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Amid the roiling waters of the stock market and economy, which have tossed tech investors around for weeks, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs made a special guest appearance on Apple's fourth-quarter earnings call Oct. 21 to try to calm things down. Profits soared on knockout iPhone numbers and strong Mac and iPod sales. But Jobs wanted to make a point broader than any one quarter's results.

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Apple 10263 Published by Bob 0

If someone were to tell investors two years ago that iPod sales would only contribute 14.2% of Apple’s total revenue and that the company's sales would significantly accelerate to a pace of 75% year-over-year, those investors would likely have presumed Apple shares would be trading at a significant premium to 2006 levels.

iPods accounted for just 14.2% of Apple ’s sales in Q4 2008