It was never like this with Windows or Linux.
Last night in the pub I found out that a friend of a friend is a Mac user. I was quite surprised – somehow I wasn’t expecting it. Anyway, within seconds we were doing the now-familiar “what’s on your Mac?” conversation, running through all the must-have applications, the top tips and recommendations.
A new twist to this is that web applications are starting to make it into the list, too. Flickr, del.icio.us, Movable Type … the lines are being blurred. Not only do we love our apps, but now we love our sites too.
Anyway, this was the final push I needed to update my list of must-have Mac apps, this time as a delicious set of tags: mac software osx recommended. I think I got them all, let me know if you think anything is missing!
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I’ve found the same thing in class.
the mac users have some kind of instant recognition and friendship.. like it’s some kind of social signal…
he own’s a mac so he must be ok… and in general they are too ;p
maybe apple should make this a switch ad. I had no friends until I bought my mac to starbucks and all of a sudden I had 20 other mac users saying hi!
Glad to be of service