[link|http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB110373871528907298,00.html?mod=todays_free_feature|Readers Weigh In on Apple And Possibility of 'Halo Effect']
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.
There's a good chance that Mac mini purchasers will already have an iPod. It's pretty smart of Apple to show the converts that the iPod is capable of more than just playing music.