We’re living in a fast-paced world today. A good example of this is the pressure to publish quarterly figures – financial markets run from quarter to quarter and survive with healthy amount of guesswork about the future. Let’s take a minute to look back in time, though. On October 18, 2000, Apple released their Q4 figures totaling $1.87 billion in revenue (a 40% increase over Q4 1999), $108 million in earnings from continued business and 1.122 million Macs sold; respectable figures by any account.