Help us out on a Macrumors survey

[Teh Don Ditty]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community? To learn more about Apple/Mac and to feed my new found addiction.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community? Giving and receiving help. Boredom and fun.

3. What Apple products do you own?
White CD MacBook, Mac Mini, PowerMacG4 Cube and a 4G iPod

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community? All.

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors? Seemed like the smart idea.... now I'm not so sure When I was lurking it seemed like great place to discuss all things Apple and other topics.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Yes. Over 300+ posts in a little over a month.

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
No.

 

[iBookG4user]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?

I wanted to find a nice Mac oriented community where my interests were shared with many other people.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?

I like knowing about the rumours and that sort of thing, and I like sharing my knowledge to help people.

3. What Apple products do you own?

I own a MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro extra battery, and a 60GB iPod Video.

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?

I am most interested in the MacBook Pro line, as mine will need to be upgraded to the latest model in 2008.

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?

I wanted to join a Mac centered forum to get away from all those nasty windows fanboys .

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?

I do consider myself an active member, I have this in my circle of 5 most visited sites (The coveted safari window with 5 tabs )

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?

I sometimes go to Apple Insider, but I'm not registered on their forums.

 

[Bobdude161]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
Not a very big one around locally

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
Something to do

3. What Apple products do you own?
Sawtooth G4/1.5 Ghz
iMac G3/600 Mhz
iPod 5th generation 30GB
Performa 600
PowerPC 5260/120
Power PC 7200 (I think)
Apple CRT displays
and more...

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
PowerMac G4 and Collectors

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
a VERY large community with VERY knowledgble people (unlike myself)

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
I guess, a coupla posts a day

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
A little bit of
MacMod
StrangeDogs


That's all, thanks!

You're welcome.

 

[SkyBell]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
Uh... to see what it was like?
2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
Nothing better to do (keeps me off the streets )
3. What Apple products do you own?
Mac Mini, 1G Shuffle, 5.5G iPod Video, iMac 233 Rev. A, Apple IIc, Macintosh Classic. iBook G3 800 Mhz
4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
The Mini or iBook.
5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
I like the threads and the members (except for two:...What, you think I'm going to say who? I'm not stupid)
6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Yep, I post everyday possible.
7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
Apple Insider, Mac-Forums, and Mac NN, but I like MR the best.

 

[Cult Follower]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community? I wanted to express my opinion.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community? Something to do.

3. What Apple products do you own? 3-iPod Shuffles, an iPod 30Gig (5G), MacBook(White) with Mighty Mouse, Performa w/ CD and Floppy

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community? All

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors? Its one of my favorite sources for Apple news.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member? Yes

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities? No, not yet.

 

[monke]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community? Wanted some questions answered and buying advice.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community? Helping others out. Converting more people to a Mac.

3. What Apple products do you own? iMac G5, iPod (3G) 15GB, iPod Nano (1G) 4 GB + many accessories.

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community? Portables (Laptops/iPods/iPhone)

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors? Honestly, it was the first result to show in google. I started to read the page almost every day, then became a member when I was ready to buy a Mac.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member? Yes.

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities? Nope.

 

[bigandy]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
when i joined only about 2 others had macs at my uni, so it was the best place to talk about macs, get support, help each other, and generally have good banter.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
the enjoyment to be had in some threads, knowing you've helped one or two people, the banter, and the few friends i've made in "real life" from macrumors.

3. What Apple products do you own?
MacBook Pro 15" C2D 2.16, iMac G3 400 DV, iPod 3G 40Gb, iPod Nano 2G 2Gb, BT Keyboard, Mighty Mouse, and piles of bits.

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
anything and everything. i like to spread my love

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
because it's the most constructive of all interweb forums. all the others, in every field, just annoy me.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
not as much as newbies like katie ta achoo, or mad jew, but a bit...

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
yes, but not active.

 

[angelneo]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
After purchasing a powerbook about 2 years ago

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
Helping people with their problems?

3. What Apple products do you own?
Powerbook G4, iBook G4, iPod 15G

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
Nothing in particular

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
Wide range of topics discussed here

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
No

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
No

 

[iRachel]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?

I was tired of Windows, and was interested in purchasing a mac, but I hadn't used one since grade school (an Apple IIe), so I wanted to do some research first and have some questions answered. I did eventually purchase an iBook.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?

Macrumors was one of the first sites that I found when I was doing my research, and everyone was friendly and helpful, and I liked the discussions.

3. What Apple products do you own?

iPod mini (blue)
iBook G4

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?

I honestly don't follow the product discussions that much, except when something new comes out, such as the iPhone. Most of the time, I am in the community forums.

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?

As I said above, it was one of the first sites I found when researching my macs, and I had to register in order to post questions, but I quickly found the place to be friendly and helpful, so I stayed.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?

It depends. I post in fits and spurts. Some times I'll post several times a day, other times I'll go weeks without posting (though I still read the site everyday during these times).

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?

No. I checked out some other sites when I was researching my purchases, but I didn't care for them as much as macrumors.

That's all, thanks!
You're welcome

 

[katie ta achoo]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
I registered to talk about Tiger night. I was vanity-googling for pictures of myself crying, post-Powerbook win. I've never found those dang pics! I want them eradicated!
2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
I'm a nerd, and conversing with other nerds (be it tech-related or not) keeps me occupied.
3. What Apple products do you own?
iBook G3 (in parts... she broke!) PowerBook G4 15", Intel C2D Mac Mini, a couple of iPods, 2 Airport Expresses, keyboard, mouse, probably some other stuff that I'm not naming. *shrug*
4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
Whatever I can get for free. Where's my widescreen video iPod? I'm ready to spend, Apple!!
5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
Everyone seemed nice enough. Looked fun
6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Just a little.
7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
Does digg count?

 

[SMM]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?

After purchasing a PM 2.0 dual with a 23" ACD, and running OSX Panther, I realized there really was a viable alternative to WinDell.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?

Within by immediate periphery, I am on a mission to replace WinDell with Apple in the corporate world.

3. What Apple products do you own?

Powermac, MacPro, XServe, Mac Mini, Powerbook, MacBook, MacBook Pro, FCS, Quake, iWork, Quicktime VR, Web Objects, iPod.

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?

The same.

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?

I liked the technical expertise here. I liked the non-Mac subjects. The information is usually very good.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?

Not sure really. I read and post. Maybe that is being active? However, I do not feel part of the forum community. I am definitely against the anti-Apple campaign being waged here by some and am verbose about it. Maybe that does not sit well with others?

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?

Not really.

 

[beatzfreak]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
I'm a mac Junky!!!

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
Lots of great info, tips. Interesting community.

3. What Apple products do you own?
PowerMac G4, G5 Dual Core, TiBook, Express, Shuffle, Logic Express

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
Macs

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
Researching a new Mac. I think, don't really remember.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Active lurker!

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
No

 

[BCains]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
Originally wanting to see reviews and feedback on some products i was looking into purchasing.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
To be apart of a community with the same interests.

3. What Apple products do you own?
Macbook Pro, iPod 30GB Video, G4 etc

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
Macbook Pro and Mac Peripherals

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
Something to do online

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Yeah i guess so

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
No, but gearslutz (a recording forum with alot of mac users)

 

[BigPrince]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?

To stay knowledgeable and current on the Apple Product and to occasionally help others when I am in a position to do so.


2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?

Helping others, staying on top of things, enjoying myself.

3. What Apple products do you own?

iPod, Nano, iMac g5, clothing, pen, soon a new computer and stock if I get it a the price I want it for.

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?

Everything and Anything Apple

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
I didn't for over a year but decided I should to help others and ask questions and because of Macworld 2007, since I attended.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Daily member, not as active as others, but I do consider MYSELF active.

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?

No, unless my work email group counts.

 

[wonga1127]

1. What was your motivation in becoming a member of a apple/mac community?
I was amazed by the styling of the Powerbook and the MBP, decided to quit from my 15 year run as a PC guy, and switched, psychologically at least.

2. What is your motivation in remaining an active member of the apple/mac community?
It's ineresting

3. What Apple products do you own?
iPods mini and shuffle, soon to be iMac G5

4. Which Apple products are you most interested in when participating in this community?
Mobile

5. Why did you choose to become a member of macrumors?
First forum I saw.

6. Do you consider yourself to be an active member?
Kinda sorta

7. Are you a member of any other virtual (online) apple/mac communities?
Nope.