Apple voted most likely to grow

Speaking of glowing analyst predictions, here's one from Morgan Stanley's Rebecca Runkle: among computer manufacturers, Apple stands the best chance of gaining market share in 2005. This despite lowering her previous forecast of PC unit-shipment growth down to 9 percent from 11 percent, because of an expected slowdown in the market.

Runkle cites the momentum of the iPod and the new iMac as driving forces behind her prediction.