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Monday, January 03, 2005

Shiny Apple?

CNN/Money:

No longer just a company for devotees of its Mac line of computers, Apple was the hot tech stock last year thanks to its wildly successful iPod digital music player. Many users of PCs running on Microsoft's Windows could be spotted wearing the iPod's trademark white headphones.

Despite all the iPod hype, the Mac is still Apple's bread and butter. So no matter how popular the iPod gets, Apple will need to post solid sales and profit gains from its computer business. But some analysts think the iPod could be the best advertisement for the Mac.

Some Mac watchers also say mounting security problems that have hit computers running on Windows hard will leave consumers eager to purchase Macs, which have been relatively immune to worms and viruses.

Sadly, of course, the data doesn't support that. Apple's Mac sales in fiscal 2004 were 3.29 million units, up slightly from 3.01 million in fiscal 2003. However, the overall PC market grew at a much larger clip in 2004, as noted here previously, meaning that Apple's overall share of the market fell once again. On the good news front, Apple is making money, and it's iPod is, of course, selling like gangbusters. I still don't see any positive news for the Mac in this, however.

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