BusinessWeek is currently running an online poll:
Will Microsoft’s decision to delay the next version of the Windows operating system change your PC purchase plans?
• Yes. I was hoping to upgrade before the holidays, and now I’ll have to wait till 2007 (current results: 12.2%)
• No. If Vista isn’t ready by the time I buy, so be it. I’ll expect a free upgrade when it’s available (14.9%)
• I wasn’t planning to buy a new computer any time soon (22.9%)
• I do intend to buy a new computer — an Apple (48.2%)
• Not sure (1.8%)
There are 342 total votes so far. Vote here.
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48% macbuyers, 48% of the traffic from mdn?
I love Apple, but give me a break.
There is a pretty negative tone towards Vista in these choices.
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FYI
CURRENTLY 50.8% OF THOSE POLLED HAVE VOTED TO BUY AN APPLE – WOW!
9:10 AM TODAY
Emil,
With a time machine maybe. The total was 48.2% before MacDailyNews posted the article. It’s not 48.2% because of MDN, although it will probably go up for Apple Mac now.
‘ CURRENTLY 50.8% OF THOSE POLLED HAVE VOTED TO BUY AN APPLE – WOW!’
Thanks very much. It took a lot of clicking and if I keep going, I’m sure I can get it up to 60% soon!
57% and climbing. YEAH!
Yeah- 63 for me. That was cool.
Call me a spoil sport, even if it is fun to speculate. But worldwide computer sales for 2005 were something like 200,000,000, with the so-called holiday sales representing about 30%, or 60,000,000. Do you really think 58% of those people, or roughly 35,000,000 people, are going to completely, totally change their computing comfort zone, simply because there’s a couple of months delay in Vista?
As an Apple user, I’d say those people would be far better off if they did, but it’s not going to happen.
It was at 48% for buying a Macac several hours before the story ran on MDN.
What doubters and sceptics there are. You only have to read the tone of the press everywhere to see that Apple is being touted as the next big thing. This is just ONE more.
jay – it isn’t the fact that everyone is going to switch at once, we know that isn’t an option, what is important is that the Mac is on the radar and for people to understand that if they go that route they are in good company. Or, if not good company, then lot’s of it.
What about the “I’m an existing Mac user, when I buy another computer it will definitely be another Mac. I wouldn’t touch windows, Vista or otherwise with a barge pole. This delay makes no difference to me other than proving that my decision to not use windows is the right one” option?
Steve Jobs sold nearly half of his Apple shares on 3-19-06, why should we buy now? He sold at 32 percent off the share price high. Analysts are forecasting share price to $100 this year. What does he now that don’t about future earnings?
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This would actually be some rather interesting information to find out. Unfortunately, this poll is completely useless.
Macaday:
Absolutely! You’re right, that’s the important thing. I got caught up too much in the numbers. The really important thing is that all the presses’ publicity about the delay only helps Apple.
Online polls are close to useless, but if only several percent of new PC buyers switch because of the Vista delay, that translates to a huge market share percentage gain for Apple — perhaps even a doubling.
Up to 71% now…. Gotta love us Mac zealots!
Great idea to link to this before the results are in. You just tainted the numbers and they are no longer credible.
We don’t need to worry about the results being tainted – the Windows fans will chip in with their votes and even everything out.
Oh…
Mr. Cpt. Obvious,
People who link to the poll from here have the same multiple choice question and can choose whatever they want.
There is nothing tainted about that.
BusinessWeek Said…“Tell us what you think — and see what other readers are saying. Note: These are surveys, not scientific polls.”
DUH!
I think MDN users have thrown things way off base. Fun ain’t it? Poll just jumped 1% point in a few minutes, currently 73.4% at 11:25 EST
Poll is now worthless.
Even with the good news about the delay in Vista, Apple has problems of its own.
– No pro software native for Mactels.
– Problems with delivery and quality of Intel chips.
– No pro Mactel out there – desktop wise.
– Apple too consumed with iPods and related products (iphone, iwhatever).
Wha,
Yes there is. The main factor that determines the result in the end is, whom you ask the question. I don’t think the Mac crowd is easily tempted to choose the pro-MS alternative…
It’s 74 % now! Maybe we’ll have 74 % market share next year? Or not…
I do intend to buy a new computer — an Apple, now 73.5 %.
Second place:
I wasn’t planning to buy a new computer any time soon, with only 11.5%
Total of 905 votes.
Promising!