Spurred by another quarter of strong Mac and iPod sales, Apple reported on Wednesday earnings that surged past Wall Street estimates.
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A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn't finished-off Apple after all these years (and I'm not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?
San Francisco -- Apple iCEO Steve Jobs unveiled the fast, new Power Mac G4 line during his keynote speech at Seybold Seminars San Francisco. He also announced a 22-inch flat-panel monitor. The first G4 desktops are now available for order in this country, according to Apple Australia.
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Apple's charming little iBook with the 12.1in screen now has a higher-end iBook sibling with a 14.1in screen,"giving small-business users a nice midrange choice among Mac portables.
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