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Apple develops products and technologies that adhere to many industry standards in order to provide an optimized user experience through interoperability.
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Apple has played a role in the development, enhancement, promotion, and/or use of numerous of these industry standards, many of which are discussed below.
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Retail Since inception of its retail initiative in 2001, the Company has opened 51 retail stores in the United States.
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The Company has located its stores at quality high traffic locations in shopping malls and urban shopping districts.
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Before the end of the first quarter of 2003, the Company estimates that over 30% of the U.S. population will live within 15 miles of one of its stores.
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In addition to its own hardware and software products, the Company's retail stores carry in inventory a variety of third-party hardware and software products.
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One of the main goals of the retail initiative is to bring new customers to the Company and expand its installed base through sales to both first time computer buyers and those switching from other computing platforms.
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By operating its own stores, the Company is able to better control the customer retail experience.
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The stores are designed to enhance the presentation and marketing of personal computing products.
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The stores employ experienced and knowledgeable personnel, provide post sale advice and support, offer a wide selection of third-party products selected to complement the Company's own products, host training and marketing presentations, and provide certain hardware support services.
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Additionally, the stores provide a forum in which the Company is able to present entire computing solutions to users in areas such as digital photography, digital video, music, children's software, and home computing.
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Recent survey results available to the Company indicate that approximately 40% of customers buying systems in its stores do not currently own a Macintosh.
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Education For more than 25 years, the Company has focused on educational uses of technology.
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The Company believes that effective integration of technology into classroom instruction can result in higher levels of student achievement, especially when used to support collaboration, information access, and the expression and representation of student thought and ideas.
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The Company's commitment to education encompasses a range of products and services designed to help schools maximize their investments in technology.
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This commitment is manifest in many of the Company's products and services, including hardware that meets the needs of education customers, video editing solutions, wireless networking capabilities, student information systems, and high-quality curriculum and professional development solutions.
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Creative Professionals Creative professionals constitute one of the Company's most important markets for both hardware and software products.
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This market is also important to many third-party developers who provide Macintosh-compatible hardware and software solutions.
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Creative customers utilize the Company's products for a variety of creative activities including digital video and film production and editing; digital video and film special effects, compositing, and titling; digital still photography; graphic design, publishing, and print production; music performance and production;...
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The Company designs its high-end hardware solutions, including servers and desktop and portable Macintosh systems, to incorporate the power, expandability, and features desired by creative professionals.
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Additionally, the Company's client operating system, Mac OS® X, incorporates powerful graphics and audio technologies and features developer tools to optimize system and application performance when running powerful creative solutions provided by the Company or by third-party developers.
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The Company also offers various software solutions to meet the needs of its creative customers, many of which are described below.
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Business Organization The Company manages its business primarily on a geographic basis.
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The Company's geographic operating segments include the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Asia Pacific.
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The Americas segment includes both North and South America, except for the Company's Retail segment which operates Apple-owned retail stores in the United States.
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The Europe segment includes European countries as well as the Middle East and Africa.
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The Japan segment includes only Japan, while the Asia Pacific segment includes Australia and Asia except for Japan.
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Each geographic operating segment provides similar hardware and software products and similar services.
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Non-geographic operating segments include the Company's subsidiary, FileMaker, Inc. and the Company's Retail segment.
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Further information regarding the Company's operating segments may be found in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K under the heading "Segment Operating Performance," and in Part II, Item 8 on this Form 10-K in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements at Note 11, "Segment Information and Geographic Data."
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Hardware Products The Company offers a range of personal computing products including desktop and notebook personal computers, related devices and peripherals, networking and connectivity products, and various third-party hardware products.
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All of the Company's Macintosh products utilize PowerPC® RISC-based microprocessors.
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The Company's entire line of Macintosh systems, excluding servers, features the Company's suite of software for digital photography, music, and movies.
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Further information regarding the Company's products may be found in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K under the heading "Factors That May Affect Future Results and Financial Condition."
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Power Mac®G4 The Power Mac line of desktop personal computers is targeted at business and professional users and is designed to meet the speed, expansion and networking needs of the most demanding Macintosh user.
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The current Power Mac line features dual PowerPC G4 processors in all models, a new high-performance architecture, and on certain models Apple's SuperDrive™, a combination CD-RW/DVD-R drive that can burn DVDs that can be played in most consumer DVD players.
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Xserve™ During the third quarter of 2002, the Company introduced and shipped Xserve™, a 1U rack-mount server designed for simple set up and remote management.
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Xserve was designed for I/O intensive applications such as digital video, high-resolution digital imagery, and large databases.
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Xserve delivers high-speed networking, 15 gigaflops of computational power, and almost a half terabyte of hot-plug storage.
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Server Admin, a new services monitoring and remote management tool, allows administrators to easily set up and manage all key Mac OS X Server network services remotely.
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Server Monitor, a new hardware monitoring tool, allows system administrators to remotely monitor one or many servers.
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The Company offers a choice of services and support programs including 4-hour onsite response, 24x7 technical support, AppleCare® Service Parts Kits and AppleCare Professional SupportLine and Tools program.
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PowerBook® The PowerBook family of portable computers is designed to meet the mobile computing needs of professionals and advanced consumer users.
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The Company's current PowerBook line, the Titanium PowerBook G4, was introduced in January 2001.
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The Titanium PowerBook is a full-featured notebook computer that incorporates PowerPC G4 processors, thin film transistor ("TFT") wide-screen active-matrix displays, integrated wireless capabilities, advanced networking and graphics capabilities, and on the latest version, a model with a built-in slot-loading SuperDriv...
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The Titanium PowerBook G4 is 1-inch thick, weighs as little as 5.4 pounds and is encased in a pure-grade titanium body.
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iMac® The iMac line of desktop computers is targeted at education and consumer markets.
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The original iMac features innovative industrial design with a built-in 15-inch shadow-mask cathode ray tube ("CRT") display, easy Internet access, fan-less operation, and a PowerPC G3 processor, making it suitable for a wide range of education and consumer applications.
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The Company offers its original CRT iMac design at a suggested retail price under $1,000.
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In January 2002, the Company introduced the new iMac featuring an innovative industrial design that incorporates an adjustable 15-inch TFT active-matrix flat panel display and an ultra-compact base.
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New iMac models with 15-inch displays are available in three base configurations and feature PowerPC G4 processors, advanced graphics capabilities, and a SuperDrive on one model for playing and burning custom CDs and DVDs.
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In July 2002, the Company introduced an updated version of its new iMac that features a 17-inch TFT active-matrix flat panel display, a high-end PowerPC G4 processor, and a SuperDrive.
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eMac™ In April 2002, the Company introduced the eMac™, a new Macintosh desktop system designed for the Company's education customers.
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The eMac was made available to consumers in June 2002.
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The eMac features a PowerPC G4 processor, a high resolution 17-inch flat CRT display, a SuperDrive option, and preserves the all-in-one compact design of the original iMac favored by many of the Company's education and consumer customers.
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iBook® Designed for the portable computing needs of education and consumer users, the current iBook design was introduced in May of 2001.
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Current iBook models feature 12.1-inch or 14.1-inch TFT active-matrix displays, include integrated wireless capabilities, utilize PowerPC G3 processors, offer a choice of optical drive configurations, weigh as little as 4.9 pounds, and have a long battery life.
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iBooks are currently available in a configuration with a suggested retail price under $1,000.
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iPod™ Introduced in October 2001, the original iPod portable digital music player utilized a 5GB hard disk drive allowing it to hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs in a 6.5 ounce design.
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The iPod features an intuitive user interface on a 2-inch liquid crystal display, automatic synchronization with a music collection on a Macintosh system via Apple's iTunes® digital music software, a high-speed FireWire® connection for power and data transfer and up to 10 hours of battery life.
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iPods also provide access to contact and calendar information downloaded from other applications on a Macintosh system.
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By enhancing the overall functionality and integration of the digital music player and by expanding the usefulness of digital music and other information stored on a computer, the iPod represents an important and natural extension of Apple's digital hub strategy.
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In March 2002, the Company added a 10GB model to its iPod line, and in July 2002, the Company added a 20GB model and announced that all iPod models would be made available in Windows-compatible versions.
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The newer 10GB and 20GB iPod models come with carrying cases, wired remotes, and feature a solid-state touch wheel control.
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Peripheral Products The Company sells certain associated Apple-branded computer hardware peripherals, including a range of high quality flat panel TFT active-matrix digital color displays.
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The Company also sells a variety of third-party Macintosh-compatible hardware products directly to end users through both its retail and online stores, including computer printers and printing supplies, storage devices, computer memory, digital video and still cameras, personal digital assistants, digital music players...
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Software Products and Computer Technologies Operating System and Server Software During 2001, the Company introduced the first customer release of its new client operating system, Mac OS® X, and its first significant upgrade, Mac OS X version 10.1.
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At its introduction, Mac OS X offered advanced functionality built on an open-source UNIX-based foundation and incorporated the most fundamental changes in both core technology and user interface design made by the Company to the Mac OS in a single upgrade since the original introduction of the Macintosh in 1984.
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Mac OS X features memory protection, pre-emptive multi-tasking, and symmetric multiprocessing.
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Mac OS X includes Apple's Quartz™ 2D graphics engine (based on the Internet-standard Portable Document Format) for enhanced graphics and broad font support, OpenGL for enhanced 3D graphics and gaming, and Apple's new user interface named "Aqua®," which combines superior ease-of-use with new functionality.
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In January 2002, the Company made Mac OS X the default operating system on all new Macintosh systems.
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Mac OS X allows users to run Mac OS 9 applications natively in the Classic compatibility environment in Mac OS X.
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The Company also develops and distributes extensions to the Macintosh system software including utilities, languages, and developer tools.
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In August 2002, the Company released Mac OS X version 10.2 (code named "Jaguar"), the current release of Mac OS X. Jaguar includes a new Mail application designed to manage junk mail; iChat™, an AIM-compatible instant messenger; a system-wide Address Book; Inkwell™ handwriting recognition; improved Universal Access; an...
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Jaguar also features accelerated graphics performance, increased compatibility with Windows networks, and a UNIX-based foundation with enhancements including FreeBSD 4.4 and GCC 3.1-based developer tools.
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Mac OS X server software was initially introduced in May 2001.
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The current version of Mac OS X Server, Mac OS X Server version 10.2 (code named "Jaguar Server") was released in August 2002.
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Jaguar Server is a UNIX-based operating system designed for superior performance and reliability.
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It delivers high-performance services for Internet and web serving, filing, printing, and networking services needed to manage a network of Mac, UNIX, and Windows clients.
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Based on the Mach 3.0 microkernel and the BSD 4.4 operating system, Jaguar Server is a modern UNIX-based server built on open standards.
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It provides performance and stability through full pre-emptive multi-tasking, symmetric multiprocessing, protected memory, advanced virtual memory, software RAID support, and support for networking and security standards.
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Jaguar Server also includes Apple's Open Directory architecture for centralized management of network resources using LDAPv3 directory services and a suite of built-in, standards-based Internet services like an optimized Apache web server for high-performance hosting of secure dynamic web sites and QuickTime Streaming ...
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Jaguar Server also comes with a flexible mail server that supports POP and secure IMAP, as well as WebMail for browser-based email access.
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Further information regarding the introduction of and updates to Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server may be found in Part II, Item 7 of this Form 10-K under the heading "Factors That May Affect Future Results and Financial Condition."
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Professional Application Software Final Cut Pro® 3 is a video authoring application designed to meet the demanding needs of the professional video editing environment by combining in a single software package professional-quality video editing and compositing, real-time effects, professional color correction tools and ...
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Final Cut Pro is especially popular among broadcast professionals because it allows them to increase their programming output at a fraction of the cost of traditional editing systems.
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Post production facilities use Final Cut Pro for the production of a wide range of projects including feature-length films, primetime television shows, news broadcasts, documentaries, trailers and commercials.
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Final Cut Pro was honored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a 2002 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award for its impact on the television industry.
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Shake® is the Company's industry-leading compositing and visual effects software designed for large format film and video productions.
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Shake features a fast rendering engine, an extensive and mature compositing toolset, two industry-standard keyers, a complete suite of color correction tools, tracking/stabilization capabilities, integrated procedural paint, rotoscoping tools, and support for leading plug-in vendors.
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Shake has been used in the production of over a hundred motion pictures including the past five winners of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
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Introduced during the fourth quarter of 2002, Shake 2.5 was the first Mac OS X native version of the software and added an improved image input, a disk-based proxy system, and the ability to limit the rendering process to a portion of an image for quicker processing.
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Introduced in 2002, Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro™ is a new software package that enhances Final Cut Pro 3's 24 frames-per-second (fps) editing capabilities with support for film cut lists and 24-frame edit decision lists (EDLs) for high-definition (HD) video.
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The 24-frame EDL support allows off-line HD projects to be finished using significantly more affordable Final Cut Pro®-based HD finishing systems.
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Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro is a robust solution for filmmakers who shoot and finish with 35mm or 16mm film, but want to take advantage of the cost and time benefits of digital editing on a Final Cut Pro system.
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Cinema Tools converts "telecined" content to its native 24-frame rate for editing, then generates a 24-fps cut list for negative conform.
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With its support for 24-fps EDL import/export, Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro provides video professionals with not only an affordable path to online HD finishing, but also the EDL conversion capabilities required to create high-definition 24P universal masters used to efficiently meet the needs of varying internationa...
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DVD Studio Pro® 1.5 lets professional users encode video, conduct complex authoring tasks and preview finished product in real-time and allows users to burn DVDs using SuperDrive-equipped Macintosh systems.
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It handles the MPEG encoding, menu creation, asset organization, linking, and output formatting that are required to produce DVD-Video disks.
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DVD Studio Pro 1.5 has been optimized for Mac OS X and features enhanced integration with Final Cut Pro.
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