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0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 211 | iDVD simplifies DVD authoring by including professionally designed themes and drag-and-drop simplicity. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 212 | iDVD® 4 includes themes and professional effects that allow users to use photos and movies as buttons, backgrounds and menus. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 213 | Movies from iMovie, photos from iPhoto and music from either iTunes or GarageBand can be added directly to a DVD via the media browser, and enhanced photo slideshows can include cinematic transitions and iTunes playlists. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 214 | The DVD Map provides an overview of an entire DVD project and instant accessibility to all project elements. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 215 | GarageBand™, the Company's consumer oriented music creation software, allows users to play, record and create music using a simple interface. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 216 | With GarageBand, recorded performances, digital audio and looping tracks can be arranged and edited to create songs. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 217 | GarageBand comes with more than 50 software instruments, pre-recorded audio loops for making complete songs or backing tracks, pro-quality effects presets for mixing, and vintage amplifier sounds for the guitar. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 218 | The Company also offers three different Jam Packs, which provide additional software instruments and loops that enhance the use of GarageBand to create and record music. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 219 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 220 | 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-c... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 221 | Customers in numerous countries can order prints, enlargements, and photo books directly from within iPhoto. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 222 | iPhoto® 4 has features that allow users to scroll through thousands of photos in seconds to easily find a particular photo, contains Smart Albums which automatically organizes photos based on date, keyword or the user's own rating, and has controls for rotating, rating and deleting photos. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 223 | Final Cut® Express, based on Final Cut Pro, enables small business users, educators, students and advanced hobbyists to perform professional-quality digital video editing. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 224 | In January 2004, the Company introduced Final Cut Express 2, which features RT Extreme for real-time compositing and effects, an enhanced user interface, real-time color correction tools and enhanced audio editing capabilities. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 225 | Logic® Express 7, introduced by the Company in September 2004, is a streamlined version of Logic Pro 7 that provides a basic set of professional tools to compose and produce music for students, educators and advanced hobbyists. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 226 | Logic Express 7 comes with support for projects from GarageBand offering users a smooth migration path to high-end audio production. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 227 | Keynote™ is the Company's presentation software that gives users the ability to create high-quality presentations. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 228 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 229 | Keynote imports and exports PowerPoint, QuickTime, and PDF files to simplify the creation and sharing of presentations. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 230 | AppleWorks® 6.2 is an integrated productivity application that incorporates word processing, page layout, image manipulation, spreadsheets, databases and presentations in a single application. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 231 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 232 | FileMaker, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, develops, publishes, and distributes desktop-based database management application software for either a Macintosh or Windows-based computer. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 233 | The FileMaker® Pro database software and related products offer relational databases and desktop-to-web publishing capabilities. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 234 | In March 2004, the Company introduced FileMaker Pro 7 with new architecture and enhancements in ease-of-use, customizability and developer productivity. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 235 | FileMaker Pro 7 has been redesigned using a modern, streamlined relational architecture, which enables users to simplify information management by storing multiple tables within a single file and includes the relationships graph feature which presents a visual "map" of the database and lets users create and modify rela... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 236 | FileMaker Pro 7 has also expanded its data capacity to 8 terabytes per file or 4,000 times the former limit. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 237 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 238 | The Company's Internet products and technologies adhere to many industry standards in order to provide an optimized user experience through interoperability. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 239 | An easy to use Internet Setup Assistant is included with the Mac OS. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 240 | Safari™
Safari, the Company's Mac OS X compatible web browser, is capable of loading web pages rapidly. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 241 | Safari uses the advanced interface technologies underlying Mac OS X and includes built-in Google search; SnapBack™ to instantly return to search results; a way to name, organize and present bookmarks; tabbed browsing; and automatic "pop-up" ad blocking. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 242 | The Company also released a software development kit that allows developers to embed the Safari HTML rendering engine directly into their applications. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 243 | Quicktime®
QuickTime, the Company's multimedia software for either a Macintosh or Windows-based computer, features streaming of live and stored video and audio over the Internet and playback of high-quality audio and video on computers. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 244 | QuickTime 6 includes the 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 245 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 246 | QuickTime 6 also includes AAC, the standard MPEG-4 audio format. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 247 | AAC is the next generation professional-quality audio format that delivers superior sound quality with reduced file sizes. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 248 | 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... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 249 | .Mac™
The Company's .Mac offering is a suite of Internet services that for an annual fee provides Macintosh users with powerful Internet tools. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 250 | .Mac features email service with IMAP, POP or web-based access and 125MB of storage, iDisk Internet storage capacity of an additional 125MB, and hosting for personalized homepages and shared digital photo albums. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 251 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 252 | Wireless Connectivity and Networking
AirPort Extreme®
AirPort Extreme, introduced in January 2003, is the Company's next generation of Wi-Fi wireless networking technology. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 253 | AirPort Extreme is based on the 802.11g standard, which supports speeds up to 54 Mbps, and is fully compatible with most Wi-Fi devices which use the 802.11b standard. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 254 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 255 | AirPort® Express
In June 2004, the Company introduced AirPort® Express, the first 802.11g mobile base station that can be plugged directly into the wall for wireless Internet connections and USB printing. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 256 | Airport Express also features analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to a stereo and AirTunes™ music networking software which works with iTunes, giving users a way to wirelessly stream iTunes music from their Macintosh or Windows-based computer to any room in the house. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 257 | AirPort Express features a single piece design weighing 6.7 ounces. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 258 | Other Connectivity and Networking Solutions
Mac OS X includes capabilities for Bluetooth technology. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 259 | Bluetooth is an 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 260 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 261 | A Bluetooth USB adaptor can Bluetooth-enable any USB-based Macintosh computer running in Mac OS X version 10.1.4 or higher. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 262 | The Company's zero configuration networking technology is based on open Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Standard Protocols such as IP, ARP and DNS and is built into Mac OS X. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 263 | This technology 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 products. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 264 | The source code for this technology also includes software to support UNIX, Linux, and Windows-based systems and devices. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 265 | Major developers such as Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Philips, Sybase, World Book and Xerox have announced support for this zero configuration networking technology in a broad range of products including network printers, consumer electronics, enterprise database management and educational applications. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 266 | The Company has made the source code for this technology freely available to developers for use in their network-enabled devices or software applications. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 267 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 268 | 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... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 269 | FireWire is currently included on all Macintosh systems and is a data transfer technology utilized by iPod. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 270 | Product Support and Services
AppleCare® offers a range of support options for Apple customers. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 271 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 272 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 273 | 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... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 274 | Additionally, the Company offers one-to-one (1:1) learning solutions, which are a complete solution typically consisting of an iBook portable system for every student and teacher along with a wireless network connected to a central server. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 275 | The Company's PowerSchool® software product is a web-based student information system for K-12 schools and school districts. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 276 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 277 | PowerSchool offers the option of remote hosting with an application service provider model. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 278 | Markets and Distribution
The Company's customers are primarily in the education, creative, consumer, and business markets. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 279 | Apple 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 netw... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 280 | Apple personal computers were first introduced to education customers in the late 1970s. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 281 | Over 16% of the Company's net sales in 2004 were through its U.S. education channel, including sales to elementary and secondary schools, higher education institutions and individual customers. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 282 | The Company distributes its products through wholesalers, resellers, national and regional retailers and cataloguers. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 283 | No individual customer accounted for more than 10% of net sales in 2004, 2003 or 2002. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 284 | The Company also sells many of its products and resells certain third-party products in most of its major markets directly to consumers, education customers, and businesses through its retail stores in the U.S. and internationally, or through one of its online stores around the world. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 285 | Total direct and indirect sales transacted through the Company's online stores totaled approximately $3.9 billion, $2.9 billion, and $2.4 billion for fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 286 | Competition
The Company is confronted by aggressive competition in all areas of its business. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 287 | The market for the design, manufacture, and sale of personal computers and related software and peripheral products is highly competitive. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 288 | 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... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 289 | Over the past several years, price competition in the market for personal computers has been particularly intense. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 290 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 291 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 292 | 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... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 293 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 294 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 295 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 296 | The Company's initial success with the development of an end-to-end music offering, which includes the iTunes 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, marketing, and manufacturing re... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 297 | The Company anticipates that competition will intensify requiring the Company to respond as hardware, software and content providers work more collaboratively to offer integrated products that compete against the Company's offerings. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 298 | 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 distribution of third-party music content (iTunes Music Store). | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 299 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 300 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 301 | In addition, the Company uses some components that are not common to the rest of the personal computer and consumer electronics industries, 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 ... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 302 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 303 | The Company did experience such delays during fiscal 2004, which resulted in the constrained availability of certain products. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 304 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 305 | 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. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 306 | The Company attempts to mitigate these potential risks by working closely with these and other key suppliers on product introduction plans, strategic inventories, coordinated product introductions, and internal and external manufacturing schedules and levels. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 307 | Consistent with industry practice, the Company acquires components through a combination of formal purchase orders, supplier
contracts, and open orders based on projected demand information. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 308 | Such purchase commitments typically cover the Company's requirements for periods ranging from 30 to 130 days. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 309 | The Company believes there are several component suppliers and manufacturing vendors whose loss to the Company could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business and financial position. | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
0000320193 | 20041203 | 10-K | 310 | At this time, such vendors include Agere Systems, Inc., Ambit Microsystems Corporation, ASUSTeK Corporation, ATI Technologies, Inc., Broadcom Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (formerly the Semiconductor Products Segment of Motorola, Inc.), Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., L... | 0001047469-04-035975/full-submission.txt |
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