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From: Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com>
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Subject: Re: Typical Mac users
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote or quoted:
> :The /typical/ Mac user [1] who is the person Apple targets in their 
> :marketing is someone who views "a computer" as simply a tool to 
> :accomplish some other task(s), in the same way that most automobile owners 
> :view their car as a "means for personal transportation from point A to 
> :point B".  
>
>   A scientist who uses Linux to study frequencies of words or
>   diseases is someone who wants to use his computer as a tool
>   to accomplish some other task, too.
>
>   So, I appreciate your attempt to clarify what is special about
>   Mac users, but I'm not sure whether your current wording is
>   already the most accurate wording possible. Maybe someone can
>   improve it.

Mac users are the vegans of the computing world.

For years I was rather neutral about Apple but grew to hate it more than
I do Microsoft.

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Daniel
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