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The Second Coming of Apple
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:41:12 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Reply-To: <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 05:28:16 -0800 To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] The Second Coming of Apple [Note: This item comes from reader Monty Solomon. There are two separate article cited below, both worth reading if you're into Apple and its future. DLH]
From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: December 24, 2004 3:48:49 PM PST Subject: The Second Coming of Apple The Second Coming of Apple December 20, 2004 By TIM HANRAHAN AND JASON FRY Apple Computer has been reborn -- and now it's on the verge of a renaissance. Yes, we know Apple's share of the PC market remains little more than a rounding error: According to market-research company International Data Corp., its share of PC shipments hovers around 2% in both the home and commercial sectors, with more than half the commercial numbers coming from educational sales. But we see a confluence of events that we think will substantially change some of those numbers, ushering in an Apple tidal wave that will remake the home PC landscape. .... <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB110313866314201096,00.html> Readers Weigh In on Apple And Possibility of 'Halo Effect' December 23, 2004 By TIM HANRAHAN AND JASON FRY In Monday's column, we predicted that the combination of the iPod's popularity and the increasing worry over viruses, security holes and spyware in Windows PCs will lead to the second coming of Apple Computer as a home-computing power. To say that struck a chord would be putting it mildly. Boy, did we ever get mail -- including a significant number of people who said that the iPod, Windows security concerns or a combination of the two had made them switch to a Mac or plan to do so. We also got letters from readers who disagreed with our hypothesis. .... <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB110373871528907298,00.html>
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