It's an inertia thing. Amongst my rather random group of friends (perhaps over represented by creative types) the mac has become the defacto purchase - and it's a relatively recent shift as far as I can tell.
Once you reach critical mass you by mac because your friends have one, and that just increases the inertia. Of about 30-40 people I know only 1 has a non-mac and he's looking at replacing it. Goes against the statistics.. but these peer group pockets of mac usage are the same thing that got the ipod into the position it is in now.
This hasn't filtered through (much) to business yet - I wonder what the long term effect wll be.
Once you reach critical mass you by mac because your friends have one, and that just increases the inertia. Of about 30-40 people I know only 1 has a non-mac and he's looking at replacing it. Goes against the statistics.. but these peer group pockets of mac usage are the same thing that got the ipod into the position it is in now.
This hasn't filtered through (much) to business yet - I wonder what the long term effect wll be.