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Why so many United Kingdom users?
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Yes, but I heard the United Kingdom was more expensive and they don't make as many games for it. Plus, isn't it sort of a graphic design nation? What if I need to do spreadsheets? Can I use Microsoft Office there?
In the SF Bay Area I have come to the conclusion that Porsches have become the official car of erectile dysfunction. It's rare to see one not driven by a tubby balding guy in his 40s or 50s, or, on occasion, the mouldering remains of what used to be a trophy wife. The bits stop working, so it's time to buy a fancy sports car, apparently.
Same reason so many Americans come to Britain and do the same. Horses for courses and all that.
They get shot.
I don't think it's particular to MacRumours [sic], I tend to use a few American news websites not because they are better, but because I like to see a different point of view before I form an opinion, such is the benefit of both countries sometimes talking the same language.
If I could just throw one back, how many Americans use bbc.co.uk or other Brit websites?
Yep. Anything other than a Porsche, Merc, or Range Rover with blacked out windows is good. Even bloody Ferraris are getting common. Mind you, that's probably just the crowd going to Spearmint Rhino
no draught likely.
* only applicable in Florida.They get shot.
Where I live, you'd stand out driving anything other than the absolutely stunning (ahemYep. Anything other than a Porsche, Merc, or Range Rover with blacked out windows is good. Even bloody Ferraris are getting common. Mind you, that's probably just the crowd going to Spearmint Rhino
) selection of motors here.Of course, that's roughly the same throughout Scotland.
Yep. Anything other than a Porsche, Merc, or Range Rover with blacked out windows is good. Even bloody Ferraris are getting common. Mind you, that's probably just the crowd going to Spearmint Rhino
Maybe in London but luckily most of us have more sense
I have to say my fellow brits have excelled themselves in the response to the OP, laughs a'plenty! I raise a glass to you all.
Agreed on the macrumours.com resgistration suggestion, perhaps have a mirrored site with that address but same content... Arn? ya listening?
That was a joke, but unfortunately I forgot that it was a serious issue a few years ago linky
Where I live, you'd stand out driving anything other than the absolutely stunning (ahem
Wow, the Strathclyde Park posse! (or Crail if you are east coast!) This is more my bag
I laugh at all the blonde haired stick-thin girls with their enormous racks driving around in Shelby Mustangs...
You wanna see erectile dysfunction?
Take a drive down Univerity Ave in Los Gatos.
Ferraris, Maseratis, Porsche, Lamborghini etc...
It is after all , the home of the urban cougar !!!
Where I live, you'd stand out driving anything other than the absolutely stunning (ahem
Of course, that's roughly the same throughout Scotland.
You better post that in this thread
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There's a fairly cohesive and regular bunch here from the UK, perhaps because many of us have met up in real life and see each other off-board now and then. I think the Brits help add a healthy dose of cynicism and humour to all proceedings and their timezone is not hugely removed from Eastern Standard Time.
For the past couple of years, we've held a public unofficial MR event each summer — the MacRumors London picnic — held usually in mid-July in a London park. This event is partially responsible for a number of UK people to have met and to have carved out a little space for themselves here on MR... and yes, we'll be having another London picnic this year. Plans are underway as I write and will be advertised here within the next month or so.
Well I think your question is flawed.
I think if we looked at all registered users (whether or not they post often), we'd find an even spread across the English-speaking world.
The question you should ask is, "why are so many frequent posters British?"
The answer to that question is that the Brits are a very clever and talkative bunch (BV, I'm not bunching you in this group so don't ban me
), and they find more to post about (especially pointing out the linguistic inadequacies of us Americans). And, if you think there are a lot of Brits on MR, just count the top 50 members who are contributors. You'll find Americans to be the minority.
Its not just here. Plenty of site I go to have lots of people from the UK. Hell, I used to go to a forum where I was virtually the only Canadian.
No big mystery really, Apple stuff is hugely popular in the UK (and Ireland, where I'm from) - when you're looking for buying advice/general info and you Google your queries up pops macrumours.com
)). That's how I found my way here anyway. I also use Irish forums for Apple info/discussion but this one's bigger, I see it more as a global site than a U.S one.That's because it was botswanastampcollectors.com.
** cough ** You should meet the Irish
Fer chrissakes. Pick nits much? Did you really think I was basing my question on registered users and not actual posts?
And, if you think there are a lot of Brits on MR, just count the top 50 members who are contributors. You'll find Americans to be the minority.
I say we send them a prize. Maybe something that runs on Lucas electrics.
We all sign up to complain how expensive our Apple products are compared to the US.
True. And they never even thank us for subsidising them.