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400,000 Windows Users Switch To Mac

Posted by timothy on from the numbers-are-hard-to-trust dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:Or there's a better explanation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.