Macintosher

English Etymology From en Macintosh er<id:occupation>. Noun en informal A user or fan of the Macintosh brand of personal computers. en 12 December 1989 Z4648252 THANKS Dave Small for doing legal calls -- Adobe Type Manager comp.sys.atari.st https://web.archive.org/web/20260819104559/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.atari.st/c/f0xIAnWQKAg/m/BNMZoAyB-rwJ More postive strokes... in the room with me, as I type, are several Macintoshers. They are seeing this ST running FullWrite (document processor--memory hog), RedRyder (terminal program that I'm typing on now), and StuffIt (an archive utility) all by way of MultiFinder. en 10 October 1992 Gess Shankar IBM, Microsoft, and OS/2 -- a history. comp.os.os2.advocacy https://web.archive.org/web/20260819104503/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.os2.advocacy/c/FOFww4xz_v4/m/G5fkU5C7NYkJ DOS customers by the millions have long been a neglected lot, getting some attention only when DR got their act together and started offering some sort of competition. Their swelling numbers happened because of IBM (not by design perhaps ;-)) and Mr Eskridge's vision. Much derided by Macintoshers and Amiga-heads, but envied by the same because of the numbers and market presence, thanks to the cheap iron and the corporate embrace. en 28 October 1992 TRUTH -- Geof Peters -- Part 2 of 2, Frequently Asked Questions for Pagemaker bit.listserv.pagemakr https://web.archive.org/web/20260819104521/https://groups.google.com/g/bit.listserv.pagemakr/c/lytdaqj5e8U/m/n5o83SbirnAJ For the Macintoshers, it helps out a great deal to sort your fonts into different sets of "suitcases". en 12 June 2009 tim Now That You Mention It alt.society.zeitgeist https://web.archive.org/web/20260819104633/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.society.zeitgeist/c/9Hw32hhvpj4/m/Ie8TMrH5tvYJ By definition, Macintoshers are "smart". :-) Related terms en Macer en Apple Inc. Fans (people)