POTUS uses a Mac

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:40 PM EST

Article Source: 9to5mac.com

technology, obama, barack-obama, mac, macbookpro

Now that the campaigning is over, we have the opportunity to reflect on an amazing milestone in American history. Barack Obama is the first...

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Leah M

Now I know Americans made the right choice... haha!

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7 votes

#1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:42 PM EST

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Ms CYPRAH

Of course you have! The man is a class act, so he would use a class machine! All the best people use a Mac! LOL

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4 votes

#1.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:36 PM EST

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GrayHouse

I was going to make a joke that John McCain knows how to use a slide rule and an abacus, and can start a fire with rocks. But I'm not sure that he can. Oh well.

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4 votes

#1.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:23 PM EST

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STatWar

He isn't the President yet. I might just have to report this as being innacurate, seeing as Obama is currently the President Elect. /sarcasm

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2 votes

#1.3 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:52 PM EST

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Eric Atienza

I love the Pacman sticker in the first picture.

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7 votes

#2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:44 PM EST

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Leah M

I know! He just scored some more 'cool' points. :-D

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5 votes

#2.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:53 PM EST

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Macks

Oh I supported him all this way but now I am outraged. I could almost cry... he-he uses Mac. I defended him against all the terrible claims made against him. I stood by and fought and argued his points and merit. And for what. To elect a Mac user. Well then again his opponent couldn't even use the Internet. So I guess I can forgive him using an overpriced, difficult to upgrade, bad for gaming system. But only this once.

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9 votes

#2.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:20 PM EST

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lauhal

Hahahaha! Macks...Macs...I love it!

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6 votes

#2.3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:44 PM EST

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hircus

I have a dream that, one day, Linux and BSD users too can become president!

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9 votes

#3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:57 PM EST

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The Indie Army

Keep dreamin'

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3 votes

#3.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:27 PM EST

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KRich

Then they wouldn't be able to blame all the lost emails on computer problems.

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1 vote

#3.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:25 PM EST

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The Indie Army

That's probably true. Although with W, I doubt anyone suspects the computer anyways.

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1 vote

#3.3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:22 PM EST

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dc_123

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MrMajek

Since we are not far removed from wildly exaggerated assumptions based on vague associations I am quite offended if you wish to imply that GWB's retardation is remotely related to his use of PC. And I don't think that John McCain would appreciate the inference, as he can't even use that.---Nevermind, you made your point....DAMN!

I'm off to the Mac store.

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4 votes

#5 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:20 PM EST

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ezequesDeleted

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GoldenGateMami_Susi

Ugh. He uses a Mac?!

I'm takin' my vote back!

;)

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3 votes

#7 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:33 PM EST

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GoldenGateMami_Susi

The smart people are the ones that can use both :)

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3 votes

#7.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:15 PM EST

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rsather139

^^-- Indeed. I own and use both. A PC desktop and a Mac laptop. Honestly, neither has a huge lead on the other, though I am partial to my PC because I like to game.

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3 votes

#7.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:31 PM EST

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GoldenGateMami_Susi

I have PC at home.....Mac & PC at work.

That's why we're the smart ones :)

Cuz if one breaks you still have the other.

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2 votes

#7.3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:45 PM EST

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Agent 57

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-943519.html

Are MAC users smarter???

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1 vote

#8 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:16 PM EST

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bdreamer

not sure about smarter, but certainly cooler!

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1 vote

#8.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:49 PM EST

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The Indie Army

Because buying way overpriced things is cool these days LOL

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3 votes

#8.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:23 PM EST

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Agent 57

I'm not that smert I'm a PC user... haha!!!

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#8.3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:24 PM EST

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GoldenGateMami_Susi

7.1 :)

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#8.4 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:26 PM EST

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Ms CYPRAH

not sure about smarter, but certainly cooler!

Definitely, bdreamer. (*she says smugly, adjusting her very cool shades*)

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1 vote

#8.5 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:28 PM EST

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Brainysmurf

Would make an awesome "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" Commerical with Obama and Bush!

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2 votes

#9 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:03 PM EST

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S. Elaine Jones

How about I'm MAC - Obama and I'm steno pad - McCain.

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4 votes

#9.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:29 PM EST

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GoldenGateMami_Susi

How about I'm Mac Obama..........I'm smart enough to learn and do on my own.

I'm typing and steno pool McCain.....How fast can you shorthand?

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2 votes

#9.2 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:19 PM EST

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TheJonesGirl

McCain probably thinks mimeograph is high tech.

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#9.3 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:26 PM EST

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The Indie Army

You guys didn't know this? What do you think the "History has been made" comments we're all about, him being black or something?

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4 votes

#10 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:22 PM EST

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Macks

Seriously I don't like to discrimante but a Mac user just can't possibly understand the needs of the country. Now I see why so many hate him . I've been a fool, if only this were an impeachable issue.

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1 vote

#10.1 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:14 PM EST

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S. Elaine Jones

I wanna Mac. I want all the high tech state of the art gimmicks. Every single one. Will work for gimmicks! tee hee

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1 vote

#11 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:28 PM EST

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bluearcher

If Obama follows the Apple tag line of "it's all about integration" then this could be a very good, very unimportant omen for government policy!

On the other hand, perhaps it is a sign that Obama perfers the simple, fool proof way to the complicated, techno geek path. That being said, it is a huge leap from W's " I don't read the papers" and "rarely use email" Texas rancher, hick mentality.

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1 vote

#12 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:58 PM EST

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GrayHouse

It's time for Apple to roll out a new "Think Different" poster.

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1 vote

#13 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:54 PM EST

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lucidcommication

I wonder if Apple will manage to work him into an ad.

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2 votes

#14 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:13 PM EST

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travelinfotog

Mac users aren't smater, they just don't know any better. Macs have about the same amount of crashes, at least in my experience! I used Macs in school for motion graphics and visual fx, and they crashed often. I have 2 PC's a laptop and desktop and they are stable.

S. Elaine Jones: Will work for gimmicks!

Gimmicks is the key word.. Mac is all about the "gimmicks" ...

Ever notice in the Mac ads against PC they never state how their machines are better? NOPE!! Mac's are just like McCain.. old, out of touch and no real ideas about what to offer! LMAO

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2 votes

#15 - Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:10 PM EST

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GeorgeKA

Every PC has its place. MAC is a PC. You forget PC stands for personal computer it is not a Microsoft trademark like you might believe.

High points for MAC on usability and nice packaging. MAC would be bigger than PC today if it weren't for the CEO stating quite boldly in the 90s that their new Apple was "All the computer anyone would ever need" It had 2 megs of ram and a Motorola 65550 CPU and a 2400 baud modem. The 65550 chip was far superior to anything Intel or Cyrix could produce at the time.

This is where the slide started. About a year later Windows 95 came out. It was shiny and crash prone, but it was faster, the CPUs got faster. It was about this time Apple got shook up and started again. Unfortunately, they were behind the curve now. PCs stayed ahead right up through Windows XP.

MACs gained support through active education programs. Getting MACs into schools was the best thing they did but it took years to "grow" (literally) these customers. Meanwhile, The evil Microsoft empire cast a shadow over apple.

Today, for the first time in many years MAC is making a comeback. Credit goes to MAC for the improvements they have made in recent years with their Computers. Much of it is also fervor over the other products that have generated a great deal of interest in the superior design and style like the iPod and the iPhone.

But another great boon to the MAC brand is the Windows users running away from Vista, the worst Windows OS ever. If MAC stops planned obsolence by allowing upgrades and developer tools for creating open source software that can be optimized for MAC and PC they could take the lead easily and decisively.

Developers that have to choose a platform to write their program for are always going to maximize their profits by writing to the largest sector first. They also need to bring the price down. It is twice as much as it should be.

However, if they wait, I suspect Windows 7 will put Vista to sleep like XP put ME to sleep and it will be a long uphill battle. Of course, Windows 7 Could be just as bad. In any case, I am stuck with windows as a Software developer without a choice of what the clients demand.

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2 votes

#16 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:35 AM EST

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Macks

(clears throat) I have Vista 64 and... I- I... Love it!!!.

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3 votes

#16.1 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:49 PM EST

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GeorgeKA

Well, that makes one of us. Did you turn off UAC? In any case, all these systems have their places even Linux.

I'm glad it is working out for you. But as a software developer porting cancer treatment software there are more hoops to jump through to make complex software work in this system than even Server 2003. The assumption that if you open a command prompt you can't possible know what your doing is illogical and makes automation scripts useless.

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2 votes

#16.2 - Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:15 PM EST

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Zack Green

McCain would have also been the first Mac-using President had he won. Granted, he probably used a Mac because they're easier for a first-time user to learn, and he had to learn to Internet in order to stand any chance at all with younger voters.

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1 vote

#17 - Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:10 AM EST

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LEAH M

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