Macintosher
Macintosher noun: a user or fan of the Macintosh brand of personal computers.
Noun
Macintosher (plural Macintoshers)
- A user or fan of the Macintosh brand of personal computers.
- More postive strokes... in the room with me, as I type, are several Macintoshers. They are seeing this ST running FullWrite (document processor--memory hog), RedRyder (terminal program that I'm typing on now), and StuffIt (an archive utility) all by way of MultiFinder.1989 December 12, Z4648252, “THANKS Dave Small for doing legal calls -- Adobe Type Manager”, in comp.sys.atari.st (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
- DOS customers by the millions have long been a neglected lot, getting some attention only when DR got their act together and started offering some sort of competition. Their swelling numbers happened because of IBM (not by design perhaps ;-)) and Mr Eskridge's vision. Much derided by Macintoshers...1992 October 10, Gess Shankar, “IBM, Microsoft, and OS/2 -- a history.”, in comp.os.os2.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
Examples of Macintosher in a sentence
- Much derided by Macintoshers and Amiga-heads, but envied by the same because of the numbers and market presence, thanks to the cheap iron and the corporate embrace.1992 October 10, Gess Shankar, “IBM, Microsoft, and OS/2 -- a history.”, in comp.os.os2.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 19...
- For the Macintoshers, it helps out a great deal to sort your fonts into different sets of "suitcases".1992 October 28, TRUTH -- Geof Peters --, “Part 2 of 2, Frequently Asked Questions for Pagemaker”, in bit.listserv.pagemakr (Usenet)...
- By definition, Macintoshers are "smart". :-)2009 June 12, tim, “Now That You Mention It”, in alt.society.zeitgeist (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026:
Forms of Macintosher
| plural | Macintoshers |
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Origin of Macintosher
From Macintosh + -er.
Questions about Macintosher
- What does Macintosher mean?
- Macintosher means a user or fan of the Macintosh brand of personal computers.
- How do you use Macintosher in a sentence?
- Much derided by Macintoshers and Amiga-heads, but envied by the same because of the numbers and market presence, thanks to the cheap iron and the corporate embrace.
- What part of speech is Macintosher?
- Macintosher is a noun.
- What is the plural of Macintosher?
- The plural of Macintosher is Macintoshers.
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Source and license
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