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President-Elect Obama uncovered as Mac user

updated 04:00 pm EST, Mon November 10, 2008

Obama revealed as Mac user

The United States' 44th President will be a Mac user, as President-Elect Barack Obama and his children have been revealed as having two MacBooks for personal use. Newsweek notes that Michelle Obama, the soon-to-be First Lady, recently purchased the two MacBooks so Barack and his two daughters can video-chat while he is on the road, something likely to be frequent in his new position.

9to5Mac also has a photo of a staffer relying on a MacBook Air on the campaign trail, suggesting that Macs are making an inroads into the positions of highest power in the US. Past presidential hopefuls Al Gore and John Kerry also use Macs, as do President George W. Bush and ex-President Bill Clinton; the latter two, however, have more typically been associated with PCs, if and when they use computers. Clinton is known to have sent only two e-mail messages while in office, and Bush is not known to have sent any.





 
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Bush

11/10, 04:13pm (2 replies) reply

Well using a Mac certainly didn't help Bush do a half way competent job so I am hoping Obama using a Mac doesn't have the same effect!

rytc

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Hu!

11/10, 04:32pm reply

First positive news about Obama I have ever heard.

MyRightEye

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re: Bush

11/10, 04:34pm reply

Yeah, but the article says Bush isn't known to have sent any emails, so he is unlikely to have used it much. So hopefully, the new Pres will do a better job in all sorts of areas.

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kennedy

11/10, 04:43pm reply

ted kennedy's office also used predominantly mac computers from very early on, though kennedy himself like mccain doesn't use a computer.

dashiel

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Question...

11/10, 04:55pm reply

Can we get 10% market share?

YES WE CAN!

nerdbunnie

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Be there by Christmas

11/10, 05:00pm reply

Be there by Christmas

starwarrior

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Back in '92...

11/10, 05:11pm reply

... there were stories of the old Selectric typewriters used by the George H.W. Bush administration being replaced by PowerBooks. That was back when the PowerBooks were new and their design and feature innovations hadn't yet been adopted by the rest of the industry.

ADeweyan

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MacWorld

11/10, 05:27pm reply

Looking forward to seeing him at MacWorld this year.

Stogieman

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On-the-go

11/10, 05:30pm (1 reply) reply

That's an OWC On-the-Go FireWire solution connected to his Mac in that 2nd photo. How about that.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go

OWCLarry

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MEH

11/10, 05:33pm reply

Rush Bimbo used Macs

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