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Good show. 

I'm about to try to catch the quarterly results conference call.

w00t! Makes me glad to be a stockholder.

smurf. I don't have any stock.

Bummer.

Double digit growth, revenue increase of 36%, some 829,000 Macs shipped, 733,000 iPods, God knows how much in software. Damn good quarter, if you ask me.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jan/14results.html

If you're interested in actual numbers relative to the computer industry:

CNET News.com
January 14, 2004, 3:30 PM PT
Among other companies with notable results, eMachines jumped into the top five manufacturers in the United States, according to Kay, passing both Gateway and Apple Computer. Toshiba, meanwhile, was in the top five in the United States and worldwide because of notebook sales.

By contrast, Gateway saw its market share shrink in the fourth quarter, Smulders said. Apple also saw its market share stay below the 2 percent mark worldwide in 2003 and below the 3 percent mark in the United States for the year, Smulders said.

From IDC who has Apple at 3.5% for 2002, 3.2% for 2003

Top 5 Vendors, U.S. PC Shipments, 2003 (Preliminary)

(Units Shipments are in thousands)


2003                   2003         Market   2002     Market  Growth
Rank    Vendor    Shipments  Share  Shipments  Share  2003/2002
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  1      Dell               16,319   30.9%    13,326   28.0%   22.5%
  2      HP                 10,851   20.6%     9,292   19.5%   16.8%
  3      IBM(d)             2,748    5.2%     2,541    5.3%    8.1%
  4      Gateway(d)      1,987    3.8%     2,725    5.7%  -27.1%
  5      Apple           1,675    3.2%     1,679    3.5%   -0.2%

         Others             19,158   36.3%    18,030   37.9%    6.3%

         All Vendors        52,739  100.0%    47,592  100.0%   10.8%

what are you trying to say, most americans have bad taste?

Indeed, we already know that...

Double digit growth, revenue increase of 36%, some 829,000 Macs shipped, 733,000 iPods, God knows how much in software. Damn good quarter, if you ask me.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jan/14results.html

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  1      Dell               16,319   30.9%    13,326   28.0%   22.5%
  2      HP                 10,851   20.6%     9,292   19.5%   16.8%
  3      IBM(d)             2,748    5.2%     2,541    5.3%    8.1%
  4      Gateway(d)      1,987    3.8%     2,725    5.7%  -27.1%
  5      Apple           1,675    3.2%     1,679    3.5%   -0.2%

         Others             19,158   36.3%    18,030   37.9%    6.3%

         All Vendors        52,739  100.0%    47,592  100.0%   10.8%

I wonder if BMW's are in the top three cars sold. They aren't you say? Then that must then mean they are sucky machines and are doomed for bankruptcy just like Apple. Just because you can't afford a superior machine with a superior OS that kicks, you feel constantly compelled to take digs? Get a life dude.   

Yeah, I know this analogy has been used before, it's just sooo easy and to the point. Then again, some people just don't get it and never will. Some peoples kids are just plain, durrrrrr. . .dumb.

Actually, Apples net income of 63 million is very very very low for revenue of 2 billion dollars. I'm glad Apple is turning a profit, but really,where is all the money going?

did anderson ever say anything about how much went into R&D this quarter?