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Apple Posts 4th Quarter Financial Results
theanonymousbrit writes "From the AppleInsider article: 'Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2004 fourth quarter ended September 25, 2004. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $106 million, or $.26 per diluted share.' This profit (on a revenue of $2.35 billion) apparently constitutes Apple's highest fourth quarter in nine years. In terms of actual units shipped, over 830,000 Macs and 2 million iPods were sold over the quarter. The strength of the new iMac G5 is also credited. Pretty impressive figures."
From what I've heard Microsoft sold that stock off a long time ago.
Of course, they do make a nice hefty sum off of Office for Mac...
Apple has been producing better quality that is not really expensive. The G5 has impove the power of thier desktop systems over the G4. The PowerMac and Xserve are price comprabale to Xeon/Opteron workstations and servers offering sometimes with better performance. The Imac is more expandable than before with faster componments(g5,hypertransport bus,SATA). Moreover, it is priced less than or equal to similarly equipped Dell (4700), Gateway (Profile 5), and HP (Pavillion) systems. The operating system is a better consumer OS than Windows XP or Linux. Then there is the iPod which has taken the music player market. I expect Apple to ride this wave for quite sometime.
You don't have to be smart to use a Mac, you just have to be smart enough to buy one
How about Apple's wikipedia entry?
Or perhaps a free training course (with certificate) when buying an Apple computer. The training course alone will ease newbies in and show them how easy it is, and the certificate will attract the people looking to improve their resume.
Apple already does this, and you don't even need to buy a computer. Go to the Apple Store, and you can take any one of several courses on OS X, from the operating system and basics, to iPhoto or iMovie. All of the classes are small and thus can be tailored to you, and all you have to do is sign up. It doesn't cost money, and you don't have to buy anything.
How to right-click on any modern Macintosh:
Hold down the control key on the keyboard.
Click.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
well, you can always use sidetrack to bind taps in the corners of the pad to a second, third or even fourth mouse button...
But then again I find mice to be the most useless computer accessory...
Just wanted to mention that you shouldn't operate the iMac G5 with the back open, as it uses the case's design to cool the components via convection. If you leave it open, the air doesn't flow properly, and can lead to overheating.
If you really want it, you can have it: Macmice.com makes a two-button mouse that looks like Apple's, but with a 'split' near the front and a scrollwheel.... Haven't tried them but they do look nice. Bluetooth versions too.