
By Will Sturgeon
Published: Friday 01 April 2005
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James Billing
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Just goes to show that only monkies like to use Windoze
Alternate title:
Apes prefer Windows
Anonymous
Just goes to show that only monkies like to use Wi...
James Billing
"Even monkeys wouldn't use a Mac"
Is the wrong ti...
Anonymous
I would have thought "Monkeys prefer Windows" to b...
Anonymous
shouldn't the title be, "Only a monkey would use a...
joe
Conclusive proof that Windows users are no smarter...
Robert Jung
You know this was coming... ;-)
Only monkeys pr...
Anonymous
I've always belived that it takes a simian to like...
Anonymous
Alternate titles:
You don't have to have a degree...
Anonymous
Windows is easier to use then.
So simple that e...
Anonymous
It's a monkey business (copy effect). One monkey c...
Anonymous
april fools?
Anonymous
Nice one. April 1st rules OK.
Jim
Only monkeys would believe this story on April 1st...
Scott Scott
The machine clock was consistently reset by the mo...
David Gaskill
and what's the date???????????? Thanks for making ...
Anonymous
A truly excellent april fools! I've forwarded it ...
Simon Collins
A truly excellent april fools! I've forwarded it ...
Simon Collins
Learning that monkeys prefer Windows and Outlook i...
Carl Bennett
Interestingly,independent research at the Universi...
Sam Evans
Has anyone noticed the date!!!!
Andyts
Interestingly,independent research at the Universi...
Sam Evans
What's the date today?
Duncan Gibb
er...people...you have noticed the date of the art...
Anonymous
Apes do better computing on windows
Monkey Man
Look at the date
Anonymous
I wonder who funds this foolish research every Apr...
Nick
Too busy supporting your personal prejudice, sorry...
Anonymous
A truly excellent april fools! I've forwarded it ...
Simon Collins
Surely someone's having a chuckle here (aside from...
Keith.Trangmar
I can't believe how many people fall for the April...
Anonymous
Interestingly, independent research at the Univers...
Sam Evans
Interestingly, independent research at the Univers...
Sam Evans
There is already concrete proof that millions of m...
Loof Lirpa
Well that just proves that the Mac lovers and ther...
Dr Who
Hmm. Proof that Mac users have no sense of humour...
Evert Hadjurl Legg-puhled
Seriously why do they research these things. It ta...
Michael Carter
Good april fool
Anonymous
Perhaps this article has something to do with toda...
Anonymous
'OS zealots fail to check their calendars' might b...
Anonymous
Oh btw there's no april fool like a Mac user !!!
...
Michael Carter
I'd change the title to 'Windows is for primates',...
Anonymous
What day is it?
Alan G
Ah, I love the first of April...
Kong
Well done the Silicon - you got some people fooled...
Tim
8 OUT OF 10 APRIL FOOLS PREFER WINDOWS TOO!
Anonymous
So which one is the April Fool? This story or the ...
Neil Robinson
Shouldn't the title be "Mac Users are more Gullabl...
Chris Anderson
Shouldn't the title be "Mac Users are more Gullabl...
Chris Anderson
My cat sat on the Mac...
and accidentally turned ...
May Mousse
Shouldn't the title be "Mac Users are more Gullabl...
Chris Anderson
Conclusive proof that Windows users are apes? More...
Mac users make me laugh!
Well - it is 1st April...!
Neville Byford
happy april fool's day silicon!
Mark SPLINTER
Maybe not quite in the league of Panorama's docume...
Cilla
Maybe not quite in the league of Panorama's docume...
Cilla
A recent study at Edinburgh University found that ...
Anonymous
They obviously do have a calender
just check the ...
peter nicholls
A recent study at Edinburgh University found that ...
Anonymous
No, Macs send you ape-sh*t.
Loof Lirpa II
The only thing that surprises me about this story ...
Anonymous
Riiiiigghhtttt.... This proves true the saying "Ma...
Nigel Hughes
Erm... has no-one noticed the today's date?
Anonymous
anyone notice today's date..?
Anonymous
anyone notice today's date..?
Anonymous
Thanks Silicon, funnier than "Today" on BBC Radio ...
Richard
This has got to be an April fools!
Anonymous
HELLO MAC USERS what is the date today, say no mor...
Anonymous
Oh Mac lovers! such fools!
go and get yourselve...
April
Were they wireless keyboards?
It was impressive...
Jim Pansey
Hmm, April 1st
Not sure whether to put this dow...
Simon
All you Mac lovers - Look at the date of the artic...
David Hudson
and the date today is?
Anonymous
I suspect the answer to "why do they bother resear...
Charles Brown
This is nothing new my company employs many monkey...
Bubbles
Does the title reflect the author's bias? Wouldn'...
Julian Sharp
Good one. 1st of april eh?
S. Jobs
Perhaps the chimps attending the tea-party would h...
Avrilina Folie
Many primates fear that which is not familiar. Oft...
Olaf Pirol
Nobody has yet commented on the fact that if you p...
Paul Tansom
Report from Zod of the reptilian planet Vespia. E...
Malcolm Ripley
Most Apes prefer Windows, & most humans too.
Anonymous
Hello Mac Lovers - What date is it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
Most Apes prefer Windows, & most humans too.
Anonymous
Only a monkey would believe this story on April 1s...
Richard Holyoak
and the date is .....
Anonymous
Er, what's the date today again?
Monkey
Doh! It's April Fools Day. And anyway, it's a wel...
Richard Howlett
*sigh*
Look at the date people...
Dan
Did no-one check the date before responding to thi...
Mac Monkey
Give 20+ Mac users the same provocative headline a...
Anonymous
A recent study at Edinburgh University found that ...
Anonymous
I think a more appropriate title for the piece is:...
John Sturridge
Ah with a name like that and to paraphrase with po...
Real I Ng'fsh
April fools!
Anonymous
Microsoft employ this method for writing operating...
Pandemonium
Monkeys are not very smart so of course they would...
Webgurl
But it was Original Mac+ vs. 3GHz P4 PC's! Now is ...
Lars DeRuntz
Well it is a shame not because of the experiments ...
Mario Lobo
Wonders!!! My monkey came up with Einstein relativ...
Anonymous
Which monkeys funded this research?
Wayne Faircloth
Which, despite the fact that it's April 1st, remin...
Ken Munn
Hey, I'm a Mac user and I knew it was a joke! I f...
Tim
Sad thing is, only 1 monkey given 1 month will gen...
Anonymous
a green eye...ififih eh ham ham
Ham
Contradicts research done with donkeys.
Despite o...
Professor Don Quay
A Mac by any other name would smell as sweet, fors...
Disappointed Dog Owner
It proves a point -
Only monkeys use PCs
Adam
This is just about the stupidest conclusion anyone...
Anonymous
It takes a certain intelligence level to recognize...
Marconi
Conclusive proof that Windows was designed for mon...
Anonymous
well, what does that tell you about Windows predom...
Sebastian McGauran
hehe. that says it all:
windos-user are closer t...
marcus
That was a funny, worthwhile article. Thanks for ...
PSGInfinity
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