Apple's Mac Halo: No Myth

Apple's Mac Halo: No Myth

Who are the switchers really? They aren't all college kids and consumers as many believe.

That's right, Macs are the goto computer for geeks now.

What I hear is that this guy is more confident that the Mac platform can run his real "basic tasks" than Windows can. At the same time, he has confidence that a virtualized Windows environment will handle his necessary work needs when something else is called for. And if absolutely necessary, he can run Windows natively on the Mac Intel-based hardware.

Meanwhile, other market segments such as the Web 2.0 crowd appear to have no trouble choosing the Mac over the PC. When you see photos from conferences or from people hanging in the office, they appear to be using Macs. The Apple logo is plain for all to see, row after row of Macs. This acceptance can't be for the style of the Mac. After all, these people are savvy, technical users.

eWeek goes on to say that business users are switching in large numbers too, and he rehashes recently reported browser statistics that show a large percentage of web-surfing, particularly to computer enthusiast sites is done with Macs.