More Evidence of Apple's Desktop Share Reaching A Tipping Point

TechCrunch is running a great story looking at the source of their readership over the last four years.  As a leading tech blog, they're a good "leading indicator" of how the market is moving.  TechCrunch users are probably ahead of the overall curve when it comes to technology adoption, but perhaps not out of the mainstream.

The biggest gains are coming form Apple's least sexy business: the Mac.  The TechCrunch article (link) shows that few people are using the iPhone or iPod to browse web-sites.  And of course, that's no surprise given the small form factor, it's not much good for intensive reading.  The other interesting note is that in just one year, the iPad captured as much as share as it has taken Linux to achieve.

I made the data into a chart so you can see the visual impact, but the full article is over on TechCrunch and it's worth reading.

Market share by browser O/S for TechCrunch readers.