Apple Insider reported that Mac grabbed 14% of U.S. Retail Sales in February.

It's only going to get better: Morgan Stanley says 40% of college students plan to buy Macs.

Excuse me while I do my little "I told you so" dance.

If you'll follow that first link, you'll also learn that fourteen percent
represented twenty five percent of the dollar volume - yes, twenty five
percent, all for Apple. The snowball is growing..

Have you ever been in an Apple store? There are more and more of them
popping up, so there is probably one near you. Just go take a peek:
every time I've been to one it has been packed with people.. of course
a lot of that is iPods and the like, but the 'puters are selling too.

And why? Because people are fed up with Microsoft and they are
afraid of Linux. Because people who aren't afraid of Linux realize they
can have both on one very nice machine. Because even places like
PC Magazine are recognizing the superiority of Leopard over anything
else out there.

Wait.. I have to do that little dance again.. sorry, it will just
take a minute.

Apple is going to continue to pull market share from Microsoft (and
so is Linux). Why? Because they make a better product. A better OS,
yes, but also better hardware to run it on. Sexier hardware, better engineered hardware. No doubt the Windows fanboys hate that, but it's true:
Apple innovates, and everyone else copies.

One more dance? I promise no giggling during this one..

Another long time Windows fan has switched: 50 Reasons to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple's Mac OS X (Chris Pirillo) - you are going to see this more and more..

A recent Information Week article doesn't even question the issue. They
ask Which Apple Should You Pick? and say:

Apple's product lineup is clear, logical, and targeted at distinct types of users and uses. The entire product line is one of the strongest Apple's ever had. Without hyperbole, it may be the best overall line of computers anyone has had, ever -- there's not a bad Apple among the bunch, and some are truly superb.

Seriously now: you don't own a Mac yet? What's stopping you?

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