England vs America

[Killa_ken]

I, Have noticed something; When I lived in England, out of all the people I knew, only one of them had a mac: yet in America, EVERY single college student and there dogs have a macbook/pro/ibook

Why such a difference?

P.S I just got a new macbook OMG I LOVE IT!

 

[Will_3rd]

AFAIK it's because they usually get ridiculously good discounts + I'm guessing some of students are reasonably affluent.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Macs have always been more popular overseas.

Even back in 2001 (when I got my first Mac) I was in the US, and saw a LOAD of people using Macs.

 

[J1234]

There so much cheaper in America.

We just get ripped off in Britain.

 

[Irish_Tom]

I may be in the one place in the UK which is the exception to the rule but at uni (The Arts Institute at Bournemouth) Macs out number PC's by a fair margin and everyone who has a PC is either waiting to change or wishes they could afford to.

Now seeing as it's an institution based around the arts with photography graphic design and illustration being the main courses it's not surprising that there is such an influx of mac hardware but it's a nice site in the library when everyone is there with their macbooks and MBPs.

Panzer

 

[Mr Jones]

Not sure if it's also a "snobbing/ignorant" views that many Brits in have on Macs but a lot of people always bang on about my MacBook being "poo" and "expensive".

They seem to associate Macs to nothing more than a fancy kit that does photos and fat wallet artists/graphics artists uses it.

Until I let them have a try around...
(it's pretty much the same with people bashing in the product when they've not even used it, which is pretty lame IMO)

 

[Killa_ken]

Either way, Im not bothered. I'd prefer if people didnt use them, then its more special and people wont write virus's

 

[Caged]

Either way, Im not bothered. I'd prefer if people didnt use them, then its more special and people wont write virus's

Or write any software for them. Your Mac isn't "special" at all, it's a mass produced computer - not wanting it to become popular is stupid.

 

[Mr Jones]

Or write any software for them. Your Mac isn't "special" at all, it's a mass produced computer - not wanting it to become popular is stupid.

Agreed.
I would like Macs to be more popular, more softwares and make it more mainstream - makes the open market bit more competative than the usual Windows XP/Vista dominance.