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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?"

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  1. obligatory: by to_kallon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i for one welcome our new iPod-touting, mac-using overlords.

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    The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
    -Oscar Wilde
  2. Would love to but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I would love to make the switch. But not until I can do my #1 computing activity there...play games. No matter how you slice it, gaming is not as rich on the mac platform as it is on the PC.

  3. Re:My dealings with Apples and Macs by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    OSX wireless is pretty bad actually... No WPA/AES (they only do TKIP), and the wireless won't initialise unless there's someone logged in - so no headless boxes.

    I'm hoping they get it right for the next release, but it's not ready yet.