That is how Robert Paul Leitao describes Apple's fourth fiscal quarter performance. As of this writing, Apple's stock has recovered from almost all of the pounding it took after the company announced that the delay in shipment of G4s until October would depress the company's results for the three-month period that ended in September. After reducing Wall Street's expectations, Apple handily outperformed its own revised estimates. Apple has already announced that the current quarter will have higher costs due to the number of days added to the length of an otherwise normal quarter in order to adjust the calendar. But the increased sales during the period should lead to exceptionally high profits.
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The Mac is the platform of choice for musicians and other creative artists who make a living working with sound. Read David Ozab's column to find out. This month David also offers readers part two of his insights into MIDI and the Mac , in which he reviews hardware and software that are compatible with USB Macs. They're digitally cute. Fonts are big business.