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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Oct 2006 21:12 UTC

Riding a quarter of strong Macintosh sales, Apple Computer reported Oct. 18 that its fourth-quarter revenue grew 31 percent compared to the same period last year. The computer maker reported revenue of USD 4.84 billion compared with USD 3.68 billion in 2005. The company said this year's quarterly net profit in the fourth quarter stood at USD 546 million or 62 cents a share, compared with a profit of USD 430 million or 50 cents a share last year. Overall, profit increased about 27 percent compared to last year. The 2006 fourth quarter ended on Sept. 30.

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Someone alert Gartner

by jack_perry on Thu 19th Oct 2006 21:50 UTC

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2005-07-06

This comes just in time to throw a pie or two in Gartner's face...

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RE: Someone alert Gartner

by tomcat on Thu 19th Oct 2006 22:40 in reply to "Someone alert Gartner"

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2006-01-06

Gartner would probably tell you that Apple's profit could be even higher if they were primarily focused on software. Margins are simply higher.

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RE[2]: Someone alert Gartner

by kaiwai on Fri 20th Oct 2006 05:04 in reply to "RE: Someone alert Gartner"

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2005-07-06

lol, well, maybe Gartner can explain how Apple can provide drivers for every piece of hardware in existance, because I'm sure Apple would love to know how that would be possible.

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