Forbes Predicts 5% Desktop Share for Apple in 2005

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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WINE? Re:20% switching? No way.

[templest]

You know, "Wine Is Not An Emulator" WINE? Copy over a few of the files off an old Windows 98 CD + some fonts 'n' libraries and you can be playing "World of Warcraft", "Half-Life 2", "GTA: San Andreas", or whatever else you'd like. And if that fails, just get Cedega for $5. They're for linux, but they work just as well on a Mac. I know, I've tried.

Re:Why I switched BACK from Apple to Windows

[stratjakt]

The 50 dollar flash based mp3 player I bought for my kid *sounds* better than the iPod.

It's a fashion statement, a fad that will die off.

Remember when anything but a "Sony" walkman branded you as a "follower" and not a "trendsetter"?

I'm not bitter about it, I could care less. Our whole economy is largely based on the "fools and their money" maxim.

Re:Stock

[TrueWest175]

I don't know where you get your data on universities. I work at an Ivy League university and am a member of several higher ed associations where we trade operational info. Everyone I know has ditched Apple. Three years ago, we were 90% Apple, now the university is probably 80% Windows based. They made a conscious decision to go with the system that's used in the real world. There are departments that tenaciously cling to Apple - they are generally looked down on as averse to change.