400,000 Windows Users Switch To Mac

bonch writes "Analyst Charles Wolf of Needham & Co. wrote that 400,000 Windows users have moved to Macintosh, citing factors like the fabled iPod halo effect and the desire to escape the Windows virus epidemic. Mac shipments rose 35 percent, three times the rate of the PC market, with sales expected to surpass 45 percent in the current quarter. Quote: 'Assuming that Mac shipments would have been flat year-over-year, these percentage increases imply that about 200,000 Windows users purchased Macs in both the second and third fiscal quarters.'"

Comments

Re:Huh?

[BlackCobra43]

>_ okay I don't know how I missed that. I could do without the condescending tone however.

Reason why...

[zygote]

Wired: "Fabled iPod halo effect"
Tired: "Steve Jobs reality distortion field."

Re:Or there's a better explanation

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, no no no. I always buy two or three G5s to help inflate obscure, random surveys about computers. It is worth the extra six grand.

Re:Article makes a lot of assumptions

[mcgroarty]

"Further more what is the plural for a Mac Mini?"

Mac Many.

Re:x86 advantages

[vertinox]

With only an alt+tab get into a virtual-pc (or whatever)

That's Apple Key+Tab you insensitive clod!

(unless you have regular PC keyboard on your Mac then it's still Alt+Tab. On an Apple Keyboard(tm) there is also a button that says Alt on it, but it's not the same as the Apple Key or which is also known as the Control key.)