The fourth quarter of 2005 saw revenue of $3.68bn and a net profit of $430m, up from $2.35bn and $106m a year ago, and The year brought home $13.93bn and a net profit of $1.33bn.

Apple's CFO was keener to point to data that suggests the "Halo Effect" - of iPod-owning Windows-users snapping up a Mac - was now real. Mac units were growing at three times the market clip, Peter Oppenheimer pointed out several times, for the third quarter in succession.

Mac sales were strong during the month of April, while overall PC shipment demand declined. Merrill Lynch said April PC demand slowed ahead of sluggish summer months, but noted that Macintosh computers were \"hot,\" according to Forbes.