The second largest category was computer hardware, which was number one lsat year.

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And while history has shown us what competition will do to margins in an increasingly commoditized hardware category, this is a new type of cycle where margins have held up for Apple despite competition.

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One bright spot should have been sales of the iPod digital music player, which Apple breaks out in the "peripherals and other hardware" category.

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