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.













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.
gudin
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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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