter the work force. They will use what they know in the businesses they build, and push their future employers in the right direction. So even as older Mac users retire (we lost two of our small community in the last two years), they are replaced in greater numbers. The future is bright.
Ron….you were lucky. I had an abacus then ditched it because I wanted to be hip….I got a slide rule. Didn’t know how to use it but the chicks thought I was cool.
This is a funny thread as I thought I was the only old fart here. Glad to see that I am not alone. As one poster pointed out…we WERE young and hip when we bought Macs….it was just a long time ago.
I am of the generation that grew up with the personal computer. Apple ][, TRS-80, Commodore VIC & 64, Texas Instruments TI-994a, a Bowmar somewhere in there, the 2GS have all soaked up part of my bank account. I remember a BASIC computer course as a Freshman in college, writing programs on cassettes on Commodore Pets and the Apple][.
Then there is the dark side…
I remember PC DOS, shell programs and Windows, which nobody used even when it shipped new on PCs. One thing I am proud of is that I have never bought a Windows PC in my life. Ever. Used them at work from jump street, but still don’t like them. The closest I have ever come was when the tablets came out.
The reason so many are of age is because once we went Mac- we never went back. The generation behind us was largely lost due to Sculley, the self proclaimed genius from Pepsi who uses a PC these days. What’s amazing is to have seen the turn around at Apple after Steve Jobs came back. If it were not for the loyalists, Apple would probably be gone.
I am of the generation that grew up with the personal computer. Apple ][, TRS-80, Commodore VIC & 64, Texas Instruments TI-994a, a Bowmar somewhere in there, the 2GS have all soaked up part of my bank account. I remember a BASIC computer course as a Freshman in college, writing programs on cassettes on Commodore Pets and the Apple][.
Then there is the dark side…
I remember PC DOS, shell programs and Windows, which nobody used even when it shipped new on PCs. One thing I am proud of is that I have never bought a Windows PC in my life. Ever. Used them at work from jump street, but still don’t like them. The closest I have ever come was when the tablets came out.
The reason so many are of age is because once we went Mac- we never went back. The generation behind us was largely lost due to Sculley, the self proclaimed genius from Pepsi who uses a PC these days. What’s amazing is to have seen the turn around at Apple after Steve Jobs came back. If it were not for the loyalists, Apple would probably be gone.
I am of the generation that grew up with the personal computer. Apple ][, TRS-80, Commodore VIC & 64, Texas Instruments TI-994a, a Bowmar somewhere in there, the 2GS have all soaked up part of my bank account. I remember a BASIC computer course as a Freshman in college, writing programs on cassettes on Commodore Pets and the Apple][.
Then there is the dark side…
I remember PC DOS, shell programs and Windows, which nobody used even when it shipped new on PCs. One thing I am proud of is that I have never bought a Windows PC in my life. Ever. Used them at work from jump street, but still don’t like them. The closest I have ever come was when the tablets came out.
The reason so many are of age is because once we went Mac- we never went back. The generation behind us was largely lost due to Sculley, the self proclaimed genius from Pepsi who uses a PC these days. What’s amazing is to have seen the turn around at Apple after Steve Jobs came back. If it were not for the loyalists, Apple would probably be gone.
I’m 16 year old geek who reads like 20 different mac sites a day. I never thought I’m surrounded by a bunch of 50 and 60 year old geezers on these sites.
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Sheridan….isn’t it past your curfew?
hahaha…cackle…cough cough….gasp…..
This reminds me (you know old coots -56- love to tell stories) of a post in ilounge some years back — when a group of iPod owners got together at a MacWorld for a group picture, one young nipper was appalled to see how old so many of his iPod “peers” were.
My Dad is 80! And he started just three years ago with emails and the internet (“pixar” iMac G4)…
I’m 70. I think my laptop is a Mac, but I can’t remember where I left it.
The original Mac Daddy. I’m 55 and a Mac user since 1984. My original ‘Slim’ Mac (128K) was stolen, which force me to upgrade to a Fat Mac (which I still have). Currently using a G5. Both of my boys are proud Mac users.
I’m 28 and have been using Macs for 10 years. I’m a fully qualified Apple Technician, merely to keep myself amused in my spare time. I’m a graphic designer by trade, and OS X helps me keep my bank balance very healthy. It’s that simple. I want a machine that WORKS. I want it to be RELIABLE. I need it to be EASY TO USE.
BTW, what got me started on Macs was a 55 year old typesetter who had never used a computer before starting at the newspaper I started at, 6 months ago. He was so enthusiastic and I could see why. System 7 was miles better than DOS, and OS X is miles better than Vista!
Fortunately, there are steps we geriatric (over 55) Mac users can take to cater for our infirmity.
For example:
– Set USB to 12 bps.
– Use a magnified keyboard.
– Set iTunes to remove all groups later than Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
– Set Safari to accept only gluten-free cookies.
All other suggestions appreciated.
I’m 57. My first was a Fat Mac (w/512K RAM) and my current is a 24″ iMac. Owned eight others in between — also have five iPods. My father started with an iBook at age 82 and used it everyday along with his 1st gen iPod until he passed away last month at age 86.
Just turned 40 a month and a half ago. Started college in Fall ’84, just months after the first Mac came out. Before long met a sophmore resident in my dorm who was my original tech guru – he had an original 128K Mac, as well as the first CD and Laserdisc players I ever saw. His roommate at the time also had a Lisa, and I remember being impressed by it (as well as being able to play 4-player M.U.L.E. on the Atari 800 they had as well!) We roomed together following year and used his Mac more and never looked back, especially after he persuaded our dorm to become the first one on our campus to have a Mac (and Laserwriter) equipped computer room!
73 with an iMac, 3 Lacie backup drives, 2 in use, a 10 Mgpxl camera, Mini Cooper, Shuffle, Pioneer Elite plasma HDTV. Waiting for Leopard, so that I can get a Mac Mini and an iTV thingy. I’m going to be dead a long time and they may not have this stuff where I’m going.
Now where is that remote?
62 and never changed to a PC, thought of changing to Windhose 98 and did not !
soon everyone just about will use it then..
why because statistically we have an aging population of baby boomers
so it really doesnt mean alot.. BTW im 48 and used pc’s till I was 45 till i “found” there was something called an apple comuter that actually made me more productive in a nice little home music studio
after getting sick of stupid windows XP driver issues
Recently turned 35 – been using Macs since ’84 with the original Mac 128KB, although I started with the Apple II+ when learning how to program in BASIC. Current Macs are an old-but-still-kicking PowerBook G4 400 MHz and a 1.6 GHz iMac G5. Waiting for the next gen MacBook Pro.
74 and use only Macs. Computers include: IIsi, 2 iMacs, iBook, 2 Powerbook, SE, Mini, and 2 Newtons. All still working.
53 yo – Mac User since 1986. Mac consultant for 20 years (as a sidelight to my “real” job as a biostatistician). Started with IBM punch cards at UC Berkeley in 1974. Moved to “dumb” terminals connected to VAX systems in 1978. I can truly say that my purchase of a MacPlus + LaserWriter in 1986 changed both my personal and professional life forever. Hung in there as a staunch Apple supporter during the “dark days” (1995-1996) and wow, am I glad I did! It has been a fun, wild ride and the future seems brighter than ever.
Thanks Steve! Thanks Apple! Can’t wait for MacWorld 2007…
I’m with the younger generation..
at 17 I’ve been using ’em since I was born 😀
That’s odd – out here in the “real world” I don’t see any age difference at all. I’m 33, my Mac using friends vary from 20s to 50s, I see tons of college students with Macs but no businessmen. All of the software developers I know (I know a bunch, I’m one too) are increasingly interested in Mac since the Intel switch; being able to run Mac OS X, Linux or Windows is a strong incentive. I even know Windows developers who use MacBook Pros and run them with Windows XP or Parallels. It seems like maybe 35% Mac, 40% Linux, 25% Windows amongst programmers that I’ve met.
Some of you old guys sound more like Mac collectors than Mac users… You still must be excited about the switch to PowerPC back in 1994 or whenever that was. This Intel switch is even more exciting for the current younger generation.
I’m 55 and a proud Mac user since 1985; still have it, as well as assorted models from over the years, including a Newton.
15 and been using my 533 Mhz G4 since it came out prob. about 6 years ago now. I so need to upgrade my hardware. Looking into getting a Mac Mini, lower pricing, can use same moniter and keyboard and other stuff i use with my comp now, plus a huge jump up in performance for me.
Man I feel young looking at everyone else posting on here. Getting all my friends to switch, so far got 6 of them.
My dad is a mac fan and I love them too I am 15 in high school). Since the intel macs came out, all my friends have told me they now want a mac (cause they can play their games). I already have two frinds that have switched to iMacs and they love them.
I think PCs are doomed.
yea im 17 also.
ive been using macs since the classic. and now using a macbook and a G5.
Don,
If you ever find your laptop, check to see if my socks and glasses are nearby. At 65, I will start collecting socialist insecurity in July.
MW: next,as in: Is there a next at 65?
Since we are burying our souls, 34. Came into the
Mac world exclusively for employment, at first
that is. Worked as an electronics tech for
Shreve Systems from ’92 to 2000. I bet some of
you old timers did business with us. Troubleshot
and repaired about every kind of Apple logic board,
laser printer, floppy drive (yeah we repaired floppy
drives when the 1.44 Superdrive was $400), and
anything else you could think of. 200,000 square
feet of broken Apple stuff, bought from Apple auctions.
We repaired and resold almost all of it. In ’94 if you
bought one of those coveted Mac II to IIfx upgrade
kits, it probably came from us.
Got my 83 year old dad, 82 year old mom and 87 year old aunt all on iMac’s and iBooks. None of em would touch a PC!
I’m 107 years old and bought my first Mac shortly after the First World War … yeah, before they even existed!
and now I’m enjoying my sixth large bottle of excellent German beer .. here in Berlin ….
… God bless you all …
I’m drunk again, but I love the Mac community.
I guess I meant bearing our souls
OH, UGH, make the voices stop!
Who;s got time to waste trying to use M$.
Hey, what happened to Ampar?
Thorin-
http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/msnbc/fv.htm??g=9201fee7-d86e-42b8-8a34-d46556a5448a&f=00&fg=email
TowerTone,
You got me. Get this, the pool in that video, I
competed in swim meets there as a kid.
GEAUX SAINTS
When you get to 55 you can’t afford to waste time with a machine that is constantly failing or plagued with pop-ups, viruses etc.
It’s the younger generation buying thier old folks some that doesn’t require them to RTFM. Remember the iMac when it came out; remove from box, plug in mouse & keyboard, power lead and you’re off.
Thorin-I guess I meant bearing our souls
No. You meant baring our souls. To make bare. Not bearing-to carry.
Thorin
That’s funny,back in the early 70’s, my uncles and I used to go to a swim club somewhere around Lakeshore Ave. (I think)
Go Captains!!!
(oops, they’re gone)
@ Ron,
I have never before tried to, and will never again
attempt to type that expression.
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TowerTone,
the pool in that video was COSST (City of Shreveport
Swim Team). right next to South Park Mall on Jewella.
Thorin
I know it wasn’t down there for sure (boy, that mall changed. Won’t be gettin an Apple Store there) Is there still a Johnny’s Pizza close to it? Sweep the floor!
73 and loving every minute of it.
Thing is I have had the same CD on my desktop for years. My son who installed my beloved iMac keeps telling me to drag it to the trash. Fiddlesticks to that. I don’t want to throw the CD out. I might need it again. I just want to get it out of the computer.
TT,
Yeah, there are some nice areas down here,
but that ain’t one of ’em! I don’t like Johnny’s,
they cut the pizza into squares (strange)
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I bagged a great job working on full motion B-52
flight simulators at Barksdale AFB. No freakin’ Macs
there I can assure you.
I’m 35. Had an Apple ][ clone in the early 80’s with Brøderbund Printshop and Karateka on it, heh.. then in 1993 my dad (who passed away at 65 this year) got me a Quadra 840av, a 40 MHz beast with 16 MB of RAM and a 1 GB HD.. and a 640×480 monitor!!!
My dad used to manage the largest printing company in Indonesia, and when the Mac first came out he dared to choose this “untried” technology as their future workstations… oh how they made fun of him then. Now this company may be the largest Mac buyer in Indonesia.
mw: people. yeah, people are stupid.
Wow, this is a long thread.
45 here. Been exclusively Apple since starting my business in 1985. Apple computers were big in turning my company into a multi-million dollar enterprise. THANKS, APPLE!!!!!!
Damn, I’ve said too much. I hope none of you freaks
try to hunt me down.
Sheridan listen to Buster. Time for bed – just kidding. That was funny Buster! Keep posting!
I’m 67 and I video chat with the grandchildren. That way my house stays clean.
Grandma P
Thorin
My Dad lived on base as a child (Grandpa was military) and I try to make it for the air show each spring. Beautiful place.
I actually prefer Superior Bar and Grill, but that town has changed soooo much. Plenty to do(compared to 1975) I managed to get thrown out of The Malibu twice-in one night!. Hah!
I saw SRV at Veterans Park around ’81, and there was a little blond headed kid wandering around backstage-Kenny Wayne Sheppard (his dad, Shotgun, was the announcer)
Grandma P
You got the right idea. I am trying to get set up to do that. Looks like I’m gonna have to move out-the kids won’t!
TT,
“I managed to get thrown out of The Malibu twice-in one night!. Hah!”
OMG! Been there done that, hilarious. Actually, I
got thrown out of the place next to Blind Tiger,
but I forget the name. It used to be called Seven Sisters.
My brother played as a sit in drummer down in the square
with a band called EXIT. Well TT, to close this out, I am an
undercover Mac Evangelist brother in your old town.
Peace out LOL
Thorin
Bricktown?
Anyhow, might see ya around Mardis Gras!
No, I remember now. I was called Club Isabella’s
http://johnkahre.blogspot.com/
when i wrote my post first thing this morning i never expected that there would be so many older people on this site. i find the statistic remarkable, now that i have thought about it. i am not sure if it is a good thing or bad thing, but it is remarkable. i have used a lot of computers in my time. i learned to write fortran on an ibm 1620 in college. it didn’t even have an operating system. it was still easier to use than windows though!
mw: been – “been there, done that”
I died 5 years ago at the age of 89 and still enjoy using my Mac. It really makes being dead more productive and enjoyable. Hoping my kids will lay a new Mac on my grave every 5 years so I can upgrade. I demanded it in my will.
Hopefully they don’t all die off.
MW: Young. I shit you not! How strange…
I had an age once.
Four Mac users in my house – average age 21.25 – with 2 x really obsolete Macs, 2 x obsolete Macs, and 2 just obsoleted Macs (not to mention a ton of Apples dumped since the Apple ][ ) … and planning to get 2 new Macs in 07.
My mother is 82 and has been happily using a Mac since she was 74!
I’m 42 and using Macs since I was 31 eleven years ago. Before that I spent 4 years with an Acer 386SX 20MHz running DOS 5 + Windows 3.1. When Windows 95 was released I jumped ship…
During that 11 year Mac heaven I went from a Performa 5215 to a 1GHz G4, besides 2 beige G3s (a 233MHz and a 300MHz), as well as an orange 300MHz iBook. Next buy is an Intel Mac mini just for kicks (wanna try running a Windows vertical app I need to use daily for my business at a local bank through Boot Camp, so I can finally wipe the Win 98 partition on an otherwise Unix only box – FreeBSD and Linux partitions as well on that Athlon PC).
Macs rule.
Grandma P.
“I video chat with the grandchildren. That way my house stays clean.”
Now THAT was funny!!!
I’ve been a disembodied ghost since the War of the Roses, and have used a Mac since ’84 (that’s 1984 for you other undead). I had no choice really, since it’s the only OS that responds to my psychokinetic efforts to control it … which is great, since ghosts can’t type or mouse (our fingers just phase through the plastic).
Anyway, while I often criticize the company (just to keep little Stevie honest), I wanted to offer my sincere thanks to Apple. You guys have made my afterlife much more enjoyable.
Look me up when you cross over – we’ll do lunch.
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MDN magic word = “nothing”
Creepily coincidental, eh?
The children of the 60’s have indeed grown up to be consumers of taste and discernment. The Mac demographic will change in the coming years, however, as the current generation of “kids” becomes part of the next generation of comsumers. In the past, 95% of these proto-sumers would have ended up owning PC’s, but those days are over. There is no way in Hell that 95% of todays iPod-carrying teens are going to grow up and buy stodgy, bug-infested PC’s like their stupid parents had. No way.
One thing I learned from the 60’s is that the things that capture the imagination when you’re young stay with you forever. Like the VW Beatle and Microbus, for example. VW’s success today can be directly traced, IMHO, to the iconic status these products achieved among an entire generation of young consumers. The same can be said about Apple’s products today.
What a cool hred this has been.
I can’tbelieve that at 47, I’m a relative “young ‘un”.
Some new Advertising ideas for Apple:
Apple, the Oldsmobile of the PC industry.
The Lincoln Town Car of PCs.
Ipod Shuffle, Clips right on your Adult Diapers!
Will Apple stores start doing early bird specials?
Coming Soon
Intel Win Mac, Not your Father’s Mac.
47. First mac, 1990 IIsi. Never owned a windows machine. Never will!
CustomersAndBrandSetToDie-
BUICK. “This is not your Father’s Mac”.
I just turned 79 and we have 3 Macs in our house. Been an Apple user since the Apple IIe. It’s the only way to go. Was in grad school at UC Berkeley with Doug Englebart, inventor of the mouse.
“Was in grad school at UC Berkeley with Doug Englebart, inventor of the mouse.”
Sacrilege. Steve Jobs invented the mouse because I saw one first on my Mac.
18 here. Been a user since 1991(ish), and the Mac Classic. While most in my demographic are recent iPod converts, I’ve been here since I could double-click on “Oregon Trail” in System 6. Once you go Mac, you never go back!
–mAc
My father is 81 and he uses Mac. I am 46 and I am using Mac.
No Wonder the U2 iPod sells so badly. Apple needs to bring out the Lawrence Welk edition.
just came back to read the last few entries. i am listening to “calcutta” on my 17″ powerbook g4 right now. couple of songs from the weavers coming up next. anyone remember them?!
Sorry, it’s all my fault. Anytime I have to sign that damn setup info when installing OSX I ALWAY put cr@p data in there. making 10 times more or less than I actually do, and born in the late 1800’s just to jack with their intrusionary metrics. I’ve installed OSX on at least 5 computers in the last 2 years (parents Mini, My G5 and MacPro and the 2 G4’s we reloaded before giving them to friends. Oh yeah, make that 6, the G5 when i sold it last month again as I reloaded that clean.
Hmmm.. My first computer was an apple (IIe)… expensive..I sadly switched to PC’s.I have had PC’s since… and have always totally hated Microsoft’s lousy software… however the workplaces where I have been always had Windows..
so I (swearing every day) have kept that op system at home too..
Of late I have been trying (very trying) Linux.
A small flashbulb went off the other day and I am ready finally to GET BACK TO Apple, and pitch this PC and windows XP etc,(everything except my nice new monitor) into the trash bin…
Better yet I will get more satisfaction in buying a gallon of Kerosene and lighting it all on fire in the back yard. Maybe I can dress up war-like and dance around it for a while and shoot at it with a BB gun..then just leave it there until it rains on the ashes for a while.Maybe leave it until it snows on it later. And then just sod over it leaving a little hillock that I can stomp on once in a while.
AAAHH Soon I will have Mac-overed it.
Hmmm.I am nearly 60.
My first computer was an apple (IIe)… expensive..I sadly switched to PC’s.I have had PC’s since… and have always totally hated Microsoft’s lousy software… however the workplaces where I have been always had Windows..
so I (swearing every day) have kept that op system at home too..
Of late I have been trying (very trying) Linux.
A small flashbulb went off the other day and I am ready finally to GET BACK TO Apple, and pitch this PC and windows XP etc,(everything except my nice new monitor) into the trash bin…
Better yet I will get more satisfaction in buying a gallon of Kerosene and lighting it all on fire in the back yard. Maybe I can dress up war-like and dance around it for a while and shoot at it with a BB gun..then just leave it there until it rains on the ashes for a while.Maybe leave it until it snows on it later. And then just sod over it leaving a little hillock that I can stomp on once in a while.
AAAHH Soon I will have Mac-overed it.