More Mac Users, Internet Metrics Say

The number of people using Macs is on the rise, and the latest proof comes from Hitslink, an Internet metrics company. Hitslink reports that the number of people using the Mac OS on the Internet had topped 4 percent at the end of November.

Over the last year, the spread of the Mac platform for Internet usage has grown from 3.29 to 4.11. A huge growth in Mac users is very likely to continue for the duration of the next year as preliminary data for December shows that the numbers are growing rapidly.

Of the measurements taken, various versions of Windows, particularly XP, 2000 and 98 account for over 90 percent of the population.

This report comes as a confirmation of the report from Net Applications, which also detailed a figure of 4.11 percent of end users on the web running Mac OS.

With such compelling numbers, it is clear that Apple is penetrating deeper and deeper into the home with its products, and, with such major events on the Apple horizon, this growth is likely to spot anytime soon.