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0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 152 | iMovie®, the Company's easy-to-use consumer digital video editing software for creation of home and classroom movies, features an enhanced user interface, improved audio editing capabilities, enhanced controls for titling and transitions, and added special effects. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 153 | iDVD™ is consumer oriented software that makes it easy to turn iMovie files, QuickTime files and digital pictures into DVDs that can be played on most consumer DVD players. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 154 | iDVD simplifies DVD authoring by including professionally designed themes and drag-and-drop simplicity. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 155 | iPhoto™ is consumer oriented digital photo software that makes it easy to import, edit, save, share, and print digital photos, as well as organize and manage an entire digital photo collection containing thousands of photos. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 156 | Users are able to view their photos in full-screen; use the slide show feature accompanied by their favorite music; automatically create custom web pages of their photos; email photos to friends and family; order professionally-processed prints and enlargements online; or easily design and order custom-
printed, linen-... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 157 | Prints, enlargements, and hardbound book production are currently only available to U.S. and Canadian customers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 158 | The Company's iChat AV software application and the iSight digital video camera together enable high-quality audio and video conferences between two Macintosh systems over broadband connections. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 159 | iChat AV also enables audio conferences over dial-up connections to the Internet. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 160 | iChat AV requires no setup or configuration beyond installing the software and plugging in a FireWire video camera and microphone, such as iSight or certain third-party FireWire based cameras with microphones. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 161 | Final Cut® Express, introduced in January 2003, is based on Apple's award-winning Final Cut Pro software. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 162 | Final Cut Express enables small business users, educators, students and advanced hobbyists to perform professional-quality digital video editing. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 163 | Final Cut Express includes key features used by video editors such as the same interface and workflow as Final Cut Pro, powerful video editing tools, hundreds of special effects, and easy delivery of output to DVD, the Internet, or tape. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 164 | Keynote™ is the Company's presentation software introduced in January 2003 that gives users the ability to create high-quality presentations. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 165 | Designed to be easy to use, Keynote includes professionally designed themes, advanced typography, professional-quality image resizing, animated charts and tables that can be created quickly, and cinematic-quality transitions. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 166 | Keynote imports and exports PowerPoint, QuickTime, and PDF files to simplify the creation and sharing of presentations. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 167 | AppleWorks® 6.2 is an integrated productivity application that incorporates word processing, page layout, image manipulation, spreadsheets, databases and presentations in a single application. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 168 | Intended to be an easy-to-use product for the Company's consumer and education customers, AppleWorks makes it simple to create professional-looking documents in the classroom and at home. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 169 | FileMaker Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, develops, publishes, and distributes desktop-based database management application software for Mac OS and Windows-based systems. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 170 | The FileMaker® Pro database software and related products offer strong relational databases and advanced desktop-to-web publishing capabilities. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 171 | Third-Party Software Products
Thousands of third-party software titles and solutions are available for the Macintosh platform. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 172 | The Company sells a variety of these third-party software products directly to end users through both its retail and online stores. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 173 | Internet Software, Integration, and Services
Apple's Internet strategy is focused on delivering seamless integration with and access to the Internet throughout the Company's product lines. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 174 | The Company's Internet products and technologies adhere to many industry standards in order to provide an optimized user experience through interoperability. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 175 | An easy Internet Setup Assistant is included with the Mac OS. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 176 | iTunes Music Store™
In April 2003, the Company launched the iTunes Music Store in the United States, an online music store that allows Macintosh customers to find, purchase, and download music for 99 cents per song or, in most cases, $9.99 per album. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 177 | The iTunes Music Store is fully integrated with a one-click download directly into the latest version of the iTunes software, allowing customers to purchase, download, organize, share, and transfer their digital music to an iPod using a single software application. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 178 | Requiring no subscription fee, the iTunes Music Store with iTunes software offers customers a broad range of personal rights to the songs purchased, including playing songs on up to three computers, burning songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for personal use, playing songs on an unlimited number of iPods, and using ... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 179 | Users can easily search the contents of the entire music
store to locate songs by title, artist, or album, or browse the entire contents of the music store by genre and artist. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 180 | Users can also listen to a free 30-second preview of any song in the store. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 181 | The second generation of the iTunes Music Store for both Macintosh and Windows users became available in October 2003. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 182 | New features of the music store include online gift certificates that can be sent to family and friends via e-mail, an "allowance" feature that enables users to automatically deposit funds into an iTunes Music Store account every month, and the availability of audio books for purchase directly from the iTunes Music Sto... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 183 | The Company is exploring ways to enhance awareness and promote use of the iTunes Music Store, including arrangements with America Online, Inc. (AOL) to integrate links to the iTunes Music Store into AOL's Music site and Pepsi-Cola North America to give away songs from the iTunes Music Store. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 184 | Safari™
In June 2003, the Company introduced Safari 1.0, the Company's new Mac OS X compatible web browser that is capable of loading web pages rapidly. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 185 | Safari uses the advanced interface technologies underlying Mac OS X and includes built-in Google search; SnapBack™ to instantly return to search results; a new way to name, organize and present bookmarks; tabbed browsing; and automatic "pop-up" ad blocking. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 186 | The Company also released a software development kit that allows developers to embed the Safari HTML rendering engine directly into their applications. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 187 | Quicktime®
QuickTime, the Company's multimedia software for Macintosh and Windows platforms, features streaming of live and stored video and audio over the Internet and playback of high-quality audio and video on computers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 188 | The current version of QuickTime, QuickTime 6, features support for the open-standard MPEG 4 format. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 189 | QuickTime 6 includes the new Instant-On Streaming feature that eliminates buffer delays and provides users with the ability to quickly and easily scrub through streaming media content to locate and instantly view specific sections. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 190 | In addition, QuickTime 6 running on Mac OS X now supports JPEG 2000, the next generation JPEG standard that allows users to capture still images in a higher quality and smaller file size than ever before. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 191 | QuickTime 6 also includes AAC, the standard MPEG-4 audio format. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 192 | AAC is the next generation professional-quality audio format that delivers superior sound quality with reduced file sizes. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 193 | The Company also offers several other QuickTime products, including QuickTime Pro, a suite of software tools that allows creation and editing of Internet-ready audio and video files and allows a user to add special effects and other features to QuickTime movies; QuickTime Streaming Server which facilitates the broadcas... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 194 | .Mac™
The Company's .Mac offering is a suite of Internet services that for an annual fee provides Macintosh users with powerful Internet tools. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 195 | .Mac features email service with IMAP, POP or web-based access, 100MB of iDisk Internet storage, and hosting for personalized homepages and shared digital photo albums. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 196 | Also included with .Mac is McAfee's Virex anti-virus software and Backup, a personal back-up solution allowing users to archive data to their Internet storage, CD, or DVD. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 197 | Wireless Connectivity and Networking
AirPort Extreme™®
AirPort Extreme, introduced in January 2003, is the Company's next generation of Wi-Fi wireless networking technology based on the new ultra-fast 802.11g standard. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 198 | With speeds up to 54 Mbps, AirPort Extreme delivers almost five times the data rate of today's 802.11b based products, yet is fully compatible with the millions of 802.11b Wi-Fi devices around the world. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 199 | AirPort Extreme Base Stations can serve up
to 50 Macintosh and Windows users simultaneously, provide wireless bridging to extend the range beyond just one base station, and support USB printer sharing to allow multiple users to wirelessly share USB printers connected directly to the base station. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 200 | Embedded into Mac OS X is Bluetooth technology. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 201 | Bluetooth is an emerging industry standard for wirelessly connecting computers and peripherals that supports transmission of data at up to 1 Mbps within a range of approximately 30 feet. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 202 | The Company's Bluetooth technology for Mac OS X lets customers wirelessly share files between Macintosh systems, synchronize and share contact information with Palm-OS based PDAs, and access the Internet through Bluetooth-enabled cell phones. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 203 | A Bluetooth USB adaptor can Bluetooth-enable any USB-based Macintosh computer running in Mac OS X version 10.1.4 or higher. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 204 | The Company's Rendezvous™ networking technology is based on open Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Standard Protocols such as IP, ARP and DNS. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 205 | Rendezvous uses industry standard networking protocols and zero configuration technology to automatically discover and connect devices over any IP network, including Ethernet or 802.11-based wireless networks like the Company's AirPort product. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 206 | Major developers such as Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Philips, Sybase, World Book and Xerox have announced support for Rendezvous in a broad range of products including network printers, consumer electronics, enterprise database management and educational applications. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 207 | The Company has made the Rendezvous source code freely available allowing developers to use Rendezvous technology in their network-enabled devices or software applications. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 208 | The Rendezvous source code includes software to support UNIX, Linux, and Windows-based systems and devices. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 209 | Rendezvous support is built into Mac OS X. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 210 | The Company developed FireWire® technology, also referred to as IEEE 1394, which is a high-speed serial I/O technology for connecting digital devices such as digital camcorders and cameras to desktop and portable computers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 211 | With its high data-transfer speed and "hot plug-and-play" capability, FireWire has become an established cross-platform industry standard for both consumers and professionals and is the data interface of choice for today's digital video and audio devices, as well as external hard drives and other high-speed peripherals... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 212 | FireWire is currently included on all Macintosh systems and is a data transfer technology utilized by iPod. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 213 | Product Support and Services
AppleCare® offers a range of support options for Apple customers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 214 | These options include assistance that is built into software products, printed and electronic product manuals, online support including comprehensive product information as well as technical assistance, and the AppleCare Protection Plan. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 215 | The AppleCare Protection Plan is a fee-based service that typically includes three years of phone support and hardware repairs, dedicated web-based support resources, and user diagnostic tools. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 216 | Apple Training offers comprehensive system administration and development training on Apple technologies, together with certification programs that test customers' skills and verify their technical proficiency. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 217 | Apple Professional Services offers a range of custom, personalized technical services, including Internet consulting and setup, installation and integration services. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 218 | The Company also offers specialized loan programs including loans for consumers, students, and educators. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 219 | Apple also provides leasing solutions for its education institution customers and its business and professional customers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 220 | The Company uses several third-party lenders to originate and carry these loans and leases, all of which are non-recourse to the Company. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 221 | Specialized Education Products and Services
The Company offers a variety of unique services and products to its education customers, including a separate online store for education customers offering special education price lists and promotions; special financing programs for K-12 and higher education students, faculty... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 222 | Additionally, Apple Professional Services offers a range of technical services to education customers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 223 | In 2001, Apple acquired PowerSchool Inc., a privately held provider of web-based student information systems for K-12 schools and school districts. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 224 | PowerSchool® software products give school administrators and teachers the ability to easily and cost-effectively manage student records and give parents real-time access to track their children's performance via the Internet. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 225 | PowerSchool offers the option of remote hosting with an application service provider model. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 226 | Markets and Distribution
The Company's customers are primarily in the education, creative, consumer, and business markets. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 227 | Certain customers are attracted to Macintosh computers for a variety of reasons, including the reduced amount of training resulting from the Macintosh computer's intuitive ease of use, advanced graphics capabilities, industrial design features of the Company's hardware products, and ability of Macintosh computers to ne... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 228 | Apple personal computers were first introduced to education customers in the late 1970s. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 229 | Over 18% of the Company's net sales in 2003 were to education customers in the United States, including sales to elementary and secondary schools and college and university customers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 230 | The Company distributes its products through wholesalers, resellers, national and regional retailers and cataloguers. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 231 | No individual customer accounted for more than 10% of net sales in 2003, 2002 or 2001. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 232 | The Company also sells many of its products and resells certain third-party products in most of its major markets directly to education customers, consumers, businesses, and certain resellers through its retail stores in the United States, or through one of its online stores around the world. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 233 | Total direct and indirect sales attributable to the Company's online stores totaled approximately $2.9 billion, $2.4 billion, and $2.0 billion for fiscal years 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 234 | Competition
The Company is confronted by aggressive competition in all areas of its business. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 235 | The market for the design, manufacture, and sale of personal computers and related software and peripheral products is highly competitive. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 236 | This market continues to be characterized by rapid technological advances in both hardware and software development, which have substantially increased the capabilities and applications of these products, and have resulted in the frequent introduction of new products and significant price, feature, and performance comp... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 237 | Over the past several years, price competition in the market for personal computers has been particularly intense. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 238 | The Company's competitors who sell personal computers based on other operating systems have aggressively cut prices and lowered their product margins to gain or maintain market share. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 239 | The Company's results of operations and financial condition have been, and in the future may continue to be, adversely affected by these and other industry-wide downward pressures on gross margins. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 240 | The principal competitive factors in the market for personal computers include relative price/performance, product quality and reliability, design innovation, availability of software, product features, marketing and distribution capability, service and support, availability of hardware peripherals, and corporate reput... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 241 | Further, as the personal computer industry and its customers place more reliance on the Internet, an increasing number of Internet devices that are smaller, simpler, and less expensive than traditional personal computers may compete for market share with the Company's existing products. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 242 | The Company is currently taking and will continue to take steps to respond to the competitive pressures being placed on its personal computer sales as a result of innovations in competing platforms. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 243 | The Company's future operating results and financial condition are substantially dependent on its ability to continue to develop improvements to the Macintosh platform in order to maintain perceived functional and design advantages over competing platforms. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 244 | The Company's initial success with the development of an end-to-end music offering, which includes the iTunes digital music management software, iTunes Music Store and iPod digital music player, has already encouraged significant competition in this area from other companies, many of whom have greater financial, market... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 245 | The Company believes it maintains a competitive advantage by more effectively integrating the entire end-to-end music solution, including the hardware (iPod), software (iTunes) and music content (iTunes Music Store). | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 246 | Raw Materials
Although most components essential to the Company's business are generally available from multiple sources, certain key components (including microprocessors and application-specific integrated circuits ("ASICs")) are currently obtained by the Company from single or limited sources. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 247 | Some other key components, while currently available to the Company from multiple sources, are at times subject to industry wide availability constraints and pricing pressures. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 248 | In addition, the Company uses some components that are not common to the rest of the personal computer industry, and new products introduced by the Company often initially utilize custom components obtained from only one source until the Company has evaluated whether there is a need for, and subsequently qualifies, add... | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 249 | If the supply of a key or single-sourced component to the Company were to be delayed or curtailed or in the event a key manufacturing vendor delays shipments of completed products to the Company, the Company's ability to ship related products in desired quantities and in a timely manner could be adversely affected. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 250 | The Company's business and financial performance could also be adversely affected depending on the time required to obtain sufficient quantities from the original source, or to identify and obtain sufficient quantities from an alternative source. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20031219 | 10-K | 251 | Continued availability of these components may be affected if producers were to decide to concentrate on the production of common components instead of components customized to meet the Company's requirements. | 0001047469-03-041604/full-submission.txt |
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