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What is Mactard?
When anything looks pretty and nice but is non-functional as is a Mac computer.
"The new Firefox 4 browser looks like it's mactarded. Nice design but it's lacking in functionality."
"Sarah used to be intelligent but then became mactarded in college. She's a slut now.
Mactard - video
Mactard - what is it?
A Mac fan that blindly believe that any products produced by Apple Inc. is superior to all other products of the same kind. Such a person believe that Apple is the "de facto standard" of similar products and also believe that Apple is the victim from which others simply copy inventions from.
User 1: Do you thing this ASUS laptop or that Toshiba's is faster? I got so excited after I tried Windows 7.
User 2: Neither, Windows 7 is just Windows. You should get a Mac, "it just works" and doesn't have "thousand of viruses".
User 1: Have you even use Windows 7?
User 2: No, but it is a rebrand of Windows Me and Windows Vista. No matter how much Microsoft try to copy from Mac, Windows 7 is just like putting lipstick on a pig.
Users 1: You are such a Mactard, commenting on a product you haven't even use!
What does "Mactard" mean?
A mac user who has no understanding of computer hardware, engineering or what makes computers fast, and thinks their mac is the best computer ever because it has a finely polished GUI.
mactard:My mac is soo fast because it uses all of its resources to render the shadows on my window buttons.
Listener: Wow. You are mactard.
Mactard - what does it mean?
An Apple computer user who takes any opportunity to advertise to the world they are 'better' than everyone else because they use a mac, even if this statement has nothing to do with the current conversation.
User 1> Does anyone know why my P4 is having heat issues when I use (program)?
Mactard> HaHa Use a mac!! My mac is better than you're PC anyday! I am so cool because i have an iPod!
User 1> Anyone else? Anyone who isn't a mactard?
Mactard - meaning
Mactards are people who fall prey to Apple's advertisements, failing to see they are the victims of ploys to get them to pay for a logo rather than superior products.
You might be a mactard if...
1.) You bought a Mac to be different, just like everyone else buying a Mac.
2.) You believe the half truths of Apple's advertisements.
3.) You believe some one else who believes the half truths of Apple's advertisements.
4.) You think the iPad is a "magical and revolutionary" device when in fact such devices have been around for years.
5.) You think the price of an iPad is unbelievable because it is low rather than ridiculously high.
6.) If you think clicking the right mouse is hard, but using esoteric key combinations to get the same behaviors out of a one button mouse is some how easier.
7.) You prefer form over function, bought a Mac and got neither.
8.) You switched to a Mac because you thought Windows was proprietary...
9.) You feel penalized because most apps won't run on your Mac after you bought a Mac with full knowledge that most apps won't run on a Mac.
10.) You insist on using Safari because it is "secure", in spite of the fact it has been shown to be the most insecure browser on a Mac. (Apple is learning from Microsoft on how to make in house browsers...)
and one to grow on:
11.) You have to think of a way to justify any of the aforementioned ways to know you are a mactard.
Mactard - definition
Someone who thinks Apple computers are a godsend having zero knowledge that they're not as bulletproof as Apple claims. These people blindly pay the hefty price premium for an Apple computer just to surf the web, listen to music & check email. And they think they're better than everyone else because their computer is shiny & polished which is apparently more important than performance or battery life. To them, it's form over function.
Apple says Macs are "immune" to infection. Is that why you can buy Norton Anti-Virus for Mac? If Macs are so perfect & "just work", then why does Apple quietly release updates (i.e. Snow Leopard 10.6.8.2) which is a 170MB update & contains multiple security patches, bug fixes & stability tweaks?
PC User - Nice new Macbook you got there. Have you updated to the latest service pack?
Mac User - Huh? No need, it's perfect, I just downloaded & installed the latest Snow Leopard 10.6.8.2. It was only 170 megabytes so no big deal!
PC User - You know what a 170 megabyte update is right?
Mac User - No, what?
PC User - That's a Service Pack, like what you would find in Windows.
Mac User - (covers ears) - No! I don't believe you, la la la la la la!!!
PC User - What a Mactard....
Mactard - slang
A computer user who has forgotten (or is ignorant of) the true purpose of the computers existence. A mactard is oblivious to the fact that the computer is a tool for doing legitimate work but is enamored by how cool his MAC looks.
mactard to windows user:
"hey dude check this out, I have 60,000 pictures in this folder and iMistakenIdentity has identified my face in 20,000 of them. Check this out....oh, that's my brothers naked butt....wait check this one out....oops that's not me either - how did that get in there. Hang on I'll find a picture that has me in it.
windows user to mactard:
So where are you at with the sales report for the CEO?
mactard to windows user:
I haven't started my PC yet. Hey come check out this new song by lil-weeny.
Mactard
Someone who paid twice as much for a computer that does half of what a PC can do. Incapable of admitting this error, they weave an elaborate fiction, believing that they are unique and special snowflakes, when in fact they must slavish bond together with other logo-obsessed narcissists to reinforce their collective delusion of superiority.
Noticing that my home built PC lacked an Apple logo, the group of mactards snickered into their identical iMacs and began praying in unison to the Almighty Steve.
Mactard
Mac users who think they are better than people who use PCs, and think they know everything about Macs, but in reality don't know much about anything and just like feeling superior to others.
Windows User in Mac Lab: "Dude, this is so annoying, every time I touch the sides of the mouse it keeps spreading all of my windows out."
Mac User: "Oh, here you can turn that off in System Preferences. Let me show you."
Mactard: "HAHA! The PC has made you dumb. Expose is the best thing to grace this planet, you just don't know how to use it cause you're dumb!"
Windows User and Mac User: "STFU ALREADY DUDE."
Mactard
Apple device user who believes doggedly in the superiority of anything produced by Apple but lacks any actual technical knowledge. Mactards have no idea how computers actually work and eventually lose all ability to operate even the most rudimentary technological devices because they lack Apple's look-and-feel.
Friend 1: Why is the TV still on?
Friend 2: Oh, that's my roommate; he's a Mactard and can't figure out the remote.
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Mactard: <swiping thumb across flashlight> Why won't this unlock?