Apple's premium-priced Macs 'defy the laws of economics,' but iPhone does not, Needham says - Mac sales have continued to grow in the face of a recession and declining overall PC market, but Apple's iPhone could not escape shifting trends in the smartphone space, analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham said on Tuesday.

So, my particular theory on the so-called Halo effect is that it is the byproduct of iOS Developers purchasing Mac hardware to do development. That would include corporate in-house development teams making custom apps for iOS.

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