Who are more smug? Apple or prius owners?

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  1. burritos

    burritos Senior Member

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    I think apple owners are more smug. I own both btw.
     
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    How about orange owners?
     
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    LOL. i read the heading and thought "well, i'm screwed". I own both as well... Although the conversion to apple was recent, and i'm still not fully convinced - i just hate microsoft.

    My experience with apple owners isn't that they're smug... it's more that they're extremely stubborn.
     
  4. burritos

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eagle33199 @ Feb 14 2007, 03:39 PM) [snapback]390395[/snapback]</div>
    The hardcore apple users I know think that if you don't have an apple, you're an idiot. Also, the apple salespeople at their stores have an air of smugness you can cut with a knife.
     
  5. dreichla

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    Just look at the Apple vs. PC commercials.
     
  6. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Hmmm. I have an Apple and a Prius, too. But I also have a pc, and I put more miles on my bike than my car, and I walk to work. Maybe it balances out. If I really were a smug smartass, you'd tell me, right? :rolleyes:
     
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    Do I detect a trend? I also have an iMac and a Prius. Hmmm. . . . :D
     
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    That's funny since I've had an Apple since the days of the Classic Mac, 2E and 2C's. I'm shopping around for a Prius so I guess I'll be considered smug. My OS crashed a few weeks ago and my husband said "see that's why we should get a PC!" I told him no way, with a Mac you never really get viruses so a crash/freeze is nothing compared to the damage a virus can do IMO.
     
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    SUV, Mercedes/BMW/Ferrari owners/drivers have always been. The rest of us are just wannabes.
     
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    You wanna see smug? Just you wait 'til I get my Tesla Roadster (maybe???) in a year or so. Then you'll see smug!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Feb 14 2007, 02:26 PM) [snapback]390438[/snapback]</div>
    Ooooooo Tesla Roadster! Daniel, somehow I don't see you in that car. But the world is full of mysteries. I have an iMac and a Prius, and I don't think I'm smug.
     
  13. Chuck.

    Chuck. Former Honda Enzyte Driver

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    I know a few people who own Prii, and I know a few people who own Macs. The Prii owners do NOT try to fit the fact they own a Prius into every conversation.

    Typical conversation:

    Me: Bob, how are you?
    Bob: I'm fine! It's going to be nice weather out, which I just looked up on my Mac which is oh so much better than a PC!
    Me: Want to go to lunch somewhere?
    Bob: Sure! There's this new restaurant that I heard has a great menu. Sort of like the menus on the programs for my Macintosh!

    (Later, at restaurant)

    Waitress: May I take your order?
    Bob: No lunch for me, but I'll have a piece of apple pie, like Apple, the makers of my Macintosh, which is oh so much better than a PC!

    (After lunch)

    Me: So, split the check 50/50?
    Bob: Can you cover for me this time? I still haven't found a job because everyone wants people with PC skills. The cretins.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Feb 14 2007, 05:24 PM) [snapback]390470[/snapback]</div>
    Good one! (sadly this is the case with my friends who own Macs).
     
  16. daveleeprius

    daveleeprius Heh heh heh you think so?

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    Well I'm a Mac user who drives a Prius, so I guess I must be a horribly smug all the time!

    :lol:
    :eek:
    :huh:
    :p

    Dave
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Feb 14 2007, 05:24 PM) [snapback]390470[/snapback]</div>
    :lol: Which is exactly why I defected to the world of business standard PC's in 1996 and haven't looked back. My Mac networking skills were getting me nowhere fast. I have a great high-paying, high-benefits job that is very secure.

    I was hooked on the Mac when I was first introduced to the Macintosh II, the first Mac that was 2 piece and color in 1988. I do still own a "special edition" iMac (the cool graphite one) and even a IIsi that I bought in 1991. I don't use either of them any more.
     
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    Apple.

    My recently converted friend is more smug than when I got my Prius!
     
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    This thread reminds me of the classic headline from The Onions, "Harvard Grad from Texas Unsure Which to Drop Into Conversation First"
     
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    Proud Apple user!

    Proud Prius driver!

    Now I need to get my mac in my prius! :)