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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Orbitz and Mac

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On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels

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I'm not sure Claire the pink pig barbarian sees it the same way (she is an Appleist) as I do. That is, Mac users are easily manipulated into paying more for stuff than PC users. Makes sense to me.

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17 comments:

Anonymous said...: Ah, Claire from California? 'nuff said, it goes with the territory.
oy vey ole'; 6/26/12, 10:24 AM
pdwalker said...: they are not the only company that offers different pricing based on the demographic; 6/26/12, 11:11 AM
James Hooker, Nipple Whisperer said...: Maybe to a hotel with an actual working toilet and a bedroom with A BED!!!; 6/26/12, 11:25 AM
DougM said...: Nah,
we just use all the leftover money we don't spend on fix-it and anti-virus software.; 6/26/12, 12:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, I dunno about that -- bein' as how I'm only a guurl: all I know is I'm not spending my day[s] playin' with iObit...

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e~C; 6/26/12, 12:47 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm kind of surprised that a sophisticated MAC user who, by definition, can afford the finer things in life, would even bother with something like Orbitz. When my secretary is surfing the web in the back of the limo looking for a place to stop for the night so I can wash my hands in Courvoissier and soak my feet in Baluga, I'm not so worried about the cost.; 6/26/12, 2:15 PM
James Hooker, Nipple Whisperer said...: Hold it down Cacti, I´m on the phone with my broker.; 6/26/12, 2:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes, and they shop at REI. It's an outdoors store, but half the floorspace is over-priced women's clothes. What's with that? I want a tent fly that I can buy separate from the fucking tent!

Casca; 6/26/12, 3:02 PM
curmudgeon said...: Pardon me, but would you have any Grey Poupon?; 6/26/12, 4:48 PM
TimO said...: So what's the big deal? On my new iMac I can just fire up Windows7 under Parallels and use Chrome to access the lower rates. Or I can fire up Linux under Parallels and use Chrome to access the lower rates.

In fact, I can do one better and just not access Orbitz due to their unfair practices...; 6/27/12, 12:13 AM
Anonymous said...: Timo, but can you buy a mac on woot under 500 clams? I think not.
Col. Whiskey; 6/27/12, 12:37 AM
Anonymous said...: Meanwhile, LINUX users were simply encouraged to build and manage their own hotel. :)

Larry in Rochester; 6/27/12, 9:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Okay, Larry: that was REALLY funny.

Kim; 6/27/12, 10:45 AM
Kristophr said...: Kim:

Neal Stephenson probably analogized LINUX best in his book "In the Beginning, there was the Command Line", when he compared it to a car dealership that gave their customers free tanks instead of cars, but instead of servicing them, they handed out free mechanics manuals and tools.

LINUX is the main battle tank of OS's ... it is nearly indestructible, and free.

But you must do your own tech support.; 6/27/12, 1:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Kristopher,

My last contract involved looking after hundreds of linux server in a wide variety of configurations, versions, and distributions.

My current contract involves me cleaning up 5 years of negligence in a handful of windows servers.

Just take a guess which one has given me more problems by...say... 2 orders of magnitude. Why? Because the tech support for one of them is so much easier and clearer than the other.

Windows, for all the wonderful things it does, is a huge support cost for any company that uses it extensively.; 6/27/12, 3:01 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah Kris, that's a perfect analogy: an indestructible battle tank that requires the user to perform his own maintenance.

Unfortunately, it can't fit into a parking space, gets shit gas mileage, needs a crew of four to work halfway efficiently, and is horribly complex to maintain for anyone who isn't technically-minded.

Thanks, but to continue the analogy: I'd rather stick with my cheap old car, even if it behaves more like a Fiat than a Ford.

For some (most?) of us, Linux just isn't worth the learning curve.

Kim; 6/27/12, 10:39 PM
pdwalker said...: Kim, Have you tried a Mac?

(quickly runs away from the rapid gunfire)

Just for a lark, I went to Amazon.com with IE(pc) and Safari(mac) from the same source IP.

Yup, different prices.

You already know which one was cheaper.

Caveat Emptor; 6/28/12, 3:00 AM

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