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plural Macintoshers
- informalA user or fan of the Macintosh brand of personal computers.
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 20263 more examples
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 2026DOS 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 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 Aug 2026For 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), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
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Macintosher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macintosher
“Macintosher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macintosher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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