The swift industry-wide decline in PC sales will result in Apple's first non-profitable quarter in three years, ... We're not happy about it, and plan to return to sustained profitability next quarter. We are committed to reducing our channel inventories to normal levels by the end of this quarter, and remain very excited about the new products and programs Apple will be rolling out in 2001.
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