Apple reported strong earnings for the last fiscal quarter on Oct. 19, including sales of over 3.05 million Macs. But while Apple dominates many markets, including digital media and smartphones, and has grown its PC market-share through increased sales of Macs, it may not be able to prevent a slowdown or even erosion in market-share once Windows 7 is released on Oct. 22.
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Apple posted strong numbers during its earnings call on Oct. 19, representing welcome
news for an industry otherwise beaten down by a long-running economic recession.

Despite Apples tradition of conservative reporting, which
led it to post summer estimates of $8.7 to $8.9 billion for the fou…