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tintub · Aug 4, 2003, 02:46 AM

Is your partner a mac user?

forkies · Aug 4, 2003, 02:56 AM

It wouldn't matter one way or the other, but, yes, he is.

Mastrap · Aug 4, 2003, 02:58 AM

She hasn't got much of a choice

Yes, and she loves her iBook.

lasvegasgamer · Aug 4, 2003, 03:02 AM

she wants a tangerine ibook...
because it's pretty.
well, she only wants it for TextEdit.

World Class stability,
Preemptive Multitasking and the best damn operating system in the world are just added side benefits

MikeM33 · Aug 4, 2003, 03:23 AM

One wants a new G5
The other wants a TiBook
The other is begging me for an eMac

MikeM

Face Ache · Aug 4, 2003, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by MikeM33:
One wants a new G5
The other wants a TiBook
The other is begging me for an eMac

MikeM

But all three tell you they would settle for being real people, rather than figments of your imagination.

My wife introduced me to Macs. "This is a mouse..."

Tomster · Aug 4, 2003, 05:17 AM

Just remember, having a partner who is a Mac user is a great way to upgrade without the guilt. Always someone there to inherit your old system while you move on to the latest and greatest.

thePurpleGiant · Aug 4, 2003, 05:53 AM

Kate's a Mac user...mainly because the only computer she uses is mine

She wants to get an iPod now...and an iBook....and she doesn't even like computers

Cipher13 · Aug 4, 2003, 07:38 AM

Never dated a Mac chick. Never really cared to.

If they were into computers, they'd be converted by the time I was done with them anyway...

...to Macs, that is...

bleuvixen · Aug 4, 2003, 08:53 AM

i am a mac chick and even thou i never looked for a mac man my current boyfriend and my X were just as devoted as me. must be the aura that drew me to them

Paco500 · Aug 4, 2003, 09:08 AM

When we first met. she was a mac fanatic forced to use Windows 3.1 at work (they used to me a mac shop and converted when they got bought out). She then slid into MS complacency and insisted on using a PC, even after we got married and I had Macs avaiable to her. Her main reson was Quicken- yes I know it exists on a mac, but she had a pretty complicated system set up, and the one time we tried to convert it, it didn't go well.

She has finally made the switch, and I couldn't be happier. We refinanced our house and got a new bank account, so she started over on the Mac version of Quicken, and uses Microsoft Remote Desktop to get to anything she needs off the old quicken.

It has made me happy.

chris v · 10:08 AM

My wife had used Macs at work (University of Tx.) but wasn't really much of a computer person, one way or the other. I was agitating for a Cube to replace my Performa 630, and she was kind-of fence-sitting, thinking we should get a Windows box, because they were "cheaper," and all the other inane reasons. One day, she came home from the neighbor's house, where they'd recently purchased a Cube, and think the exact quote was "Ohmygod, we have got to get one of those!" So we did.

They converted her dept. to Dells a couple years ago, but she hates Windows anymore, and recently was a prime motivator in my decision to buy our kid an iMac. (Shipping today!)

My ex-wife is a Mac-bashing Windows drone. No wonder we're divorced.

CV

Peter · Aug 4, 2003, 09:31 AM

Originally posted by lasvegasgamer:
she wants a tangerine ibook...
because it's pretty.
well, she only wants it for TextEdit.

World Class stability,
Preemptive Multitasking and the best damn operating system in the world are just added side benefits

haha your gf is funny.

DesignerTerp · Aug 4, 2003, 10:05 AM

I am a Mac chick--single right now tho.
I turned my last boyfriend onto Macs--but he was a diehard Windows XP lover. Needless to say we didn't last very long (he turned his computer on more than me).

Next one? I dunno if that's a good or a bad thing to date another Mac-head.
Hmm..

davesimondotcom · Aug 4, 2003, 10:07 AM

Wife has used Macs ever since she moved in with me. Now she'll actually argue with her dad in Windows v. Mac arguments. It's great.

(Sometimes she gets her facts wrong - she's not diehard - but he does too, so it's entertaining.)

xi_hyperon · Aug 4, 2003, 10:50 AM

My wife has to use a compaq laptop at work, but at home she enjoys using the G4 (says it's much faster- I wouldn't know as I've got no experience with the compaq).

malvolio · Aug 4, 2003, 11:08 AM

My wife was a Windoze user at work. She didn't have her own machine when we met, so naturally she started using my Mac. She was amazed at how much easier it was to do stuff on.
When I moved to OS X, she was very unhappy at first. But she gradually came to appreciate its wonderfulness.
She still has to ask me how to do lots of stuff, but she is a wiz at doing searches. She can find the best bargains on the web.

wdlove · Aug 4, 2003, 11:24 AM

My wife has an iBook running Jaguar and is looking forward to a Powerbook in the future.

daimoni · 11:44 PM

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