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MacRumors

Feb 27, 2003, 11:30 PM

Vote: Poll: In what region do you live in? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=139&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

janey

Feb 27, 2003, 11:37 PM

so far only people from the US...

Datazoid

Feb 28, 2003, 01:16 AM

Isn't there one too many "In"'s in that question???

Nermal

Feb 28, 2003, 02:42 AM

Originally posted by Datazoid
Isn't there one too many "In"'s in that question???

Yeah, there are :)

backspinner

Feb 28, 2003, 04:08 AM

Originally posted by übergeek
so far only people from the US... Europe just woke up...

beer

Feb 28, 2003, 06:53 AM

what is a US?

SlowX

Feb 28, 2003, 07:02 AM

Originally posted by beer
what is a US?

it's one of those things that you can, like, you know,
like,
even though you may not
LIKE.

you know?

heh

pivo6

Feb 28, 2003, 07:07 AM

Can someone tell me where the *other* region is? Maybe I'd like to plan a vacation there. :)

FelixDerKater

Feb 28, 2003, 07:08 AM

I'm from the good old US of A.

Love it or leave it!

Mr. Anderson

Feb 28, 2003, 07:54 AM

So who posted other? Where are you logging in from?

D

Kwyjibo

Feb 28, 2003, 08:26 AM

Maybe I'm just dumb but "North America (not Canada or US)" isn't that basically the same as mexico. Maybe this is how my teachers just taught us geography but we learned all the island nations and the countires past and sometimes even include mexico as Central America rather than a part of North America maybe thats jsut me tho.

Mr. Anderson

Feb 28, 2003, 08:29 AM

I was thinking the same thing, but I think arn's grouping central America with North America in this case.

D

Billicus

Feb 28, 2003, 09:16 AM

Seriously though, where are the eleven people who voted "Other" from? It seems to me that all the continents are covered...:confused:

RBMaraman

Feb 28, 2003, 09:39 AM

Originally posted by Billicus
Seriously though, where are the eleven people who voted "Other" from? It seems to me that all the continents are covered...:confused:

Actually, Antartica is not on the poll. It may be the "Other" choice. So, is anyone posting from Antartica?

beer

Feb 28, 2003, 10:03 AM

and there's is the pacific area... oceanie.. we call it...

but I m pretty sure in South America and Africa are some Macs

littlejim

Feb 28, 2003, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by backspinner
Europe just woke up...
I'm suprised there hasn't been any smart alec comments about this .... :)

littlejim
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He's fallen in the water

Rajj

Feb 28, 2003, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
Maybe I'm just dumb but "North America (not Canada or US)" isn't that basically the same as mexico. Maybe this is how my teachers just taught us geography but we learned all the island nations and the countires past and sometimes even include mexico as Central America rather than a part of North America maybe thats jsut me tho.

Central America is not a continent; it is part of North America!!
They named it Central America so people can locate Mexico, Nations south of Mexico, and The Caribbean Nations easier on the map!! :p ;)

wdlove

Feb 28, 2003, 03:23 PM

Everyone should simply list the region that they are from. North America, USA

IndyGopher

Feb 28, 2003, 04:17 PM

WhenI saw the question, before going to see the choices, I had assumed this was going to be DVD region codes. This may or may not indicate how pathetic I am.

dreamlance

Feb 28, 2003, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by Billicus
Seriously though, where are the eleven people who voted "Other" from? It seems to me that all the continents are covered...:confused:

Logging in from Mars I suppose :)

Stelliform

Feb 28, 2003, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
Maybe I'm just dumb but "North America (not Canada or US)" isn't that basically the same as mexico. Maybe this is how my teachers just taught us geography but we learned all the island nations and the countires past and sometimes even include mexico as Central America rather than a part of North America maybe thats jsut me tho.

I met a guy from Guatemala who was perturbed that Americans do not typically recognize central America. I know I am guilty of that....

pivo6

Feb 28, 2003, 10:01 PM

There are now 15 from *other*. Uh how many astronauts/scientists are on the international space station?

Rajj

Feb 28, 2003, 10:14 PM

I figured there would be more than 2% from Asia!!! :eek:
Asia has a lot of space to cover!!

shadowfax

Feb 28, 2003, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by xrhajj
I figured there would be more than 2% from Asia!!! :eek:
Asia has a lot of space to cover!!

maybe they just don't like to take/don't notice the polls?

Rajj

Feb 28, 2003, 10:29 PM

Originally posted by Shadowfax
maybe they just don't like to take/don't notice the polls?

But come on 27 people!!!!
That sux!! Over half of the world?s population is in Asia!!
Oh well!!;) :D :cool:

shadowfax

Feb 28, 2003, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by xrhajj
That sux!! Over half of the world?s population is in Asia!!
yeah, and they pirate windows XP ;) :D

janey

Feb 28, 2003, 11:14 PM

Originally posted by xrhajj
I figured there would be more than 2% from Asia!!! :eek:
Asia has a lot of space to cover!!
did you ever think about the fact that many asians do not speak english and most of them don't use macs?!
Apple has an unbelievably small market share in asia because people there are looking for cheap crappy computers not expensive works of art...
Besides the people most likely to spend time on a mac rumor site are people from the US (United States).

shadowfax

Feb 28, 2003, 11:17 PM

Originally posted by Shadowfax
yeah, and they pirate windows XP ;) :D Originally posted by übergeek
did you ever think about the fact that many asians do not speak english and most of them don't use macs?!
Apple has an unbelievably small market share in asia because people there are looking for cheap crappy computers not expensive works of art...
Besides the people most likely to spend time on a mac rumor site are people from the US (United States).
it's official. you're redundant and condescending :p

Steradian

Feb 28, 2003, 11:23 PM

Burn :D

Im Happy where i am, Sunny California

janey

Feb 28, 2003, 11:24 PM

Originally posted by Shadowfax
it's official. you're redundant and condescending :p
haha no i'm just telling the plain truth :D

shadowfax

Feb 28, 2003, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by übergeek
haha no i'm just telling the plain truth :D
:p no you're spinning it to make him look like an ass, and i said the same thing only in fewer words, so you're thus redundant, obsolete, a Pentium among G4s:p :eek:... ok, not that bad, but close;)

shadowfax

Feb 28, 2003, 11:28 PM

Originally posted by Steradian
Burn :D

like, sunburn, ken burns, or both?

Rajj

Mar 1, 2003, 12:23 AM

Rajj

Mar 1, 2003, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by Shadowfax
:p no you're spinning it to make him look like an ass, and i said the same thing only in fewer words, so you're thus redundant, obsolete, a Pentium among G4s:p :eek:... ok, not that bad, but close;)
Thanx for the back up!!;) :D

scem0

Mar 1, 2003, 07:13 PM

US - texas to be exact.

iWantAMac

Mar 2, 2003, 05:50 AM

Australia.

Megaquad

Mar 2, 2003, 06:28 AM

yup yup.. i'm here..
muahahhah

:rolleyes:

nickmcghie

Mar 2, 2003, 06:38 AM

Originally posted by übergeek
did you ever think about the fact that many asians do not speak english and most of them don't use macs?!
Apple has an unbelievably small market share in asia because people there are looking for cheap crappy computers not expensive works of art...
Besides the people most likely to spend time on a mac rumor site are people from the US (United States).

i'm from asia and i take offense in what you've said.. most ppl in asian DO speak english (i'm talking about east asia here.. taiwan, korea, japan, hong kong, singapore, etc... not russia or pakistan or the middle east)

u say that people in asia are looking for cheap crappy computers not expensive works of art?? so ppl in the US are looking for expensive works of art? that doesn't explain why sub-$700 computers and companies like emachines exist, nor why apple has less than a 5% marketshare... the reason that apple has an unbelieveably small marketshare in asia (excluding japan) is because marketing in asia is practically nonexistant and support is terrible.. apple should do to the rest of asia what they did in japan.. in japan, apple has an even higher marketshare than in the US.. thus asians clearly are NOT all looking for "cheap crappy computers"

having lived in both asia and the US extensively, i have to say that asia (again, meaning east asia) is FAR more advanced in terms of consumer technologies.. for example, cell phone usage/phones/services, broadband usage, electronic gadgets.. heck, even public transportation in asia makes the US look like a joke

sorry.. i'm not being racist here or anything of the sort.. i'm just upset at the misconceptions that some ppl have about asia, and i'd like to set some things straight.. asia is NOT full of backwards and undeveloped 3rd world countries with tons of peasants and poor ppl roaming the streets.. it is a highly developed region that in many ways is far ahead of the US techonologicall.. remember where most macs are made!