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March 21, 2005
Mac market share, switchers
On Friday, Morgan Stanley released a report that said the PC-to-Mac switcher rate for iPod owners can be as high as 19 percent. AppleInsider has good coverage of this. If that does come to fruition, Mac market share can climb to as high as 5 percent in 2005. Doesn't sound like much, but the difference between the current 3 percent and 5 percent is a whopping number of stylish little white boxes running OS X.
I'm glad to hear this. I think the iPod experience is a good introduction to the Mac and it gives a valid taste of things Apple. I use and own both Macs and Windows machines and I think they both have strengths and weaknesses. However, my main machine is a Mac (a 14" iBook), and I've been a long-time Mac fan, so I'm glad to hear it when other people discover that there are alternatives to the Windows world, and those choices are as good as a Mac.
Posted on March 21, 2005 09:03 AM | Category: Culture
