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Friday, April 29, 2005

Is Apple’s Tiger a Kitten?

Red Herring:

Apple Computer will unveil its new operating system, “Tiger,” on Friday, in an attempt to stir interest in its personal computers.

Apple is in fifth place in the U.S. PC market, with a 3.7 percent share. For Apple, which now relies heavily on its iPod music player for revenue, Tiger represents a small step back toward the company’s roots as a premiere personal computer maker.

Apple declined to provide sales goals for Tiger, although analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray said, “There’s potentially more than $1 billion revenue,” if the 8 million current Macintosh owners all decide to upgrade to Tiger at $129 a pop.

8 million?

Tiger may not be a deal-maker. “It’s not going to be a game-changer for someone who wants to make the switch from PCs to Macs,” said Mr. Munster. “It appeals to the core base of Mac users.”

Mark Stahlman of Caris & Company said he doesn’t believe Tiger will have any real impact on sales.

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