ChangeWave survey shows a bump for business Mac purchase plans
Keeping an eye out to the we-think-we-hope imminent economic recovery in the US, survey purveyor ChangeWave is seeing a bit of an bump in anticipated overall corporate PC purchases; in particular, the Mac-buying numbers are up. This month, 9% of responders say they expect their companies to buy Mac laptops in the next quarter, and 7% expect Mac desktop purchases -- a 1-point and 2-point uptick from the previous month's survey.ChangeWave's methodology emphasizes the expectations of buyers, so it can drift away from the actual reality of purchasing budgets, but it does help measure the attitudes of corporate users. Separate and apart from business purchases, there's another Apple product that's resonating with personal buyers; the other ChangeWave survey published this week shows enormous consumer demand for the iPhone 3GS, with 44% of the respondents who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days expecting to buy themselves an iPhone.
[via Ars Technica]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Liam said 9:34AM on 7-10-2009
It's right, I'm buying my iPhone 3GS in 2 months time.
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Thanh Nguyen said 9:51AM on 7-10-2009
As Macs become more popular, we'll begin to lose security.
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MikeWard1701 said 11:33AM on 7-10-2009
Indeed. The reason Macs see fewer viruses and malware is their small market share.
This has lead Apple and its users to think their machines are impervious to harm. A complacency that will disappear as user numbers increase and the criminals turn their sights on Mac.
Andrew said 3:41PM on 7-10-2009
That is a myth. A very silly myth if you ask me.
Mac OS X is safer than Windows because of the BSD and UNIX legacy. It's the security model, it's that simple.
No hocus pocus about how "few" Macs there are. If anything Apple has sold millions of Macs the last few years, so we are no longer a tiny minority.
It's just what PC users use for an excuse, rather than admit that Mac OS X is very good.
Thanh Nguyen said 12:08AM on 7-11-2009
I don't see many people coding viruses for UNIX/BSD. Right, they also get security through obscurity.
Speaking of which, we already have a few trojans, and even "Zombie Macs" in the botnet mix.
MikeWard1701 said 11:21AM on 7-10-2009
Good to know. I'm planning on buying an MBP soon, and the iPhone 3GS is showing signs that the iPhone 4 will be the device to switch me from Windows Mobile.
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