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Old 10-05-2009
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NPD: 12% of US computer owners have a Mac

According to a recent study by NPD Group, 12% of households that have computers own a Mac, which is up 3% from last year. The outfit's research also shows that 85% of those Mac owners have a Windows-based PC. Some 66% of Apple computer households own three or more computers, compared to just 29% of Windows PC households.

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Old 10-05-2009
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Wow, and holy moley!
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Old 10-05-2009
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Well when you get a free ipod with purchase....
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Old 10-06-2009
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I have a MacBook Pro, I run Windows 7 on it ;)
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Old 10-06-2009
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I have a MackBook Pro also Julio - but I run 7, 10.5.8, and 9.04 on it - it spends the most time booted into 7 as well these days.
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I have an Alienware ALX, and I play Crysis on max settings 90 fps
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I like my MacBook, but when I'm not doing casual things it tends to get set aside.
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Old 10-07-2009
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"with about 36% reporting incomes greater than $100,000"

and people waste time writing viruses for pc's....where's robin hood at?
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Old 10-08-2009
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Depending on where you live 100k/year might not be much at all.
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