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The Mac maker said it earned $290 million, or 34 cents per share, on sales of $3.24 billion in the three months ended March 26. In the same quarter a year ago, Apple earned $46 million, or 6 cents per share, on revenue of $1.91 billion.

Analysts had been expecting the company to report earnings of 24 cents per share on revenue of $3.2 billion, according to First Call. That's ahead of the company's own forecast from January, when the company predicted sales would be about $2.9 billion, with earnings of 20 cents per share, adjusted for a February stock split.