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  • S Steve Mayfield

    85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

    Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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    Lost User
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    Gee that's awful... "While Apple owners tend to own more computers and more electronics devices, there is also a high correlation among Apple owners and more affluent consumer households," NPD analyst Stephen Baker said in a statement. "Thirty-six percent of Apple computer owners reported household incomes greater than $100,000, compared to 21 percent of all consumers." ...or not. :doh: :-D

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      85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

      Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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      Christian Graus
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      Actually, nowadays, surely 100% do, given that we can run windows on our Macs ? The question is, did we buy a windows based PC b/c we needed one, or did we buy a Mac to get away from Windows ? I have plenty of windows based PCs in my house, my kids use them, I use them for testing, etc. The only computer I use regularly, is my Mac.

      Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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        So? They probably have toilets, too...

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        Gary R Wheeler
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        Ah, but Mac owners' sh!t doesn't stink.

        Software Zen: delete this;
        Fold With Us![^]

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          Ah, but Mac owners' sh!t doesn't stink.

          Software Zen: delete this;
          Fold With Us![^]

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          Lost User
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          :laugh:

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          • S Steve Mayfield

            85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

            Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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            Gary Kirkham
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            I have Windows on my Mac laptop running in VMWare Fusion.

            Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit The men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen." Me blog, You read

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              Actually, nowadays, surely 100% do, given that we can run windows on our Macs ? The question is, did we buy a windows based PC b/c we needed one, or did we buy a Mac to get away from Windows ? I have plenty of windows based PCs in my house, my kids use them, I use them for testing, etc. The only computer I use regularly, is my Mac.

              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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              Mark_Wallace
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              This just in: Macs are no good for testing or for children!

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                Gee that's awful... "While Apple owners tend to own more computers and more electronics devices, there is also a high correlation among Apple owners and more affluent consumer households," NPD analyst Stephen Baker said in a statement. "Thirty-six percent of Apple computer owners reported household incomes greater than $100,000, compared to 21 percent of all consumers." ...or not. :doh: :-D

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                tho s
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                Aha! I bought a Mac Mini this spring and my economy is way better than this time last year! Coincidence? I think not! :cool:

                If I cannot find a way I will make one

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                • S Steve Mayfield

                  85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

                  Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                  stevev6
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                  The best part of having a Mac: You can turn off Windows...

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                  • S Steve Mayfield

                    85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

                    Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                    Caslen
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                    They probably keep it hidden in the shed under a pile of dirty mags

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                      Gee that's awful... "While Apple owners tend to own more computers and more electronics devices, there is also a high correlation among Apple owners and more affluent consumer households," NPD analyst Stephen Baker said in a statement. "Thirty-six percent of Apple computer owners reported household incomes greater than $100,000, compared to 21 percent of all consumers." ...or not. :doh: :-D

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                      feanorgem
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                      They need it to afford the MacTax. Or is it iTax now? or "A fool and their money are soon parted."

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                        They need it to afford the MacTax. Or is it iTax now? or "A fool and their money are soon parted."

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                        feanorgem wrote:

                        They need it to afford the MacTax. Or is it iTax now?

                        Its all relative. Mac users see it as a discount PC buyers get for being forced to use Windows. or "You get what you pay for"

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                        • S Steve Mayfield

                          85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

                          Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                          luiscornejo
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                          Most of us have to. Windows only app or some of us developers that need to test in all platforms (like web sites.) Suffice it to say that its be best commercial platform out there, both in hardware and software.

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                          • S Steve Mayfield

                            85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

                            Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                            David Meridian
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                            Yeah, I need it for testing websites against IE, unfortunately. Just glad I didn't pay my own money for it.

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                              The best part of having a Mac: You can turn off Windows...

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                              Fabio Franco
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                              Best thing about Windows: You don't need a MAC OS.

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                              • S Steve Mayfield

                                85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

                                Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                                bvidolov
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                                Yeah. That is because there are a lot of wheels remaining to be invented in a cooler and expensive way. :laugh:

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                                • S Steve Mayfield

                                  85% of them also own at least one Windows-based PC [^]

                                  Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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                                  firegryphon
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                                  But another good question is what came first. I have 5 macs now and 3 windows machines. The 3 windows machines were bought prior to switching over to Mac. You ask where these 5 machines are? Well there was my first machine which was a cheap macbook I bought to see if I could get over my anger with Vista with (which it proved quite positively I could). When my beloved Vaio notebook went into Best buy for its third/fourth final repair (the fourth was they had forgot to plug in the keyboard so they junked it out when I said, "Keyboard isn't working now, can they plug in the keyboard?"), I was left realizing that there were no computers left that I wanted, as the only remaining Vaio similar to mine had a horrible keyboard. I tried out the new unibody macbook pro and said I wanted that and they gave it to me. Since then, I found this killer deal (<300$) on the mac minis and they drive my HDTVs just fine (1080p & Plex), so I bought a couple. So for me, this trend is the opposite of what you seem to think, where they buy a windows based PC to make up for a mac deficiency (as we'd just boot camp if we can't get a piece of windows software to work with Darwine or VMWare Fusion/Parallels. This is also the trend I've witnessed in many of my fellow converts. Then there are those that just went straight to Mac after not owning a computer in 15 years or more.

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