[X4U] Apple's user base geezers?

[poolmouse_nyc]

i used to go to mug meetings...but after a while i saw little value in it (aside 
from mingling with other mac users who seem all too often so lonely). most were 
older, for sure.

if you take the graphic arts industry, the median age of mac users should be lower.

don

> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:28:54 -0600
> From: Linda <XPressoBean at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [X4U] Apple's user base geezers?
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> On 12/7/06 10:01 AM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
> 
>> > Have you ever been to a MUG? Of those I've been to, I'd say 75% of the
>> > members are 55+.
> 
> I think 55+ are more likely to belong to social organizations than younger
> people who are still working full-time, in school full-time, have kids in
> diapers or still living at home, etc. 55+ers also haven't had a computer
> most of their grown lives, whereas younger people have, and so those 55+ers
> might tend toward MUG for troubleshoooting and handholding.
> 
> <anecdote>The crowd I see in an Apple Retail location any day of the week is
> typically much younger than 55+. </anecdote>

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