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Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005

Posted by timothy on from the of-course-the-rates-have-gone-up dept.

sebFlyte writes "Spurred on by the iPod, Apple's share of the desktop computer market will grow to five percent (from three percent) this year, according to research from Morgan Stanley. Apparrently nearly 20% of iPod users surveyed are planning to switch to Macs, and the sales figures for the last few quarters are backing up the theory of the iPod Halo Effect. All this suggests the question ... how many iPod-touting Slashdotters are thinking of switching?"

16 of 1,045 comments (clear)

  1. I like the iPod Shuffle so much... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to buy a Mac, but not attach a screen to it!

    1. Re:I like the iPod Shuffle so much... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      The program is in a complex waveform of both running and non-running states.

      Ha, my Windows machine already does that!

    2. Re:I like the iPod Shuffle so much... by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Click to launch a random application.

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  2. Re:Stock by daquake · · Score: 2, Funny

    The time to buy Apple stock was 7 years ago at $12.00 before the split :P

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  3. Yup by bahwi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, not a total switch, I think only a few slashdot readers are capable of switching.

    Did you mean, "Add to your collection?"

  4. Rumors of.... by aengblom · · Score: 5, Funny

    What was that? Rumors of Apple's imminent *survival*?

    I give Apple six months before Jobs shuts the place down just to spite us all.

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  5. Re:Why not by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is not the new MAC OS basicly Linux?
    No. It's basically BSD, which is, of course, dying .

  6. Re:Stock by finkployd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bought Apple stock a while ago at $14. I thought I was being smart by selling it at $30. I was wrong :(

    Course we are only talking about five shares.

    Finkployd

  7. Ack! Beleagured Apple... by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...now 2% less beleaguered! Oh, woe is me. Do you have any idea what kinda' influence Apple could have on the world if they had 5% market share? A democrat might actually win an electoral race or something. Gah! The War on Tourism might be called off! What would I use my .50 cal for, then?

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  8. Re:I'll be one of the converts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    The mac mini fits a perfect niche.
    So does a buttplug.
  9. Re:Stock by stilwebm · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always get my stock advice from Anonymous Cowards on Slashdot.

  10. Switch?? by StikyPad · · Score: 3, Funny

    All this suggests the question ... how many iPod-touting Slashdotters are thinking of switching?

    Switching? Slashdotters don't switch hardware. We aggregate and incorporate. Why would I ever dispose of anything that could generate a couple more SETI@home points per month, while also filling in as my firewall, e-mail, and/or MAME and streaming media server? And that's just my 8088! You hipsters with your disposable hardware. Makes me sick.

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  11. Re:Switch? by argent · · Score: 3, Funny

    And how many of them swear off Windows?

    Swear off Windows, or swear at Windows. There is no third choice.

  12. Re:Switching by gklnx · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to hate Macs; pre-OSX I was convinced they were complete garbage. They were. Can you say cooperative mutiprogramming? [shudder] Have you ever been face-to-face with their 30" Cinema? It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Have you ever seen a naked woman? It's even more amazing.

  13. No no no follow the script! by skingers6894 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple dies and then Linux takes desktop share away from a slowly dying Windows...

    What happened? Everything was going to plan two years ago?

    Damn you iPod! Damn you and your white plastic earbuds!

  14. Re:Switching by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even more amazing: A naked woman on a 30" Cinema..