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Mac Install-Base Shown to Be 16%
Posted by Zonk on Sunday June 05, @04:37AM
from the thats-a-lot-of-fruit dept.

Kelly McNeill writes "MacDailyNews has an editorial which summarizes 
reports from various research groups that analyzed the number of 
computer users affected by viruses. The conclusion was that 16 percent 
of all computer users are not affected by viruses because they use Macs. 
The lack of viruses on a Mac is commonly known, but the interesting 
thing is the fact that the results finally provide the first set of 
conclusive numbers which illustrate the Macintosh's install-base. So far 
only "market-share" statistics are commonly published for the public and 
do not convey install base. (If for example 2 people are using computers 
and one replaces his 2x in a 3 year period and the other only does once, 
market-share dynamics dictate that one demographic has 75% market share 
while the other has only 25% -- even though install base is still 50/50.)"

http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/06/05/0548225.shtml