Reminder: Following last night’s “Welcome to Macintosh” showing, CNBC’s presentation of “MacHEADS” will premiere tonight, Tuesday, January 5th at 10pm ET.
MacHEADS
The Mac community is filled with adoring fans. There’s worldwide excitement and anticipation for “all things Apple.” You’ll meet adoring Apple fans with unwavering loyalty for the company and it’s products. What makes Mac computers, the iPhone and iPods so popular? CNBC’s “MacHEADS” explores the world of Mac, a cultural phenomena that created a cult fan base, made Steve Jobs a modern day hero and generated a multi-million dollar business.
Source: CNBC
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Artist” for the heads up.]
Been one since 1991
Saw Welcome to Macintosh last nite. Pretty good. For those who missed it, it’s on again on Friday at midnite. And, MacHEADS is playing 6x in the next five days, so you should be able to find a time to watch it as well.
Watched MacHeads on Hulu last week. For those free of cable
Since 1986
Welcome to Macintosh sucked, made Mac users look like losers.
Just my $0.02
@ occams razor
Late comer.
(Since 1984)
Since 1989 and still going strong…wish I had bought stock….
Since 1981 (Apple II)
Since when did you become a cult member by simply liking the best product of it’s kind? That’s like saying a cult Tupperware fan (Tupperware is a brand but we refer to all plastic things you put food in as tupperware).
We’re “die-hard” because everyone else is so dumb for preferring an obviously inferior product. It’s painful to watch the lemmings follow each other so we try to spread the news of a better alternative and get called cult members for it.
@ dxbydt
So true, but sometimes it pays off.
I work in Real Estate and trying to get someone to switch to a Mac is especially hard because you cannot access the MLX without IE7. I did however get one guy to switch and I was talking with him about some business yesterday and right before we hung up he said ” Hey, was it you who talked me into getting a Mac a few years back? I said yes, and he replied ” Thank You, you changed my life! Oh Really? “Yes, Seriously, it changed my life.” Felt pretty good!
Apple fan since 1977 here.
On another note the person that claimed the first order for Apple IIs forgot the Terrell brothers that ordered the first 50 Apple IIs. Conventional wisdom is the Terrell brothers ordered the first 50, Jobs took that order and got a loan to buy the components to build them.
This documentary was a horrible piece of crap. It made Mac users look like idiots and little better than cult members. They essentially focus on a couple of nutcase hippy kooks and predicate the rest of the documentary on them.
“Ohhh look at us! We’re artist living in dirt and a dilapidated bus and smoking weed and loving our Mac.”
And from them it’s all down hill like jack asses sitting in line for 48 hours to see a Steve Jobs keynote.
The only good thing about the documentary is that after proving that Mac lovers are as cultish as you can possibly be, its over quickly.
Next to “An Inconvenient Truth” probably the worst documentary ever.
while we’re braggin… 1978 here!
I saw “Welcome to the Macintosh” and it brought back great memories of 1984.
Steve’s words were true then and are true today. The only difference is instead of IBM, it’s Microsoft who is the bad guy.
@theloniousMac should chill, I am proud of looking like an idiot instead of a GEEK. At least we have fun and enjoy our machines. I also remembered why I really love my Macs, “Their beautiful and they just work”.
I hope the world of business will understand soon how much more productivity they can get by switching to Apple.
Since 1984 – apple iic
Well, that was kind of embarrassing :=/
Pathetic program. If Ballmer had made the program for CNBC, it couldn’t have made Mac users look more like stupid drugged up maroons. CNBC must be owned by MS & the dems. The hour prior had made Bill Gates appear god-like.This was the first time I had tuned to CNBC, and it is the last. Back to fair & balanced for me.
I totally agree with theloniousMac. Whoever made this flick just doesn’t get it. It’s not just artists anymore. You can run businesses of these systems. You will never get rid of the need for Windows but the Mac can do that too. It’s just more value for the money. That’s a really hard concept for people nowadays I guess.
“Made by stoners for stoners.” LOL!
1984 my friend had a xerox computer with 3 manuals each 3 inches think–for 3 days we tried to get it to print
The next day I came over and he had this new computer sitting on the table and I said “what’s that?” and he said “A mac” and then he said “watch this” and he hit print and the thing worked!!!! Just like that, no manual reading involved–we tossed the xerox in the trash an hour later–and I have never ever looked back, it is the best–BTW I am writing this on my 15 inch MBP and I still have my original 12 inch powerbook and my daughter uses it. I hadn’t upgraded it passed 10.2 and when I plugged it in to the internet last week it told me there were upgrades available and would Ilike to upgrade!! oh yea!
Looks like both shows are being repeated on Saturday, but if they are on Hulu that’s a big win for me!
@Rob totally agree. No wonder Steve never looks back at the “glory days”.
Rob – Welcome to Macintosh sucked, made Mac users look like losers. Just my $0.02
Ever see Pirates of Silicon Valley starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates?
For laughs: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1406900480/tt0168122
Sigh I wish people would stop assuming that the world ends at the US border. America makes up only 4% of the world, you know. Have some sensitivity for others who are constantly offended by an attitude that addresses every reader as if they live in the US.