At around 21/6/06 2:17 pm, Jim Devine wrote:
> On 6/21/06, ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Not surprising. One of the BoingBoing guys wrote yesterday (and I agree)
>> that the MS guy just looks like a friendly, lovable geeky suit, while
>> the Mac guy seems an annoying, smug creep.
>
> I'd bet that it depends on your age. Being over 50, I'd agree with
> you. But someone who's (say) 20 might be turned off by the MS guy as
> being stuffy and aspire to be like the "cool" Mac guy.
>
Well, yes, I think the preference for the Mac creep is probably higher
among the 20+ crowd, but I would guess not by much. The Mac guy is not
really "cool" (he is not a metrosexual, or a jock, or any of that), just
geek cool. As the BoingBoing guy pointed out, his appeal is restricted
to the converted: he fits the Mac geek stereotype. The MS guy is uncool
but he comes across as a friendly, amiable person. One of my female
friends put it this way: the MS guy is the kind of guy that women would
put in the "friend" category. The Mac guy is the sort of creep that hit
on her in a CS course at college. Not cool, but just full of himself.
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--ravi
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