Survey finds iPod/iTunes marketshare still growing

I saw Apples in movies as a kid and naturally wanted one as an adult. I also just couldn't stand Windows.

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Unfortunately, the comment, “Apple appears to be winning mindshare at an early age, which we expect will pay off as students become more significant consumers over the next decade,” does not necessarily translate into computer sales, because millions of children in North America used Macs in their elementary schools but ended up buying Wintel computers by the time they were able to make purchases themselves, and that was in an era when relatively few computers were in homes. Those of us who used the Apple ][ in junior or senior high school did adopt the Mac in college or after university because Windows did not exist yet and didn't really come on the radar screen until a decade later in 1995.

Unfortunately, the comment, “Apple appears to be winning mindshare at an early age, which we expect will pay off as students become more significant consumers over the next decade,” does not necessarily translate into computer sales, because millions of children in North America used Macs in their elementary schools but ended up buying Wintel computers by the time they were able to make purchases themselves, and that was in an era when relatively few computers were in homes. Those of us who used the Apple ][ in junior or senior high school did adopt the Mac in college or after university because Windows did not exist yet and didn't really come on the radar screen until a decade later in 1995.