| Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet.co.uk |
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With the iBook, Jobs, Apple's seemingly permanent interim CEO, jumped through a daunting business hoop of his own. He needed one year to create products in four areas (professional and consumer desktops and portables) and just two years to make Apple a comeback king, a feat perhaps unduplicated in tech history. Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet.co.uk |
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| It was a commercial success. Only six weeks after the unveiling, Apple received more than 140,000 advance orders.
The iBook and iMac dramatically helped Apple climb back to fame, doubling Apple's market share at the time to 11.2%. For the fiscal year 1999, Apple reported revenues of $6.1 billion.
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