> Nerds don't buy cool tech, we design, build, > program, repair, and repurpose it.
Also, we use it. There's a time for Erector sets and Altairs, and there's a time for having a high-defenition video camera that shoots at 120fps and also shoots 8MP stills at 10fps and oh yeah it's also a GPS with satellite imagery and live traffic and a million other things and it weighs a couple OUNCES. Doesn't matter if it's Apple or Android or whoever. I mean come on, if this [consumerist.com] isn't nerd heaven, I don't know what is.
I liked the idea of smartphones back when they were expensive and sucked*; then Apple made a great one and I wanted it. As it happens, a few million other people did too. Being popular does not automatically make it bad.
* and I wanted one even before they existed. When I got my first Palm, I thought "this thing is awesome!" Then, the first time I read a number off my Palm and punched it into my phone, I though "It'll be great when I don't have to read a number off of one device and punch it into another." I very distinctly remember having that thought.
Yes, nerds do indeed use tech, and we often foresee tech before it gets here. But using tech isn't enough for one to be a nerd, you have to understand it intimately. A nerd understands how that cool phone works, a consumer doesn't.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by sootman on Wednesday February 26 2014, @01:21AM
> Nerds don't buy cool tech, we design, build,
> program, repair, and repurpose it.
Also, we use it. There's a time for Erector sets and Altairs, and there's a time for having a high-defenition video camera that shoots at 120fps and also shoots 8MP stills at 10fps and oh yeah it's also a GPS with satellite imagery and live traffic and a million other things and it weighs a couple OUNCES. Doesn't matter if it's Apple or Android or whoever. I mean come on, if this [consumerist.com] isn't nerd heaven, I don't know what is.
I liked the idea of smartphones back when they were expensive and sucked*; then Apple made a great one and I wanted it. As it happens, a few million other people did too. Being popular does not automatically make it bad.
* and I wanted one even before they existed. When I got my first Palm, I thought "this thing is awesome!" Then, the first time I read a number off my Palm and punched it into my phone, I though "It'll be great when I don't have to read a number off of one device and punch it into another." I very distinctly remember having that thought.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 26 2014, @10:36AM
Yes, nerds do indeed use tech, and we often foresee tech before it gets here. But using tech isn't enough for one to be a nerd, you have to understand it intimately. A nerd understands how that cool phone works, a consumer doesn't.
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