“I walked into Starbucks and they. were. everywhere.”
“They who?”
“The macs. Everyone was on a mac.”
Snorts. “They all had Macs?”
“Every single one. Their little apples were glowing and everything.”
“No Windows? Anywhere?”
“Well there was one blue-glowing Dell in the far corner…”
“But how can that be?!”
“They’re lonely people, those Mac users.”
“I hope you don’t turn out lonely.”
“Thanks, dad. Thanks.”
Mac users tend to be soo immersed in their Macs that’s why it seems that way haha. My bff and I bought our Macs just days apart so we wouldn’t feel bad for the other for not owning one lol. When you get your Mac, beware of sleepless nights :P
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December 11th, 2007 at 1:21 amHAHAHA!! That’s awesome. If I had a Mac, I’d sit in Starbucks with it just to show off my sexy mac-ness. Seriously.
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December 11th, 2007 at 6:52 amAround here, Macs used to be so rare. Now in my Univ, specially where there is good wifi reception Macs are everywhere! I don’t know how to link it to loneliness, but yeah, I also hope that you don’t turn out lonely XD
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December 11th, 2007 at 11:26 amI want a Mac so bad. I’ve always wanted one. I want to be part of the cool crowd too, lol. Someday I will own one. Hopefully someday soon rather than someday in the far off future, haha.
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December 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pmI have sooo many friends. Guess which OS I use? ;)
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December 11th, 2007 at 8:10 pmI was wondering what was up with the stereotype of the Starbucks-drinking wanna-be artsy Mac users. I suppose it might actually be true.
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December 11th, 2007 at 10:52 pmDid you read this article? http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant
I think it’s very true and funny. I don’t know what so special about Macs. Come on, people, it’s just a computer.
The article captured what some of the commenters said here… :-o
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December 12th, 2007 at 2:26 amVery funny =)
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December 12th, 2007 at 7:45 pmHehe :D I actually see more and more Macs too though.
I like that link :)
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December 13th, 2007 at 6:35 amThat never makes sense to me. Leaving your warm snuggly home just to sit in a loud obnoxious environment that stinks of coffee just to show off your laptop.
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December 15th, 2007 at 9:04 pmYour dad is watching out for you :P
I must be some sort of insane social maniac then. Goodness, Windows has been my OS for years… and years… and years. It’s gotten quite mundane, actually.
Or maybe my “I-WANT-A-MAC” impulse is kicking up again.
I must stay loyal :)
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December 18th, 2007 at 9:14 pmA boy in my class at school just got a Mac. They’re taking over the world…
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December 22nd, 2007 at 8:46 amSounds like a conversation my Dad and I would have. My brother has a MAC and I’m lost on it. I’m so used to PCs.
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December 22nd, 2007 at 9:23 pmThat certainly is a funny way of looking at it! If I had a Mac I’ll never bring it out in public since I’m paranoid like that.
TBH though, I’ve only seen one person with a Mac in a Starbucks. I think I need to go there more often XD
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December 23rd, 2007 at 12:07 amMac users are rich people with higher social status. :P That’s a general stereotype. I’d rather have a Mac than be popular.
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December 24th, 2007 at 9:59 pmMac users aren’t rich people with higher social status. o.O And we are not lonely either! :P
I own a Mac, and some of my friends and family do too, and we are certainly not rich. I’ve seen rich, and we are not it, lol. Our PC’s just burned one day, so we decided to try out something else; since fixing the PC would cost almost the same…
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December 26th, 2007 at 9:32 amNot really lonely if there is a lot of them.
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December 29th, 2007 at 11:36 amFor some reason I find the “glowing apples” rather… no double meaning?
I would so like to switch from Win to something else, but I my work requires me to use Windows… so I’m in this comfortable zone with “oh I couldn’t do it anyway”…
But I’m not entirely sure how the lonely got out of this? I mean… wouldn’t the Dell guy be the lonely one in this example?
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December 29th, 2007 at 5:08 pmThe guy who interviewed me today goes “so I see you’re a Mac person. I use a Mac too”. And it was some little connection, like I know your running Leopard on your old as hell Mac, but that’s okay. I mean, I do have a MacBook.
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January 9th, 2008 at 10:56 pmhahaha that’s funny. I’ve never been to a starbucks where people were on computers, but at barnes and noble everyone has a PC.
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September 1st, 2008 at 12:45 amSo true… my local Starbucks is the exact same way!!! And guess what… I just went and bought myself a MacBook Pro after being a loyal PC user for over a decade.
I guess I’ll be joining the lonely. I love it thus far!!!
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October 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pmi have a mac for a long time now and starbucks and macs are made for each other lol…PC is for Dunkin Donuts. I cant stop laughing when a friend of mine who was so amazed with my mac that he finally purchased the black macbook and the first thing he wanted was to go and use his macbook at starbucks and what d ya know he asked me to bring mine at the same time lmao
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November 29th, 2008 at 8:48 amIncludes complete systems as well as separate components. ,
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:55 amSounds like you are being smart to bring those documents as back-up. ,
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October 23rd, 2009 at 6:55 amI want a mac so bad. I’ve used pc’s all my life. my school introduced me to macs and they are just so beautiful and peaceful and so easy to use.
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