Mac360 | Polls & Surveys

I have an itch that needs to be scratched. I just sold my five 1/2 year old PowerBook and I need to buy another Mac notebook. What should it be? MacBook Air? New aluminum MacBook? Or, should I wait awhile for something new? Take the Mac360 Mac Buyer Poll now. Full Story »

Some Mac users get hundreds of junk mail messages each day (me). The problem is worse than ever. How many junk messages do you get? How do you stop spam? What are some the worst messages? Full Story »

Last week someone asked me how many Macs I've had? It took a few minutes to add them up. I counted those I've bought for me, for my kids. All total about 20. How about you? How many Macs? How many iPods? Take the poll and check the numbers. Full Story »

Our anonymous Mac Poll strikes again. This time the question is simple and difficult at the same time. How many songs do you carry on your iPod? 100? 500? Over 1,000? 2,000? Better yet, how many of those songs are downloaded "legally" vs. downloaded from peer-to-peer file networks, like the old Napster: "not legal?" Readers voted. You can too. Anonymously, of course. And there's that article from Boston... Full Story »

Writing is the secondary activity on your Mac. Reading is first, of course. To read, someone first must write. A word processor is usually used, to, well, process (write) words. We tend not to change word processors too often. What's your favorite word processor? Full Story »

Most of us who've been Mac users for a period of time have an easy life. No email viruses. No trojan horses. Things usually work, well, better. Not so for Windows users. They're in constant fits over something new that threatens eternal destruction. Why should they switch to Macs? Full Story »

It's hard for some of us to think about it. Macs have been around for over 20 years. When did you get your first Mac? 1984? 1994? 2004" Was it a Performa, an iMac, a PowerBook (early 90s), or a PowerMac? Or a Mac before there was power? Full Story »

The buzz over the iPhone just continues to buzz, and buzz again. Based on what you know now, would you buy an iPhone when it ships? If not within six months, when? If not, why not? Take the Mac360 poll. Full Story »

Apple is getting more press from products they don't actually have. Are you in the market for Apple's iTV; the wireless streaming media gizmo? How about an Apple DVR? Or an Apple cell phone. Take the Mac360 survey, see the results. Full Story »

Mac news headlines so far this year have been dominated by the switch to Intel chips, Mac OS X security hacks, and lack of a TV tuner in the Mac mini. Well, the first two are headlines, the last one is on my wish list. The Mac360 reader poll asks three questions and gives instant answer and survey results. It's also free. Full Story »

There's now over 30-million iPod users. A year ago, it was only 6-million iPod users. How many are Mac vs. Windows? Where do you carry your iPod? Pocket? Purse? Your sock? Which iPod do you have? Our iPod User Poll has all the answers. Full Story »

Many Mac critics, as well as Mac proponents, say Macs just don't have enough RAM in the standard, off-the-shelf configuration. While RAM is considered cheap these days, does Apple put in enough RAM? How much RAM do you have? How about other Mac users? Our "RAM Poll" reveals all... Full Story »