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Mac Users More Open Minded And Sure Of Themselves - Study

Posted by EL1TE on 17 January 2008 - 11:30 · 86 comments & 40610 views

New York (NY) - Open minded people are more likely to purchase a Mac, according to a new survey released by Mindset Media. The company interviewed 7500 people and found that liberal thinkers were 60 percent more likely to buy a Mac. These same people were also less modest and more sure of their own superiority than the rest of the population.

Mindset Media places these "enlightened" people into a category called "Opennes 5's" folks. People in that category are also more "receptive to their own inner feelings and may feel both happiness and unhappiness more intensely than others."

Sarah Welch, COO and co-founder of Mindset Media, said, "For the first time, marketers with brands that have distinctive Mindset Profiles, like Apple, can directly reach the people with the personality and attitudes that love what they sell." Mindset Media isn't disclosing the methodology used in the survey, so PC owners may still have a chance. Maybe I should plunk down $3,000+ for one of those new Macbook Airs and get in touch with my inner self.

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#1 Posted by +kraized on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:37: Well. I'm very open minded.

#2 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:39: It doesn't really surprise me. This topic is pretty much flame bait though lol.

(3 replies) #3 Posted by Neobond on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:44: more sure of their own superiority than the rest of the population

Uhm, people who buy expensive art paintings for ludicrous amounts of money are usually more sure of their own superiority than the rest of the population as well, and are also the minority of the population which places Apple in the correct light as well as market.

To say they are any better as a person (as the article implies) is incorrect, in my opinion people who buy Apple hardware generally feel they are buying into an art rather than a productivity item. This excludes graphic designers of course (who have used Macintosh for years -before the iWhatever rage).

(5 replies) #4 Posted by Munkyman on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:50: Open minded? Isn't that generally a polite way of saying gay?

#5 Posted by Relativity_17 on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:52: Quote -
more sure of their own superiority than the rest of the population...

To be fair, I just got a Dell, and I'm an arrogant *ucktard.

#6 Posted by vipwoody on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:53: Mac users are complicated, thats how my girlfriend is

(7 replies) #7 Posted by Magallanes on 17 Jan 2008 - 11:57: Open mind = people that agreed with the establishment and with the current marketing, usually brainwashed persons.

Usually open mind thinking :
-Japan and Norway must stop killing whales.
-Women = Men.
-Gays are right and natural.
-Marijuana is way wealthy that smoke.
-Smoke free in every place, cause is a right.
-Drugs free.
-Dead sentence must stop.
-Pollution is wrong.

Any many many others more.
While more of this claim are right but the method are *usually* incorrect, useless or they just talk too much and do nothing (Al Gore).

ps :And almost every "open minded" persons heard nobody but themself.

#8 Posted by bibutteryboy on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:03: never mind

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#9 Posted by HawkMan on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:06: I'd say that the small percentage of Mac owners means that there are many times as many Open minded and sure of themselves people owning non mac computers.

#10 Posted by mrmckeb on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:06: HAHAHAHAHA! I've been telling people this for YEARS.

(3 replies) #11 Posted by TRC on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:08: Mac Users More ~~Open~~Simple Minded And ~~Sure~~ Full Of Themselves

There, fixed the headline for you. (and I'm just kidding, save the flames).

#12 Posted by ahhell on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:12: "liberal thinkers"
Fancy words for "pretentious sheep"?

#13 Posted by LTD on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:23: Obviously.

(1 reply) #14 Posted by atari800 on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:23: Mac people more open minded? Arent they they first ones that say Vista sucks or refer to Windows as Shmindows
I am sure there is some company that surveyed 7500 people and found that Windows users are found to prefer variety versus being content with only whats available

But mac people have rights too.

I wonder what the survey consisted of?

(7 replies) #15 Posted by JamesWeb on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:39: Mac users are smug? Wow, newsflash.

#16 Posted by LipSmacker on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:46: Open minded to me means you have no clue about what is right or wrong in life and have no opinions of your own. Way to go, what a worthless article. 7500 New Yorkers... big deal, NYers already think they're the kings of the world anyway.

#17 Posted by ikyouCrow on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:50: a study to determine what exactly?
if this was just to prove that most mac users are snobs, then they just wasted money.
i'd like to see what other findings this thing came up with.

#18 Posted by david13lt on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:04: It looks that PC owners are so against Mac users whatever they have. If you wound say that you have iPod or Mac and you love how good it works for YOU, you still be treated and horrible man. I own Mac, I own iPod nano and I own PC. And what?.. 10 years with Windows, 1 year with Mac, UNIX and Linux. And I don't like that much Windows anymore...
Should force myself to like it?.. Why?.. There is no reason in the world to use only Windows and buy every released version, which would make me like king of PC world (Elite, cool man). No, I will stay with my old Windows XP, with my new Mac, with Solaris/FreeBSD ir Ubuntu, because I like how they work and how I feel working with them. And say whatever you want, I won't buy new PC just to run new OS. Only after 4-5 years.

Open minded

(2 replies) #19 Posted by Troll on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:18: Interesting that they equate open minded and liberals. Only open minded unless you disagree with them...

#20 Posted by KevinRGood on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:22: Open minded people are NOT basis towards MAC or PCs. Open minded people use whatever is best for them.

#21 Posted by kravex on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:31: So Mac users are arrogant, this is news?

(2 replies) #22 Posted by Sekhmet on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:52: Why would someone write news about mac on a site called neowin, and then complaining about mac topics turning into flame wars is still beyond me. [fail]

(1 reply) #23 Posted by Foub on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:52: Its important to have an open mind but not so open that one's brain falls out.

#24 Posted by duntkno on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:58: sounds about right, i'm not sure of myself, may be the reason i dont have a mac....

#25 Posted by help.i.need.a.grownup on 17 Jan 2008 - 14:26: Wow. That's all I can say. The superiority complex comes complete with an $8 latte from Starbucks.

#26 Posted by monkey13 on 17 Jan 2008 - 14:53: I like this line.

"receptive to their own inner feelings and may feel both happiness and unhappiness more intensely than others."

So they don't get a Vista PC because if they get a BSOD they will be crushed by their intense unhappiness?

Also Liberal Minded != Open Minded

People with liberal minds are often very closed minded.

(1 reply) #27 Posted by Islander on 17 Jan 2008 - 14:59: Ok, I got myself an iPod Touch last week, which is kind of a mini-mini-mini-Mac. Does that mean I feel a very very very little bit superior? Dang, I thought I bought it because of the possibilities it offers...

#28 Posted by +saxondale. on 17 Jan 2008 - 15:06: basically us mac users are better than everyone else...

(1 reply) #29 Posted by necrosis on 17 Jan 2008 - 15:16: Open minded? If Mac users were more open minded we wouldn't have these stupid PC vs Mac ad's on TV.

#30 Posted by GEIST on 17 Jan 2008 - 15:57: LOL... If you base open minded on computer system choice, you're probably too full of **** to be anywhere near open.

#31 Posted by OblivionStalker on 17 Jan 2008 - 15:57: Yes, I will buy Mac. Then I am going to play Bubble Bubble.

(1 reply) #32 Posted by +Kushan on 17 Jan 2008 - 15:58: Half of the people commenting here don't know what being "open minded" actually means.
It means " having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or argument".
It doesn't mean you believe in certain things, you can believe anything you want but you're open to new ideas, new things, new ways of thinking. And that is -never- a bad thing.

Which, if you ask me, is the exact opposite to your usual mac fanboy who will never ever admit that these days Windows is an excellent operating system.

#33 Posted by The Grasshopper on 17 Jan 2008 - 16:04: HAHAHAHA!

(1 reply) #34 Posted by C_Guy on 17 Jan 2008 - 16:12: "a new survey released by Mindset Media..."

Ummmm, was it really necessary to fund a study to prove that Mac owners buy Steve Job's superiority hype?

We better fund a study to see if men are different from women. Or if 2 + 2 is really 4.

#35 Posted by monkey13 on 17 Jan 2008 - 16:19: Also surely on Linux users are truly open minded.

#36 Posted by +abulfares on 17 Jan 2008 - 17:11: Once I am ready to use an OS that does not have DirectX, I would go Linux anytime. Yeah, I know Mac is based on Unix but its out of the picture for its overpriced basic hardware rip off

(4 replies) #37 Posted by hotdog963al on 17 Jan 2008 - 17:13: How about... Mac users don't want to **** about with PC Problems? Ever thought of that one? Less irritations!

#38 Posted by PermaSt0ne on 17 Jan 2008 - 21:11: 1+1 = 2? zomg. another "no duh" article

most people buy mac's because they are artists and graphic designers, thus they have to be very open-minded to do their job

#39 Posted by trip21 on 17 Jan 2008 - 21:17: Mac users are more sure of themselves........ Yes I am aware of the fact mac users think they're the bees uck'n knees!

#40 Posted by .kvn on 17 Jan 2008 - 21:34: Wonderful article, it gives flame baiting a new meaning hence why we see all the above including myself being drawn into it's usual nonsense.

#41 Posted by bibutteryboy on 17 Jan 2008 - 22:00: To feel the full benefit of being open minded, Apple requires all mac users to pay an extra $20.00. If they choose not to pay for the open minded upgrade then they will continue to feel less adequate than the rest of the mac community.

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(1 reply) #42 Posted by belthurgp on 17 Jan 2008 - 22:27: How can they be open minded when they support the most closed system...all the macboys belong to a cult...blinded by jobs...

If having to be called open minded makes me poorer by $$$$, that's ok. I will be close minded.

stupid mac and it's followers....it's like the emperor's new clothes story...once you have put in $$$$ and realized you got ripped off...well, you wont admit it right....

grow up macboys....

(3 replies) #43 Posted by jesseinsf on 18 Jan 2008 - 03:55: Last edited by Kudos on 18 Jan 2008 - 09:26

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