Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Computer Inc. said fourth- quarter profit rose 27 percent on back-to-school sales of Macintosh notebook computers and new versions of the iPod music player. The shares jumped in late trading.

Then I started trying to reinstall Windows.

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