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Apple Computer, Inc.,
with headquarters in Cupertino, California,
designs,
manufactures, and markets personal computers and related software,
services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company also
designs, develops, and markets a line of portable digital music players
along with related accessories and services including the online
distribution of third-party music, audio books, music videos, short
films, and television shows. The Company’s products and services include
the Macintosh line of desktop and notebook computers, the iPod digital
music player, the Xserve G5 server and Xserve RAID storage products, a
portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the Mac OS
X operating system, the iTunes Music Store, a portfolio of peripherals
that support and enhance the Macintosh and iPod product lines, and a
variety of other service and support offerings. The Company sells its
products worldwide through its online stores, its own retail stores, its
direct sales force, and third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value
added resellers. The Company also sells a variety of third-party
products that are compatible with the Company’s Macintosh and iPod
product lines, including computer printers and printing supplies,
storage devices, computer memory, digital camcorders and still cameras,
personal digital assistants, iPod accessories, and various other
computing products and supplies through its online and retail stores.
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