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  • These people, even the ones who try to negate it, EMBODY the term "snob"! lol

  • better? degree? taste? you can't use a computer for youself because you get fustrated too often.. face reality..

  • So Mac users don't drink beer?

  • "My £1500 Mac is better than your £400 PC" - every Mac vs PC argument ever.

  • Mac users are stupid users? the UI of Mac OS leaves no room for self discovery, you are just guided to everything, it's like having the help guide on, non-stop.

    everything is so easy. and that's what makes it boring.

  • I believe that the mac is a cult like product with a cult like following mac users constantly speak of superiority and security but the same security and thought of superiority can be acquired with free as in beer software such as bsd the os mac is based off of or even linux from what I read hardware wise mac is inferior to pc when it comes to terms of cost hardware tends to be outdated due to the very nature of the development of the unix kernal although mac is quicker to drop depricated parts

  • Windows is the CHEAPEST option, that's why its more popular.

    I'm the proud owner of a Macbook Pro and iPhone 4, I chose them because Apple products are known for their good quality and stylish design. But yes, Apple users like myself are very particular and we do appreciate the 'finer things in life' :p

    Everyone who disagrees, or hates on us is just jealous.

  • @lazygamer247 call me jealous then, but it seems that mac users have a insecure personality, and tunnel that feeling through the things they buy, so they buy things that actracts attention from others, instead of doing it just using their personal qualities.

  • All the people who spoke, Fail at life, know jack shit about computers, and yes. Snobs. Windows is better. ask any IT pro like myself.

  • I have an Ipod touch 4G and i like it however as long as i can get a computer for half the price than the cheapest Mac and a Computer in that fits the Palm of my hand from other companies besides Apple . I'll never buy a Mac.

  • 1:04 So PC users are more inclined to take whats given to them?! Dude when you buy a Mac you don't have a lot of options you are stuck with what they give you in a computer and your options are limited how can you call yourself particular or picky?! Mac users are Mac users because almost all of them think themselves artist and movie directors...

  • I'm a PC user and I am super particular about my beer and what clothes I wear. =\

  • the first guy says it all.

  • Fucking hate Mac users! Thinking they are better than PC users. Name me one thing that you can do on a mac that you can't do on a PC?!

  • Use macs all you want but don't come and chastise me about getting a mac when I use a PC cause I've have that happen to me all the time.

  • THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUNG

    MACS USERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THEIR COMPUTER I HAVE USED WINDOWS EVER SINCE I GOT A COMPUTER AND NNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEVVVEEER CRASHED THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE COMPUTER AND WINDOWS USERS TEND TO BE MORE EDUCATED IN COMPUTERS

  • Oh yeah, Mac power!!!! 

  • What is Taylor Swift doing by this cougar @ 3:15 lol

  • @HeyJuanGuapo : i completely agree, i switched from a pc to a mac, and i love the mac. the only thing better about a pc is that its cheaper

  • the guy at 56 seconds into it is a giant snob anyone agree?

  • I switched from Mac to PC. I'm not buying another "I" anything until Jobs comes down on his prices for his machines. I know that'll never happen, so you can keep your Mac.

  • i was being sarcastic...i hate macs...

  • Is being snobby necessarily bad? The way I see it, people who care about themselves are more responsible, and in some way, the morally better people, in some way.

  • Es verdad los usuarios de MAC son snob, asi como los usuarios de Linux creemos ser los seres mas inteligentes del universo, para nosotros todos los demas usuarios son ignorantes.

  • Linus es idiota de seguridad para los frutos secos y los Macs son para personas que les gusta limpiar el culo con un billete de cincuenta dólares

  • @humosa: Seguridad para frutos secos???,

    que xuxa significa eso...

  • Why pay 1000 bucks for a Mac when you can pay 600 bucks for a Hackitosh

  • Quality and performance.

  • @Okxm: $600 that is too much $400 is the sweet spot my friend. intel t3400 duo 2.13ghz, intel 4500m, 160gb, 15.4", 1.3mpixel webcam, cdRW...yeah hackintosh it with snow leopard. I preferred Ubuntu 9.10_x64 over mac snow leopard at the moment, i like how mac feels really secure because all 3rd party have to run in .dmg file system. Mac=it works, Linux=anything you want it to be, and windows=Games+Fun+it works if you know how to maintain it.

  • Definitely snobs. You can't appreciate the finer things in life if you don't know what they are. I want to see how many Mac users can actually do an upgrade on their computers without whining or taking it to an Apple Store.

    Getting a Mac is like getting your rich daddy to buy you a new BMW M5.

    Buying a PC is like buying an Audi RS4 yourself. Similar end result, but only one type of person knows why theirs is a more awesome car.

  • pc users have no taste...you cant be proud of shit...

  • SNOB * Pronunciation: \ˈsnäb * Function: noun * Etymology: origin unknown * Date: 1781

    1 British : cobbler

    2 : one who blatantly imitates, fawningly admires, or vulgarly seeks association with those regarded as social superiors

    3 a : one who tends to rebuff, avoid, or ignore those regarded as inferior b : one who has an offensive air of superiority in matters of knowledge or taste

  • LOL, this would make a great commercial for Microsoft. Just hinting that most Mac users are snobby, far left liberals from San Fran would rub most people the wrong way and work in favour of Microsoft.

  • I'll tell you something, though...

    what computer you use having any reference point on your character is a stupid idea. Ultimately a computer is just a computer, and what you do with it is what makes it amazing.

    So go do something with your computer other than making dumb videos about how your feeling of mac brand value is "snobby". Macworld used to be a good magazine... with like how-tos and tech stuff. Ya

  • Hmmm, he did do something, and it rubbed you the wrong way, and started a discussion.

    And as far as snobbery is concerned, sounds like this might have hit close to home. Most folks only get angry about stuff that is true.

  • Oh absolutely not my dear fellow.

    I'm not angry, I'm more annoyed that this is coming out of macworld?!?!! I mean, it used to be respectable 10 years ago!

    This is some posturing and ignorant journalism, they might as well be working as a marketing team for microsoft.

    Seriously, this whole bizness of assuming that there's a singular culture of computer users... in 2009?!

    You musta be crazy. I'm a computer user LOL. I'm suggesting that these guys shouldn't be running a mac mag, they're n00bs.

  • Oi this is a load of bull effluent journalism.

    what is the difference between drivers of bmw cars and ford cars? Are bmw owners snobbish? There are snobbish ford owners.

    I'll tell you the only discernable difference: the people who bought macs bought macs, and the people who bought PCs bought pcs.

    Mac & PC are complicated traditions spanning nearly 30 years, and there have been many twists and turns in the platforms.

  • You didn't really say anything here.

  • Indeed, I believe that the premise of their argument is highly flawed, and belies the massive numbers of people on either platform, and the diversitiy of their personal characteristics.

    I won't even disagree, there's nothing to say on this subject. It shouldn't be a subject of argument.

    What tool you use to do a job really has very little bearing on personal character.

    What I really don't like is the insinuation of snobbery: I'm posting a definition so that people can understand what it is.

  • If you write software for Mac it will be easier to emulate in the future because of the simplicity of Apple hardware/software

  • Often Macintosh computers epitomize personal computers of their era

  • at least say thing that are true...2x mouse button... you really thing that isnt on mac too, just tap with two fingers on trackpad, and you 2 second mouse clik, or plugin a normal mouse...

  • Oh yeah, pay $1300 for a Macbook when you could get 2x the mouse buttons, more compatibility and more features with a $700 pc laptop.

  • Meh. I just use Mac couse I think it's better.

  • ... and you're a snob

  • Can't believe they are branding 'snob' as a positive. I constantly use both (just finished some stuff on the Mac 5 min ago and am now on PC)and they both have the strength & weaknesses. A snob is a person who is so convinced of his/her superior taste that they completely close their mind to the 'tastes' of others.

    THEY ARE TOOLS, NOT YOUR PERSONALITY (if it does define your personality then you are a pretty shallow individual).

  • Don't know who gave you a -1 (probably that exact offended shallow person).

    You are 100% right.

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  • do they realize that there are computers out there that can absolutly crush and blow macs out of the water?

  • No, because they wouldn't be using a Mac then. Ignorance is bliss, especially when your being told your ripped off by buying a Mac. lol

  • Umm, actually, the new intel macs are about the same price as a PC. Buying legit windoze pushes the price above a macbook pro.

    Sure when it comes to desktops, you can homebrew. A hackintosh.

  • mac users are snobbier.. just because of their im-superior attitude, and there is nothing wrong with that

    its pretty cool really, i for one wanna punch mac users in the face when they start blabbering about how much better their computers are. Dont boast, Im a mac user, but im not a tard

  • Wow, this video just proved that they are snobs. Quality? Performance? Superior to others? Isnt paying more for the same performance and shiny buttons snobby? I'm not saying macs are lesser machines but god are the expensive. Long live quality AND price!

  • thats okay

  • thats not true the mighty mouse if 4 button, go into system preferences, then keyboard & mouse, click mouse at the top, & the right side of the mouse set it to secondary button. I should know, I have been using macs for 10 years

  • Pretty sure that a video filled with pretentious, ultra-biased Macworld editors and ill-informed users is probably not the best place to get an unbiased opinion. Go Macworld! You rule Brian Chen!!

  • apple sucks,and pcs rule

  • These peoples explanations are snobby themselves. Trying to say people with PC's don't care about their computer. That they will just tkae whatever is thrown at them.

  • lmao the very first thing he said made me pee my pants ''are you a snob?''

  • maybe not snobs, but 70% of those guys were gay

  • It's only PC users that would say that because there jealous they cant afford a computer that just works! There just dumb and go with the flow and have what Bill shoves in their faces!

  • Ya that's it, or maybe Mac users are just completely computer illiterate and have to use something Idiot proof like a Mac.

  • Finally, someone else sees the light. I take my hat off to you sir, i just wish more people would realize that macs really are superior.

  • And Mac users don't just take up the ass whatever Apple gives them? Give me a break.

    Shove it, Apple. I don't need your gymnast-finger clover or your i'm-a-retard-who-can-only-use-­a-one-click mouse crap. I'm fine with Windows. If/when I ever need to switch to a Unix-based OS I'll just go with Linux.

  • the mighty mouse isn't even one button idiot, its been two button since 2005

  • Well, shit my fruit of the looms... let me just trip over my self to get to a Mac store right the fuck now.

  • Macintosh is for artists. Other than that it's not great for gaming.

  • I use mac, I really LOVE my mac, and I use it for what's it made to be used for, but for fuck's sake, these guys ARE snobs. They're ideally saying, "yeah, if you use windows, you tend to buy generic products and make poor decisions". Seriously...

  • lol honestly this whole video just proves that mac users are snobs

  • not all, though. -waves

  • "Macintosh is for artists." I'm an art major in college right now. I have a PC at home, and I use Mac's at school for animation, and graphic design. I work on the same stuff I do in school when I am home on my PC. They're both computers, they both get the same job done. I've experienced the mac's at school freezing up and programs crashing (causing me to lose saved work), and I've had problems at home on my PC. (continued in next)

  • Now I should restate what I said before. Not all mac users are snobs, that would be a very ignorant statement. The people shown in this video are snobs, and when you become a snob because of the brand of a computer that you use, and you let it take over your life style, that is just completely retarded and makes you look like a douche (Because you are).

  • mac users are snobs.

  • iv had a macbook pro for about 6 months, and this is only because iv hated vista ever since its been released. XP was awsome when it came out and i still think that it is better than os x tiger, but now its a different story. leopard is superior over vista, and if you can afford a mac then buy one. why should i have to put up with the bullshit of vista

  • At home I use Linux and Mac OSX. At work I use Solaris, AIX, and Windows. I recently got into the Mac thing and I would say I am not their typical demographic. I have tech skills and I don't look at a computer like an appliance. IMHO Mac OSX, as a general rule, just works and that is very addictive. The older I get the less I like to screw with things that should just work.

  • most of us aren't snobs,

    allot are educated consumers, we just care enough about the Quality of what kind of computer we use,

    read consumer reports. about the mac

    nobody wants to use or buy a home appliance or product that is flawed right out of the box?

    MAC's are better than PC's is like saying a Honda Civic is better than a Ford Escort.

    It just is,

    so don't think too far into it.

  • Linux i would say can be better than Linux or windows if you can use it

  • huh? linux is better than linux i'm confused

  • ment to say better than Mac or Windows lol typo

  • i'm called a Snob, just because i use macs over PC's and am called spoilt just cos I have 5 macs. I appreciate everything my parents do

  • MACS RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • get one

  • im seriously wondering why anyone would buy a new pc... macs can run parallels anyway...mac gui pwn pc i have both so idk..

  • Not everyone wants to pay more money for a pretty GUI plus linux can do everything mac can do and it is free.

  • linux....hahaha....i think people buy macs for their ease of use....sure linux can have a cool GUI but i mean come on everything in source too hard...i have a pc i love it but i have learned a lot about mac and they're seeming more appealing everyday....vista is a disaster...xp for life

  • look it is not my fault you are a n00b. But ubuntu is a distro of linux that is not so hard.

  • your right ubuntu is easier i run linux on a lot of my "stuff" but for those only semi-computer-literate find macs very easy to use because a lot of the core function happen on their own ....i was re-reading your first reply and i thought "hey wait pay more money just for a gui hey isn't that why people bought vista?!"

  • Sadly linux doesn't in the slightest do what OSX can do. I know, I've tried it. It was like a week of hacking to get Gnash to work as a flash plugin substitute.

    OSX is indeed a lovely NIX, but when they went about building OSX, they found things like Xwindow and other subsystems to be below par, and built the quartz and core libraries, which are getting better every version. Apple's BSD stack is really sweet

  • Dude, your telling me! I am writing this from a Mac Book Pro! MACS are the future. Not hte PC sucks, but Macs are just plain cool. And you can run Windows on it, so you can play ALL the games windows owners can.

    Whats your arguement now, windows?

    And, go away stupid Windows fanboys, this is a Mac video, for Mac users only!

  • My argument is that PC has infinitely better hardware and PC is a lot cheaper, and you get nearly the same thing (there isn't a single program exclusive to Mac that doesn't have a nearly as good alternative to Windows).

    "Are Mac users snobs? Or do we just appreciate the finer things in life?"

    I laugh at this as the line itself is

  • do you ever see a mac? do you know them?

  • hahaha.. I am a new mac user.. I enjoyed this..

  • Yeah, Well aren't home builders more particular.

    I mean, they are building there own PC from parts they picked out. While when you have a Mac the HD and Memory are the only things that can be changed.

    Emm? I have a theory Mac users think there more supieor because they spent more on a simple machine, so they don't wanna look dumb for paying more. They just brag about more shit and how a Mac is better. Oh Btw I'm gonna go Game on my pc and run programs that macs can't dang I sure do wish i had 1

  • Macs are so fucking inferior get over it pussies.

  • XP>Linux>OSX>Vista

  • What if im so picky on my computer so i want to buid it myself AND i want to be able to play games on it and im not sold out by the visual aspect of the OS?

    BTW why isnt a mac a PC? i think you need to say IBM instead of PC like you do.

  • Dear Macfags,

    Stop making the rest of us look bad.

    Signed,

    Other Macfags

  • What, is everyone too illiterate to have the word "pretentious" come to mind?

    Oh wait, Youtube comments. I keep forgetting.

  • MACFAGS EVERYWHERE

  • lol macfags

  • *cough* Excuse me while I go play Call of Duty 4 while browsing the internet while chatting on Xfire. All on my $500 Home built PC.

  • oh no, you guys aren't snobs.

    Your all just a bunch of cock sucking faggots. I hope you burn in hell you queers.

  • oh no, you guys aren't snobs.

    Your all just a bunch of cock sucking faggots. I hope you burn in hell you queers.

  • Yeah totally non snobby...

  • 1:50 : "Fundamentally, Mac users are people who have decided that they want to be..."

    "Fundamentally"?? This guy's essentially saying that it's a fact that if you want a Mac you're a smart user and want the best. Because it's a Mac. And he bases this on nothing, aside from trying to convince himself he's smart by saying that whatever small groups he's a part of must be smart. Because he's in them.

    This guy is a hardcore Wikipedia editor for sure.

  • You fucking apple snob piece of shit, you think you are better and cool cuz the fucking computer you use has a stupid white apple on it?

  • Snobbery is based on thinking your personal preference is superior and that anyone who disagrees is clearly inferior to you. The first guy at the apple store is a snob. "I like macs the most" isnt being a snob since you are just stating your preference rather than judging others for their taste. I dont think being a snob is anything to be proud of, it just means youre proud to be an arrogant jackass who considers people inferior to you for not liking a certain product.

  • The only reason why Apple users can be categorize into something is because the market is not as large as the PCs. It does not mean anything. Im pretty sure there are a lot of snobbish people using PC. Especially those who assemble their own PC or Gaming computers.

  • hahahah this is funny

  • Mac snob,or you could say there more mac owners that are vegeterians or are mac owners fat 40+ and still live with thier mother I don't care really,PC users usually buy a PC because they are that cheap, I have never used a mac because price was an issue in buying a computer and I have never been in a Apple store ,I intend to buy a new Macbook soon because I can and have the urge to try something new,

  • max sux :P....just kiddin! i dont like mac, but i'm a linux/unix/windows geek. Mac is too fluffy. But if you need comforting through your pc experience then buy a mac. If on the other hand you like the CHALLENGE of using a new computer. Then mac sux. Just a point.

  • emmek77

    Go macs!

  • Now that Macs can play Windows games with Bootcamp, the whole, "well Windows can play games" thing is no excuse.

    Hooray for macs!

  • Because the point of owning a mac is to run a windows OS.

    yay!

  • No, the point is to have games of a PC with an OS of a mac. Don't you listen?

  • that means that "macos" can't play games while "windows" can

    mac is the computer

    windows is the OS

    las time I checked there was no "windows labeled computer" but macs are macs

    windows are dell, hp, toshiba, lenovo and whatever

    so, "osx can't play games" :p

    although there are games for osx

  • What about the Windows Snobbs?? Ya they exist!

  • the guy talking at 2:00 is total bullshit!

  • macs are awesome!

  • Amen, brother, amen. Why do people care this much. What, is there supposed to be a war between the Vista Users and Mac Users we didn't know about, huh?

  • Is there a percentage of people for "I don't care what kind of computer I use, i just want the damn thing to work." group? I don't see why you all are getting all meshugginnah just because someone uses a different OS then the other.

    I'll tell you this much, though. I'm not going to pay 500-600 dollars more just to do on a Mac what I can do on a PC.

    Nobody really cares anyway...

  • i care.

  • don't think we should just play it by Dictionary.

    It depends on what you 'feel' about the world 'snob'.

    For me, Snob just means big-headed, or seeing yourself superior. This doesn't describe 'all' the Mac users.

    I don't think I'm superior using a Mac. I just love everything mac.

    For me, being mac user is not being a 'snob'. It just means we're pickier than the PC users.

    Using mac means we're different, I love being different!

  • Wow, stereotyping based on the OS a man uses... That has to be the new form of major prejudice.

    The future, MAC SLAVES!!!

  • btw, how are mac users more particular? I build my own computer because I DON'T take what others give me. I use Vista cuz I want to play any game I please...

    Mac users can't customize what's offered to them...

  • Well I mean look at the ipod, it takes over 3 quarters of the mp3 player market and the iphone could be dominating in the not to distant future. This is merely an example of the quality, edge and the ease of use of apple products. Its just find it weird that windows users don't seek change.

  • Man... you SO have ZERO clue on what you're goin' on about, huh?? You can't customize a Mac?? LOL! And sorry, bub, but I not only can play EVERTHING you can under that Vista crap (if I *wanted* to that is!) but YOU can't even play ONE of my Mac games! LOL... so who's the loser on that one??

    Yupp. The PC.

    Does LESS and craps off 100 times more on top of that! Talk about adding insult to injury! :-)))))

  • Yes you can customize a Mac. Trough the Apple Store. Döö

  • Thanks siggi for making MY point, you moron. Try and get an education, learn to spell, and just simply shut the fuk up when grownups are talking and when it comes to things you obviously know NADA about... you're embarrassing.

  • I love you to lin2log!

  • Evidence, which games CAN'T I play on Vista? I remember for the longest time Macs couldn't play EVE Online. JUST AN EXAMPLE. Show me one I can't play on PC.

  • LOL! What am I?? Google?? There are PLENTY *Mac-only* games, you ass-hat... I'd LOVE to see you try and play ANY of them! And remember... *PC MAGAZINE* voted the MacBook Pro the fastest *VISTA* Laptop on the market. So guess who's even the loser (again!) on that one? Not only can I play MORE games than you and you're bloated XP (if I didn't have a LIFE like you, but sorry, I actually WORK and have FRIEND'S), but I can even play them BETTER... Pahahaaa...

    How's THAT for Mac-Snobbery??! :-))))

  • oh yes they can hehehehehe.

    Hackintosh.

  • poor little lemming loser... you have ZERO clue...

  • They called Mac users snobs so they could get readers. Mac users are crunchy flakes.

  • i'm a snob!

  • ummm Windows users are more inclined to just put up with what they have??

    Then why does windows offer far more 3rd party applications, far more manufacturer driver support, far more games, a FAR greater ability to customise your PC with choices in every single aspect of a computers power and appearance and FAR greater performance for price compared to mac. Even Dell offer more performance and dare i say, better customisability then Apple.

    Not saying macs are bad, but they aren't the greatest

  • Dont even say that mas are easies! windows visa coppied mac and windows vista and mac OSx leopard are the hardest to use OS's i care much about my computers because i do video editing and i like windows xp more! macs are snobs!

  • I find it ridiculous that many people in this video say that mac is better. The only thing mac is is more user friendly. PC is for people who like to be able to modify their computers and pick and choose their features. Mac isn't better its different. (the people who really want to get things done use lynix because lynix is all about being able to get optimal performance out of your computer

  • i'm not wasting my time watching this any longer... apple sucks

  • we know what we want! what's wrong with that? : )

  • Interesting vid lol..Not a total Mac user, but I love it..I think it might be that just a lot of people use what they get out of a PC...and that's how a lot of people live..now Mac users, it is possible to still get the best of both worlds..It's like using electric cars...we know they're cool, but everyone still likes their nice old completely gas powered cars.

  • I'm a snob!

  • this is the most predictable video i've ever seen lol

    I love macs though

  • haha I i'm a 24 inch iMac and I go to starbucks a lot. I really just know what I like :)

  • nice

  • i have been noted to be a snob., i call it selecting. friends,and personal likes and wanting them to be elegant on some level. is NOT snobbery. it elitist ! :P

  • Five minutes to make this silly point?

  • LOL this is too funny!!

  • I've met a lot more PC users who are snobs that Mac users...basically everyone of every denomination can suck.

  • Awesome! Def. have to agree! If I am a snob because I am a Mac user, it does feel pretty damn cool!

  • Haha, guess I'm a snob then! ;)

  • I am a snob and a mac user ;)

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