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Apple continues to amaze as they not only beat the calendar, but also the street during yesterday’s Macworld. Steve Jobs introduced the first Macs using Intel based chips on Tuesday, several months ahead of their July schedule. In addition, he announced that Apple sold a whopping 14 million iPods last quarter alone — that’s over 100 iPods every minute, 24/7 throughout the quarter!

Mr. Jobs also revealed that Apple’s revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 jumped 63 percent, to $5.7 billion. The figure easily beat Wall Street’s expectations, as sales of the iPod portable music player more than tripled compared with the holiday quarter in 2004. Revenue for that quarter was $3.5 billion.

Mr. Jobs said the company sold 14 million iPods during the holiday quarter, up from 4.5 million during the 2004 holiday season. Perhaps more surprising was the news that Apple sold 1.25 million Macintosh computers in the quarter, up from 1.05 million in 2004, despite the worries of some analysts that consumers would delay their purchases. Sales at Apple’s retail stores rose to about $1 billion, Mr. Jobs said.

Apple has found its momentum and is on a roll!

[via NY Times]

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