[dan1123]

Apple is a different kind of company now. Their iPod brand is the major driving force of profit. They have AppleTV, the iPhone, accessories, and their own application software. They sell music, movies, television shows, and ringtones.

Licensing companies to sell their own hardware with OS X wouldn’t be the same as it was for Apple pre-iPod.

[Spktyr]

Sorry, no. The major driving force in profits for Apple is *still* their Macintosh computers. See their quarterly statements.

[Swordmaker]

Their iPod brand is the major driving force of profit. They have AppleTV, the iPhone, accessories, and their own application software. They sell music, movies, television shows, and ringtones.

The Mac computers account for more than 60% of Apple's profits. Read the 10K and 10Qs. That makes the Macs the major driving force of the company.