People don’t realize how much their laptops communicates about what type of person they are. I look at peoples laptops at work and in Coffee shops to profile them. Ya I know, do not judge a book by its covers, but this is not judging. It is mere categorization of people to help me relate to them in special ways. Here is the decision criterion I use. Take a look at how the users of laptops compare to each other. Please add your own in the comments below.

 

Male with a Pink Laptop – Don’t drop your teaspoon in the pantry. He just might want to run a virus scan on you! Or he is an out right rebel, challenging everything and everyone around him.

 

Chick with a Pink Laptop – Should not be common in the work place as colored laptops may be considered unprofessional by some. With the pink laptop she basically communicating the following.

 

1. I am deliberatly down tuning the perception that I am clever to raise my bimbo factor

2. I don’t care about tech nor understand it. I just want a pretty Laptop.

3. I am fun and take life lightly.

 

Toshiba Laptop – Someone that seeks no thrils nor thuses. He just want to het the job done. I have seen countless auditors with Toshibas. They love them because Toshibas are just as predictable as they are. For example Toshiba Satellite P500-S8945.

 

Apple Mac Laptop -If you have a Mac you are most probably a Designer,Photographer or publisher of some type. Or you like offbeat stuff and swimming against the stream. Mac Users are usually trendy folks, the type of guy that can pull of a Yellow Suit at a funeral. Macsters will almost always have some other Apple electronics like the iPod. Mac users are always very passionate about Macs and will not tolerate anyone talking down on there aluminum cased babies. Example Apple 13″ MacBook Pro

 

HP Laptops – You are from an older generation, still placing trust in the trusty HP calculators of back in the day. You like quality and are willing to take out some extra cash to get it. You are most likely in some kind of a profession and most probably male. Example HP Envy 15.

 

Sony VAIO - You completely diregard the value for money optimization excersize and go staight for the best by dishing out your hard earned cash. You have money and you want to show it. You most likely drive a luxury sedan and chances are good it is a black one.

 

Dell Inspiron – You are after style but like most people of your generation you are a bit cash strapped and cant go for anything over R10k. So you go for, in my opinion the best value for money on the market. ( If you optimize for style ). Example Dell Inspiron Mini 10.

 

Netbooks – Difficult to say at the moment. Initially developed for developing countries Netbook manufacturesrs soon found out that their biggest market is the First world. So the market is still very new and not even the big computer companies are sure with all there market research dollors at their disposal. One thing I can say about netbook users is that they are cool. Like me with my Lenevo Ideapad S10.

 

Again, please add some more profiles in the comments below.

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