If you read the article, or even the paragraph about the article, you would see that they are talking about the Apple *computer* gaining market share, not the Apple *iPod*. The iPod is referenced as the cause of that gain.
People are now becoming more familiar with Apple as a company, its tech, and chic, and so they are more open to purchasing Apple as a computer.
But to give your reasoning for switching back to Windows because your kid didn't like his iPod makes no sense.
I suppose you're so eager to defend Microsoft, you don't even bother to read the article or my reply to your post. And I'm hardly defending Apple, I was just pointing out your reasoning lacked any sort of coherency or logic.
But to clear things up, yeah, I do like my Mac iBook more than I did my Windows laptop. I still run Windows on two other machines though, my main desktop (xp) and a server (Server 2003). So I know the good and bad of both sides of the fence.
So you switched back to Windows because your kid wasn't pleased with his iPod?
Uhm, perhaps you should have switched to Windows because of, say, you know, you didn't like Apple's computers? I mean, true, the iPod does look similar: shiny and white and has the little Apple logo, albeit a bit smaller overall, but it wasn't meant to replace your whole Windows machine. Of course, the functionality might have been similar, and the iPod wouldn't crash as often, so I could see you thought it was an upgrade at first...
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If you read the article, or even the paragraph about the article, you would see that they are talking about the Apple *computer* gaining market share, not the Apple *iPod*. The iPod is referenced as the cause of that gain. People are now becoming more familiar with Apple as a company, its tech, and chic, and so they are more open to purchasing Apple as a computer. But to give your reasoning for switching back to Windows because your kid didn't like his iPod makes no sense. I suppose you're so eager to defend Microsoft, you don't even bother to read the article or my reply to your post. And I'm hardly defending Apple, I was just pointing out your reasoning lacked any sort of coherency or logic. But to clear things up, yeah, I do like my Mac iBook more than I did my Windows laptop. I still run Windows on two other machines though, my main desktop (xp) and a server (Server 2003). So I know the good and bad of both sides of the fence.
So you switched back to Windows because your kid wasn't pleased with his iPod? Uhm, perhaps you should have switched to Windows because of, say, you know, you didn't like Apple's computers? I mean, true, the iPod does look similar: shiny and white and has the little Apple logo, albeit a bit smaller overall, but it wasn't meant to replace your whole Windows machine. Of course, the functionality might have been similar, and the iPod wouldn't crash as often, so I could see you thought it was an upgrade at first...