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iPod Users Switch to Mac OS X
http://www.macminute.com/2004/12/23/halo-effect/

For the Wall Street Journal, Tim Hanrahan and Jason Fry write, “In Monday’s column, we predicted that the combination of the iPod’s popularity and the increasing worry over viruses, security holes and spyware in Windows PCs will lead to the second coming of Apple Computer as a home-computing power. To say that struck a chord would be putting it mildly. Boy, did we ever get mail — including a significant number of people who said that the iPod, Windows security concerns or a combination of the two had made them switch to a Mac or plan to do so.” [Paid WSJ subscription required.]

“A Day Without a Mexican” Makes the Invisible Visible
http://www.apple.com/startpage/
http://www.apple.com/pro/

“I was waiting for my car to be washed, and this guy handed me a tip,” says filmmaker Sergio Arau. “I’d say to myself, ‘Do I look like I work here?’” His experiences sparked his ten-year journey to create his first feature film, a multi-layered pastiche that imagines a California in chaos without its Latino community.

iMac G5: “Worth Switch from PCs”
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index...gy/40-imac.inc
“If a new desktop computer is the object of your holiday hopes this season, look no further than the new G5 iMac from Apple,” writes Mike Wendland for Billings Gazette. “I said it when I first tested it and I’ll say it again after two months of use: This is the finest personal computer I’ve ever used, hands down. Nothing comes close. If you have ever thought of switching from a Windows-based PC to a Mac, this is the deal-clincher. It is a stunning machine to look at and to use.”


iPod for Medical Images
http://www.rsna.org/publications/rsn...04/ipod-1.html
“The iPod is not just for music any more,” reports the Radiological Society of North America. “Radiologists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and their colleagues at other institutions from as far away as Europe and Australia are now using iPod devices to store medical images. ‘This is what we call using off the shelf, consumer market technology,; says Osman Ratib, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice-chairman of radiologic services at UCLA.”

Air Sherpa
http://www.apple.com/pro/
In 1984, **** Jackson made the first American ascent to the summit of the 25,895-foot Himalchuli in Khumbu, Nepal. In 2003, he returned to Khumbu to paraglide from one of its peaks and share the experience of flying with the Sherpa people. “Between Earth and Sky/Over Khumbu,” a short documentary film, captures

iTunes Tops 200 Million Downloads
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/dec/16itunes.html
Music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 200 million songs from the iTunes Music Store. The 200 millionth song, part of “The Complete U2,” was purchased by Ryan Alekman from Belchertown, MA. iTunes has made it easy to give the gift of music this holiday season with $15 and $25 iTunes prepaid cards available from retailers including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Kroger, RadioShack, 7-Eleven, Target, as well as the Apple online store and Apple retail stores.the magificent expedition.