Windows platform not just opened ~90% consumer market (in 2003) for iPod. But also became the first Apple standalone product for pricetag ($299) approachable to wider market. Suddenly an Apple product was affordable. This combined with awesome product I believe helped iPod scale to popularity. In fact this brought many people(I believe) from Windows to Mac.
Yes, this is exactly the interesting part of the article. I didn't know Apple originally considered making the iPod Mac only. It doesn't seem like a far stretch to imagine, that it would have significantly reduced its impact.
Windows platform not just opened ~90% consumer market (in 2003) for iPod. But also became the first Apple standalone product for pricetag ($299) approachable to wider market. Suddenly an Apple product was affordable. This combined with awesome product I believe helped iPod scale to popularity. In fact this brought many people(I believe) from Windows to Mac.