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From: ccastcr@prism.gatech.EDU (Russo, Chris A.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Us Mac Yoosers R Stoopid
Keywords: Mac Bashing
Message-ID: <21297@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 5 Feb 91 22:15:41 GMT
References: <7285@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> <1991Feb5.203528.12008@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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swsh@ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes:

>At the very least, before y'all post your theories about "Why Johnny
>Mac-User Can't Spell", please go find a copy of Academic Computing and
>read the original article.  And then sleep on it.  And then post.

  I know I should wait, probably not post at all since this discussion has 
been hashed out before.  Unfortunately, I heard about that article way back
when.  At that time, I didn't say anything to anyone.  Now's my turn.  Sorry.

  In the first place, I think that that article is probably garbage.  Who
in the world could have 15 errors a page with a spell checker?

  On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if people who used Macs were
rated slightly lower IQ-wise than those who used IBM's to do their papers.
I'm a computer user assistant here at Georgia Tech.  I work here in a
Macintosh lab.  _EVERYONE_ wants to do his or her paper on a Mac.  Consequently,
you get a full range of people who don't own their own computers.  IMHO 
people who have their own computers (on the average), are more intelligent
than those who do not.
  So, you have a group of less intelligent non-owners using mostly Macintoshes.
(Who would want to use an IBM if they didn't have to?)  These guys are lowering
the scores.
  Then on the other hand, you have a group of more intelligent owners using
mostly IBM's (Ignorance of the masses).  These guys are getting the better
scores.

  That's the best explanation I can come up with. Well, and maybe people who
don't have the intelligence to mess with computers go for the ease of use
of a Mac.  Who knows?


-- 
Russo, Chris A.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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