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... having a web site that asks users if they switched? A web polls results are not scientifically significant. The halo effect is yet to be proven. Watch the market share numbers as they come out.
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Nothing to see here  Real World | 04/04/05
Old news  Scrat | 04/04/05
Mac 'halo effect'  Loverock Davidson | 04/04/05
Halo effect  frgough@... | 04/04/05
Something to the effect of.....  Laff | 04/04/05
It is something a kin to the ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Why is this a "great white hope"  dave95 | 04/04/05
It is because ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
wrong  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
If the reason you bought your Mac was because ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Considering..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
Pot meet Kettle.....:)  Laff | 04/04/05
Re: wrong  nightshade0143 | 04/10/05
No penalty but a few hassles  voska | 04/04/05
That's where you're wrong  dave95 | 04/04/05
Research consitutes a little more then ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Who cares if it's proven  voska | 04/04/05
Yes, watch the numbers  tic swayback | 04/04/05
sales data, not switcher stories  Monkeypox | 04/05/05
Halo  TBarta | 04/04/05
RE: Halo  nightshade0143 | 04/06/05
Actually it is happening  TWRX | 04/04/05
Be careful of "intend to be" mac owners  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Something stylish...  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Ahh! The ever-popular "Macs are *SOOO EXPENSIVE!* canard  Atlant | 04/04/05
Talking about iPods  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
What do you mean by the full version?  Laff | 04/04/05
RE: Laff  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
How big is the Nomad? Does it take the same size HD?  Laff | 04/04/05
aka the original iPod.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
I think the iPod shuttle only does 512K amd 1 gig no 128K version.  Laff | 04/04/05
Poor comparison  voska | 04/04/05
128 concerned the song rate, not the capacity...  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Anton--iPod shuffle is a seriously good bargain  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Tic, agreed, but not my original point.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Anton--more than panache  tic swayback | 04/04/05
What's a screen for, Tic?  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Screening your calls  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Mathematically challeneged?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 04/05/05
RE: mathimatically challenged  ShadeTree | 04/05/05
Mentally challenged.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 04/05/05
Anton - Everyone would love to see  dave95 | 04/04/05
True, style is value...  nikoli | 04/04/05
Yes but..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
I Hope That Was Sarcastic  nikoli | 04/04/05
Me sarcastic? Neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
I Own An iRiver  nikoli | 04/04/05
But again it's not only style.....  dave95 | 04/04/05
Yeah, and as though they werent biting the Apple by calling it IRiver!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
Let's see,...  Spoon Jabber | 04/04/05
Think about this  dave95 | 04/04/05
therefore the Zen is surely better value for money  Scrat | 04/05/05
So..Okay, I'll take a $250 PC with CD-RW and a great OS & SW  el1jones | 04/04/05
Please reread the post.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
The Dell for sale  lengua99 | 04/06/05
Re: So..Okay, I'll take a $250 PC with CD-RW and a great OS & SW  nightshade0143 | 04/10/05
Boy Il Ike that one  theo_durcan | 04/05/05
If no halo, then why the rising market share?  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Up in desktop, down in portable.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
But up overall  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Tenuous correlations  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
It might just be coincidental  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Security without involving the user  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Still more than you need to do for a Mac  tic swayback | 04/04/05
I believe that if you had read the article ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
True...but that is NOT what you have been saying till now.  Laff | 04/04/05
I believe that if you had read the article....  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Why else  TWRX | 04/04/05
Typical Microsoft hubris...  gtdworak | 04/04/05
I assume you have some reference ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step:)  Laff | 04/04/05
Nice platitude but totally irrelevent!(nt)  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Hardly...if but one person who use to own a PC and ONLY a PC  Laff | 04/04/05
The problem with your logic is it ignores ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Yeah! Will NEVER happen!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
The Apple II had at one time a huge market share, but  Laff | 04/04/05
Keep ignoring the facts children.  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Only time will tell....:)  Laff | 04/04/05
How bout PT Barnum then: there's one born every minute!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
Not Phineas Taylor Barnum  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Jesus Anty!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
Thank you.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Yes Anty  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
Yes, the down side.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
What's ephemeral Anty? You lost me..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
He's saying that they are a fad, won't last (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 04/04/05
Sure. Look at sales #'s  ITGuy04 | 04/04/05
Wrong!  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Face it Shaderoo!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
NOT!  ITGuy04 | 04/04/05
Best do some research Shade  tic swayback | 04/04/05
I'll give you that they have shown some ...  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Let's not get into discussing stock prices...  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Thank you Shadeter for giving us that!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
Count me in that group Jeff  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Keep waiting for that G5 laptop.  ShadeTree | 04/04/05
Why unlikely?  tic swayback | 04/05/05
re: why unlikely  ShadeTree | 04/05/05
Major differences in this case  tic swayback | 04/05/05
RE: Sure. Look at sales #'s  richdave | 04/14/05
Personally don't know anyone switching but...  voska | 04/04/05
Nibbles are huge in context  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Our IT guy is  Ken_z | 04/04/05
Mac is cool, Windows is old school  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
people are close minded  Power User | 04/06/05
The pressure is on MS  Ken_z | 04/04/05
Microsoft would have to improve Windows...  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Microsoft would have to improve Windows/WRONG  theo_durcan | 04/04/05
Good point, but realistic?  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Ma Bell  Spoon Jabber | 04/04/05
Which is why I want MS to shrink a bit...to make  Laff | 04/04/05
RE: Which is why I want MS to shrink a bit...to make  richdave | 04/14/05
What competition?  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
Showing my age?  Spoon Jabber | 04/04/05
The cool things happened aside from the phone...  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
One nice thing that happened  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Just like they improved IE?  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Sure is profit in IE  voska | 04/04/05
Hardly  James T. Kirk | 04/05/05
Err... correction made.  James T. Kirk | 04/05/05
Possibly...  rapson | 04/05/05
Exactly  James T. Kirk | 04/05/05
RE: Exactly  richdave | 04/14/05
switched because of security or ?  Power User | 04/06/05
Macs will reach 60% market share!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
I doubt it, unless Mac becomes more software/hardware-compatible  doctormoriarty | 04/04/05
Doc !  Jkirk3279 | 04/04/05
Jeeze, Jeffy...  Real World | 04/04/05
Does Apple want 60% market share?  Ken_z | 04/04/05
No, but I;d love it if they got to 20%  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
If they hit 5% US they'd have cause to celebrate.  Anton Philidor | 04/04/05
MS claiming "No fear" is delusional.  Richard Flude | 04/04/05
Nothing from Microsoft in the last couple of years?  Anton Philidor | 04/05/05
You've have identified the problem holding back MS  Richard Flude | 04/05/05
The challenge of 5%  Ken_z | 04/05/05
When Apple was running that advertising...  Anton Philidor | 04/05/05
Not necessarily  tic swayback | 04/05/05
MacAss  rsouza@... | 04/04/05
I'm proud of my jiggly Mac booty!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/04/05
All 5 of mine just work  Ken_z | 04/04/05
jeff i wonder a mac user or a linus peeon  Power User | 04/06/05
Halo effect?  Protector | 04/04/05
Or people have found the "hand n glove:" way the iPod  Laff | 04/04/05
You're contradicting yourself  tic swayback | 04/04/05
In other news...  Real World | 04/04/05
How many times was the flaw exploited?  Laff | 04/04/05
The Easy Solution...  nikoli | 04/04/05
And this has to do with windows or Mac 'halo effect how? (nt)  el1jones | 04/04/05
Nothing...  Real World | 04/04/05
It Was Dumb To Knock Firefox In The First Place  nikoli | 04/04/05
Temper, temper  Real World | 04/04/05
int the other otehr news  Iain_Peters | 04/04/05
and everyone says get firefox is the best  Power User | 04/06/05
iPod Halo effect? Umm, doubt it . . .  CobraA1 | 04/04/05
Sample size n=1  tic swayback | 04/04/05
Halo Effect does NOT mean everyone or even close  Laff | 04/04/05
Macs are OVER PRICED...  twit | 04/04/05
First of all NEVER buy or upgrade memory from Apple.  Laff | 04/04/05
#1, you're wrong; #2, you're mistaken, etc.  macbill | 04/04/05
seconded  Tim Carpenter | 04/05/05
Build versus buy  tic swayback | 04/04/05
You pay for what you get  Ken_z | 04/04/05
Simple questions  Richard Flude | 04/04/05
twit is a fitting name - try research next time.  ITGuy04 | 04/04/05
If you put as much effort into shopping for the mac...  Dan__ | 04/05/05
games and mac that funny  Power User | 04/06/05
You never heard  lengua99 | 04/06/05
twit the answer is simple apple is a cult  Power User | 04/06/05
huh?  bhut | 04/22/05
A sure sign of the halo effect  jrfezziwig@... | 04/04/05
Microsoft: No fears of Mac 'halo effect'  retro84 | 04/04/05
Comes out with versus Promises to come out with  tic swayback | 04/04/05
What else would you expect for a M$ exec to say?  Reverend MacFellow | 04/04/05
Maybe not Fear it  enternamehere-20061413043042855708329691381958 | 04/04/05
Never!  Reverend MacFellow | 04/05/05
RE: Never!  richdave | 04/14/05
I bought a mac-mini... heres why!  Rogue_z | 04/04/05
Me thinks Microsoft doth protest too much  Userama | 04/04/05
Um, better think again... happy  wolf_z | 04/05/05
Shhh  rapson | 04/05/05
I know the answer to that one!  tic swayback | 04/05/05
BWahahahaha Tic!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/05/05
apple stuttering fools  Power User | 04/06/05
maybe but  Power User | 04/06/05
Windows busted  ned_gerblanski | 04/05/05
im not the bigest fan  cknapp151 | 04/06/05
Has been busted since 3.1  ITGuy04 | 04/18/05
Comparison  Kaena | 04/05/05
I just want it all to work...  rpommier | 04/07/05
Ignorance  internalfusion | 04/09/05
Speaking of ignorance...  MacCanuck | 04/11/05
*sigh  internalfusion | 04/09/05
Hardy har  internalfusion | 04/09/05
Apple has Enterprise Apps  ITGuy04 | 04/18/05
Mac doesn't have a Halo when they're going that slow...  zeusfuse | 04/13/05
You should separate your opinion from facts  MacCanuck | 04/14/05
Cltr + Alt + Del  smily4u | 04/21/05
why so much anger?  bhut | 04/22/05

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