Apple Macintosh Sales Up 20 Percent

Apple on Wednesday reported the most profitable quarter in the company's history, posting revenues of $5.75 billion and a net quarterly profit of $565 million. The numbers are up from $3.49 billion and $295 million a year ago. Sales of Mac computers and iPods also shot up 20 percent and 207 percent, respectively.

During the quarter, Apple shipped 1,254,000 Macs and 14,043,000 iPods. "We are thrilled to report the best quarter in Apple’s history," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "Two highlights of an incredible quarter were selling 14 million iPods and getting ready to launch our new Macs with Intel processors five to six months ahead of expectations."