Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
You know you're an Apple Geek when...
- Thread starter TheBobcat
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
You look foreward to tuesday everyweek and when on a windows machine you look for the close and minimize buttons on the top-left of the windws. Or you have read this thread and a lot of the comments describe you.
When you really to look forward to visiting an Apple Retail Store and grab every opportunity to visit one.
I see plenty of posts on this thread which describe me!
I see plenty of posts on this thread which describe me!
You have every mac or apple computer sticker that came with every mac purchase you ever made ever since the mac classic II, yet you haven't used any because you can't find anything worthy enough to stick them to.
(It's true- and I spend way too much time thinking about this)
You think of that time you owned a windoze machine as "The Dark Ages" and shiver a little bit.
You sometimes join windows forums just to troll and tell everyone how good your OS is, and how bad theirs is. You laugh at the silly problems windows users seem to have.
You know what "Linux" is but you don't care.
You consult the iChing for help regarding your next iMac purchase.
You go window shopping for furniture and you can't think about what to buy without wondering how your mac will look on it.
You haven't used 5% of the OS's capabilities yet you are very happy with how useful and functional your computer is.
You spend way too much time in this site waiting for the scoop on hardware and OS upgrades. Wayyyyy too much time. You are nervous and fidgety because you really want to buy something new, NOW!
(It's true- and I spend way too much time thinking about this)
You think of that time you owned a windoze machine as "The Dark Ages" and shiver a little bit.
You sometimes join windows forums just to troll and tell everyone how good your OS is, and how bad theirs is. You laugh at the silly problems windows users seem to have.
You know what "Linux" is but you don't care.
You consult the iChing for help regarding your next iMac purchase.
You go window shopping for furniture and you can't think about what to buy without wondering how your mac will look on it.
You haven't used 5% of the OS's capabilities yet you are very happy with how useful and functional your computer is.
You spend way too much time in this site waiting for the scoop on hardware and OS upgrades. Wayyyyy too much time. You are nervous and fidgety because you really want to buy something new, NOW!
....when you see the latest apple commercial, and before it's finished its second playthrough you've already purchased the song in it from iTunes.
...you remove your other fingers from your right hand except your index because good mice have one button.
I had my iPod out in English last year. The teacher wanted to confiscate it, but i said i needed it for school work; i had left my Shakespeare book at home, but luckily, I had put it on my iPod as notes
or when you sit down with your family to watch Jobs unveil products you will probably never own ie XServes-when you desperately try to stream the keynote, even though the video stutters every 3 secs, you still watch it all
You know you're a Mac geek when . . . .
- you keep hitting the refresh button on the UPS [insert carrier of your choice] delivery status page of your recently ordered MBP [insert machine of your choice here]
- you sit outside your house front door waiting for the UPS (insert carrier of your choice] delivery truck to turn up with your recently ordered MBP [insert machine of your choice here]
When in the months before getting your MacBook, there was almost a whole week you couldn't stop dreaming about one, and had scattered dreams about walking outside and getting yours from the UPS/FedEx guy.
- you keep hitting the refresh button on the UPS [insert carrier of your choice] delivery status page of your recently ordered MBP [insert machine of your choice here]
- you sit outside your house front door waiting for the UPS (insert carrier of your choice] delivery truck to turn up with your recently ordered MBP [insert machine of your choice here]
I totally did that
Before that, when my G4 came I bought party hats and made a giant welcome card hand painted with acrylics!
When you'd rather have MR in front of your name, maybe MRs, and never MS
regardless of gender of marital status. (I actually pondered this today filling out a form).
regardless of gender of marital status. (I actually pondered this today filling out a form).
...when you record over the video tape of your first child being born with you video taping yourself unpacking a new mac....
Yes yes yes yes and yes!When you were the first in the school to know about the 5G iPod, iPod Nano, iPod Nano 2G, 5.5G iPod, 2G iPod Shuffle, Mac Pro, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Apple TV, and iPhone.
When you know that Apple made the first affordable computer with a GUI, one of the first digital cameras, and the first PDA.
When you know what a GUI is.
When you watch MacRumors Live during lunch hour during special events.
When you've done all the above before your 14th birthday.
Yep
Maybe?
When you were the first in the school to know about the 5G iPod, iPod Nano, iPod Nano 2G, 5.5G iPod, 2G iPod Shuffle, Mac Pro, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Apple TV, and iPhone.
When your best shirt is a "I visited the mothership" t-shirt from 1 Infinite Loop.
When you know that Apple made the first affordable computer with a GUI, one of the first digital cameras, and the first PDA.
When you know what a GUI is.
When you watch MacRumors Live during lunch hour during special events.
When you've done all the above before your 14th birthday.
Thats me! Apart from the bit about MR Live.
When you have 2 of your 3 Apple laptops on your coffee table so you can use one while the other is working on something else. (ie. DVD burning)
You look forward to intensive work related classroom training because you're learning so much about using Keynote as a study aid.
You can't wait until the next version of Keynote.
You look forward to intensive work related classroom training because you're learning so much about using Keynote as a study aid.
You can't wait until the next version of Keynote.
