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November 11th, 2008

Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac

Posted by David Morgenstern @ 6:44 pm

Categories: Mac OS, Opinion, Windows

Tags: Newsweek, Apple Macintosh, PC, Video, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a MacIn a Newsweek video, reporter Nick Summers says that going from covering the Hillary Clinton campaign to the Obama campaign was like switching from a PC to a Mac. The Web video, called Secrets:’The Dysfunction’, is a part of the publication’s special coverage of the recent political campaigns.

“It was kind of jarring going from covering Hillary to helping cover Obama. It was like going from PC to Mac; everything just works. I was talking to one reporter and just said, ‘it’s so much easier here.’

“And she said, ‘yeah, it’s really weird, when you ask for the schedule, they just give it to you.’”

So what does that make the McCain campaign? Maybe a low-end Linux box?

David MorgensternDavid Morgenstern has covered the Mac market and other technology segments for 20 years. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


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Sore losers.
"Are you upset that the republicans didn't go crying like sore
losers because they lost"


As in Sen Ted "I wasn't convicted of anything !" Stevens,

or...

Sen "Please wai... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Jkirk3279 Posted on: 11/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Well, Linux just works too. McCains campain was like going to Win3.1  DonnieBoy | 11/11/08
That comparison is much better!  catmedia | 11/12/08
No, Worse - McCain's Campaign Was Like VISTA! grin  drprod@... | 11/12/08
Here we go, more childs play  daMan25 | 11/13/08
Sore losers.  Jkirk3279 | 11/27/08
RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac  davidmorgensternZDNet Moderator | 11/11/08
Linux just works if, like the Mac it is pre-intalled.  DonnieBoy | 11/12/08
If Obama's campaign was a Mac..  silent.griffin | 11/11/08
read the article  ThinkFair | 11/12/08
Welcome to smug reporting  daMan25 | 11/12/08
Generalize much?  James Quinn | 11/12/08
Wow?  daMan25 | 11/12/08
Certainly I can be productive with Windows just not  James Quinn | 11/12/08
Jim, are you that productive that you don't need a spell checker?  Scrat | 11/12/08
Scrat... is that the best you can do?  James Quinn | 11/13/08
daMan25 - Speaking of Bush Nazi Micro$haft Bigots!  drprod@... | 11/12/08
LOL....  daMan25 | 11/13/08
I just did and...  jediguard@... | 11/21/08
You know it wasn't all that long ago that those  James Quinn | 11/12/08
Linux  Windows Defender | 11/11/08
candidate distros  eric__m | 11/12/08
RE: candidate distros-watch  n0neXn0ne | 11/12/08
True, true...  jediguard@... | 11/21/08
Naw - Nader is DoS  drprod@... | 11/12/08
Really ?  timiteh | 11/11/08
Then you share...  Rick_K | 11/12/08
You said ...  n0neXn0ne | 11/12/08
Nice insult  Rick_K | 11/12/08
LOL  Zedox | 11/12/08
No  Rick_K | 11/12/08
RE:No ... but ...  n0neXn0ne | 11/12/08
Seems you you some issues my friend....  James Quinn | 11/12/08
Of course we insult the messenger  mykmlr@... | 11/12/08
Then why?  Rick_K | 11/12/08
No one ...  n0neXn0ne | 11/12/08
Please Get One Simple Fact Correct  michael549@... | 11/12/08
McCain's more like OS2  mpilatzke@... | 11/12/08
RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac  whyzzy | 11/12/08
Abacus I think....:P  James Quinn | 11/12/08
That doesn't make sense!  stano360 | 11/12/08
RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac  jeff.fostermedia@... | 11/12/08
RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac  KenBallard | 11/12/08
As a Mac user you should be by know familiar with  James Quinn | 11/12/08
Jeez Jim, is it getting that bad that you have to attack...  Scrat | 11/12/08
I dare many things far greater than this, and I have  James Quinn | 11/13/08
RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac  eric__m | 11/12/08
Yet he concluded that he preferred the PC...  fishbone528 | 11/12/08

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