To start off, Mac computers are freaking awesome. You can do so much with this computer. The brand new ones are the best so far.

Just on Wednesday, Apple posted a record-breaking $1 billion profit. Apple said it shipped 1.606,000 Macintosh computers and 21,066,000 iPods during this quarter.

These computers are really fast. I think if you compare it to something like a Dell, Mac would blow it away. I've been using these computers for about 7 years and I haven't really seen any problem with them.

A manufacturer of desktop and laptop computers and the industry's most fabled story. Founded in a garage by Steve Woznaik and Steve Jobs and guided by Mike Markkula, Apple blazed the trails for the personal computer industry. Apple was formed on April Fool's day in 1976.

In 1998, Apple introduced iMac, a low-priced Internet-ready Mac that was the first personal computer without a floppy disk. Self-contained in one unit like the original Mac, Apple sold 800,000 iMacs in a year, making it the fastest-selling computer in history.

Apple's turnaround was confirmed in the first years of the 21st century, as the company strode toward its 30th anniversary exuding an unprecedented degree of strength. At the heart of the company's surging growth was a digital music player branded as iPod. Introduced in late 2001, the device featured five gigabytes of storage, enabling the user to store approximately 1,000 songs on a player that was smaller than a deck of playing cards. Retailing for $399, the iPod represented another example of Apple's skill in designing an elegant and functional product, a product that became one of the most sought after consumer electronic items during the first half of the decade.

By the time video iPod arrived in stores, Apple derived roughly 35 percent of its revenue from iPods. Between 2001 and 2005, thanks primarily to the popularity of iPods, the company's sales nearly tripled, increasing from $3.5 billion to $13.9 billion. Apple controlled mare than 75 percent of the $2.5 billion digital audio player market in the United States.

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