Tuesday, August 24, 2004
iPod Drives Students To Buy Macs
Posted by Kent Pribbernow in "NEWS" @ 08:00 AM
"Apple's trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season. Many students, after falling in love with the iPod, are packing for college with new Apple Macintosh computers. "This is my third student rush season," says Jason Thorpe, a sales associate at the University of Oregon's computer store. "When I started, people wouldn't even look at Macs. Everyone came in wanting a PC. This year, two-thirds of them want Macs."
As a forensics expert would say...I'll wait for the DNA results. The ultra hip iPod is certainly a hit among college-bound students. But the notion that Apple's shiny white music player is causing legions of former PC users to switch to Macs sounds like some wishful fantasy originating in the minds of Mac fans. This form of unscientific anecdotal evidence is manifested on a daily basis in many popular Mac forums. Some claims made by posters blur the lines between sanity and mental illness. But that's for another post. :wink:
As a forensics expert would say...I'll wait for the DNA results. The ultra hip iPod is certainly a hit among college-bound students. But the notion that Apple's shiny white music player is causing legions of former PC users to switch to Macs sounds like some wishful fantasy originating in the minds of Mac fans. This form of unscientific anecdotal evidence is manifested on a daily basis in many popular Mac forums. Some claims made by posters blur the lines between sanity and mental illness. But that's for another post. :wink:
