Mac Computers Increase Share Online

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it's happy time @ cupertino's 1 infinite loop, address apple inc. not apple have popular iphone , ipod product lines, new study shows mac computers gaining market share among web users.

according report issued monday market researcher net applications, mac's worldwide market share among web users increased 6.6 percent in september, compared 4.7 percent year ago -- 40 percent increase. compares 6.15 percent in previous month.

vincent vizzaccaro, executive vice president @ net applications, said market share not installed base, usage base on net. added 500,000 sites have company's tracking code installed, , data has been extrapolated billion monthly page views on sites.

windows still 91 percent

half of market share in net applications data consists of users running apple's osx on older, powerpc-based machines, , other half on newer intel-based macs.

observers note huge success of ipod , iphone having spillover effect. there have been predictions months successes introduce consumers apple's famed easy-to-use interfaces , result in users becoming mac buyers.

these new gains not threaten windows dominance. report noted 91 percent of machines had windows operating systems, although down 3 percent year ago. vista, successor windows' venerable xp, held 7.4 percent of total, xp having 79 percent. there fractions of percent each windows 2000, 98, nt, , me.

apple's safari browser going in terms of market share, 5.07 percent of users in september, compared 3.53 percent year ago, according net applications. microsoft's internet explorer still kingpin, @ 77.86 percent, while open-source firefox second @ 14.88 percent. opera, netscape, , others each less point.

15 percent in 5 years?

samir bhavnani, research director current analysis west, said wasn't surprised @ increased market share, had noticed people asking opinion buying computers had increasingly been including macs possibility.

but, said, macs still @ "higher end of price points," going limit degree computers considered mainstream users. "to move needle up," added, "they're going have come out more price-competitive."

without price cut, apple see boost in market share following launch of leopard update os x later month. bhavnani said expected apple introduce new laptops then, drive sales. when asked market share macs in 5 years not surprise him, bhavnani said 15 percent.

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