Your title is misleading. The article doesn't claim Obama is like a stereo-typical Mac user, it claims his campaign (and more specifically his website) is like a stero-typical apple product. Sleek, well integrated, nicely packaged. They don't mention the "oooooo" factor, but Obama's campaign has the same sort of sizzle that makes people go "ooooo" the first time they get their hands on a MacBook Air.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I'd post the obligatory Penny Arcade link, but their archive is temporarily offline.
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
The article picture clearly associates Obama with the Mac guy from the ads who, as the first article mentions, exhibits stereotypical Mac user attitudes. It's guilt by association Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I just wanted to add that I use both a Mac and a PC and I am definitely more extraordinary when I'm on the Mac.
(Any bets on which one I'm using tonight?)
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Oh, I also want to add that I own a MacBook Air which pretty much makes me very extremely extraordinary even when I happen to be using a PC. Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I just want to say that I'm using Linux right now which makes me several orders of magnitude more extraordinary than anyone who uses either windows or mac.
And if that weren't enough I'm also using a mac on the side. Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:I just want to say that I'm using Linux right now which makes me several orders of magnitude more extraordinary than anyone who uses either windows or mac.
Linux users are extraordinary, but in an ubergeek sort of way. Definitely not in a cool sort of way.
At least not nearly as cool as those of us who own a MacBook Air.
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
quote:Originally posted by Alcon: I just want to say that I'm using Linux right now which makes me several orders of magnitude more extraordinary than anyone who uses either windows or mac.
Mac OS X is built on Unix so at your best you are equal to a Mac user! And don't try to tell me that Linux is more extraordinary than Unix.
EDIT: Max OS X is actually built on FreeBSD
[ April 23, 2008, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: Threads ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Linux is more extraordinary than Unix.
Posted by Fusiachi (Member # 7376) on :
My self-worth is intimately tied to my choice of operating system.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
My Mac gives me hope.
Also, John McCain is Linux. It's been around a long time, not many people like it, but there are devoted fans. Linux was also imprisoned for years in Vietnam. Bet you didn't know that. Linux served its country, so you can't criticize it. Linux supports the troops. Do you???
Edit: Also I love that Barack's site (after the sign up prompt page) goes right to news and messages.
Hilary's site opens on a donation page with credit card info right on it. That's tacky no?
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: Oh, I also want to add that I own a MacBook Air which pretty much makes me very extremely extraordinary even when I happen to be using a PC.
*drools with jealousy*
My iPod Touch makes me pretty cool, counteracting the fact that I got it to show baby pictures and videos on.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Have I mentioned that I have a MacBook Air.
Whenever I take it anywhere, people want to touch it.
I often carry it in a padded envelope to keep people from drooling on it. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*drool*
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
Congratulations on your extraordinary ability to mention your MacBook Air.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Rabbit has a Macbook Air? I somehow missed that.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell Jon Boy.
JonBoy, I now have a MacBook Air.
Your chances of every being as cool as I am are dropping by the second.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
quote:And don't try to tell me that Linux is more extraordinary than Unix.
Mac's built on top of it's own weird version of FreeBSD called Darwin. And the vast majority of Mac users don't have a clue how to use Darwin. Also Linux is open source. Therefor Linux > Mac. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: Oh yeah, I forgot to tell Jon Boy.
JonBoy, I now have a MacBook Air.
Your chances of every being as cool as I am are dropping by the second.
Gee, I guess I'll just have to rely on my own internal coolness instead of hoping that I will become cool by owning something that others think of as cool.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy: Gee, I guess I'll just have to rely on my own internal coolness instead of hoping that I will become cool by owning something that others think of as cool.
FAIL. Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
Anyone that is still actively using a Commodore is pretty extraordinary in my view.
Although, if anyone here is using a MacBook Air, that's pretty cool too. Not sure if anyone is, though.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Gee, I guess I'll just have to rely on my own internal coolness instead of hoping that I will become cool by owning something that others think of as cool.
You are confusing cause and effect, which is seriously uncool (internally and externally). Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I'm running a 64 bit computer with 16 gb of ram, 1 gb video card, and two dual core liquid cooled processors on my pc. Isn't that kinda cool?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:You are confusing cause and effect, which is seriously uncool (internally and externally).
You're the one who said that your Macbook Air makes you extremely extraordinary. So which is the cause, and which is the effect?
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by camus: Anyone that is still actively using a Commodore is pretty extraordinary in my view.
Although, if anyone here is using a MacBook Air, that's pretty cool too. Not sure if anyone is, though.
I'm posting from a MacBook Air right now!!
I am so Übercool. I can post inappröpriate ümlauts with ease.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by brojack17: I'm running a 64 bit computer with 16 gb of ram, 1 gb video card, and two dual core liquid cooled processors on my pc. Isn't that kinda cool?
Oh, Oh, I want 16 Gigabyte of ram!!
Not on my MacBook Air of course, that would make it fat and heavy.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
are you editing video, playing Bioshock, hosting an enterprise database, and doing protein folding simulations at the same time, to need 16 gb? I thought I was being silly when I got my 8 gb of RAM.
BTW all 4 of my cores are on one processor, .
I don't have liquid cooling though. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I don't get why so many Mac users want outrageous amounts of RAM.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
No I'm just doing statistical processing of 4D image data and I'm sick of having to swap large portions of the data in and out of active memory and between integer and double precision. It slows things down.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy: I don't get why so many Mac users want outrageous amounts of RAM.
Because we do more with our computers than surf the web, play games and write poetry.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
And you think you need 16 GB of RAM to do that?
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy: And you think you need 16 GB of RAM to do that?
4D statistical image processing?
Yes, absolutely. More would be better.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum: are you editing video, playing Bioshock, hosting an enterprise database, and doing protein folding simulations at the same time, to need 16 gb? I thought I was being silly when I got my 8 gb of RAM.
BTW all 4 of my cores are on one processor, .
I don't have liquid cooling though.
I doing Computer Aided Design (CAD) work for this. It's not MY computer but NASA bought it and I have it here in my home office. It's pretty sweet. It runs very hot though.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Finite element analysis can suck up a lot RAM, too. Especially for something like this.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit:
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy: And you think you need 16 GB of RAM to do that?
4D statistical image processing?
Yes, absolutely. More would be better.
Are you saying that most Mac users do things like this on their computers? Because in my experience, most Mac users fall somewhere between "surfing the web" and "playing games" camps.
And as brojack demonstrated, you don't need a Mac to have that kind of horsepower.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
The software program I use does not work on a Mac. It used to work on Linux but not anymore. Windows and Unix only.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Are you saying that most Mac users do things like this on their computers?
Are you saying most Mac users have (or even want) 16 GB of RAM?
You asked why "many Mac users want outrageous amounts of RAM."
I have no idea why the others want outrageous amounts of RAM. I can only answer for myself.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by brojack17: The software program I use does not work on a Mac. It used to work on Linux but not anymore. Windows and Unix only.
Too bad, most Unix stuff will run on a Mac.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: I have no idea why the others want outrageous amounts of RAM. I can only answer for myself.
But you did answer for others.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I haven't used an Apple product since the Apple IIc I used in the sixth grade. When I really started using computers, it was when I started using CAD so I am just used to PC.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
You're right, I gave a very general answer
quote:BBecause we do more with our computers than surf the web, play games and write poetry.
Do I think most Mac users do stuff that requires large amounts of memory. No!
I am however confident that most Mac users who have or want outrageous amounts of RAM, do stuff like this on their computers. To get the specifics, you'd have to ask them.
You've been given several examples of what kinds of things people do that require lots of RAM. Find me a MAC user with 8 GB of RAM who doesn't do anything that would require it.
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