Yesterday, Apple reported its financial results for Q1 2010, which ended December 26, 2009, and said results were, to say the least, impressive. The company had its all time highest quarterly revenue and its all time highest quarterly profit.

Here are the important numbers:

• Revenue of $15.68 Billion

• 58% of revenue derived from international sales

• Net quarterly profit of $3.38 Billion or $3.67 per diluted share

• Gross margin of 40.9 %

• $5.8 Billion generated in cash

Sales of Macintosh computers and iPhones blew up with Apple selling 3.36 Million computers and 8.7 Million iPhones, representing a 33% increase for Macintosh sales and 100% growth for the iPhone when compared to Q1 2009.

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This week, those of you who love the Mac but need to use Windows 7 for some reason, just got a little more help from Apple as the company has updated Bootcamp to support Windows 7. The Boot Camp 3.1 update consists of a single .exe file download that you need to run in Windows 7 once it’s installed. Or you can just run Apple Software Update if you’re already using Windows 7 on your Mac.

The update provides the necessary Windows 7 drivers for various pieces of Mac hardware including the Mighty Mouse. Boot Camp version 3.1 supports the 32-bit and 64-bit version of Windows 7 and Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate are supported as part of the update as well.

With the upgrade in software and support for new drivers and utilities, if you need Windows 7 to run certain software, processes, or perhaps you prefer to use Windows for things like coding and development, now you can. Although, not sure why you would want to if you have a Mac. But hey, we don’t judge here.

Apple has also published a support document that details a number of installation problems for Windows 7, plus a tool to assist with upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7.

Late yesterday, Apple released an update to its flagship operating system OS X 10.6, also known as Snow Leopard. We’ve been expecting Mac OS X 10.6.2 to ship soon since developers have had it for some time. Well, it has finally arrived.

Some the things fixed and/or updated with this new version of OS X include the following:

• An issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
• A graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
• Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
• A problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
• Issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
• The reliability of menu extras
• An issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
• An issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
• Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
• A problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
• An issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
• Safari plug-in reliability
• General reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
• An issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account

For detailed information on this update, head over to Apple’s website. To download, go here for the Combo Update and here for the non-combo.

After only a short time of release in the wild, Apple has today issued an update to its brand new version of OS X — code named Snow Leopard. This update, which should now be live in Software Update and at Apple’s website, provides several bug fixes and security enhancements which in typical Apple-speak could mean almost anything.

Here’s a list of at least some of the items this update addresses:

• Printer compatibility fixes for printers that do not properly appear in the “Add Printer” browser.
• Fix for DVD playback (when playback stops abruptly)
• Fix for the Dock (bug prevents removal of icons from the Dock)
• Fix for account set up and sending mail via SMTP servers in Mail
• Fix for Sierra Wireless 3G modems
• Adobe Flash Player update (new plug-in version 10.0.32.18)

Apparently, the Flash update is of particular importance because the version shipping with Snow Leopard has a number of security vulnerabilities fixed by this update. For the scoop on that, head on over to Adobe’s website. As with any OS update, we suggest you download and install the Combo Update instead of doing an update via Apple’s software update. Sadly, as of now, the Combo update doesn’t seem to be live at Apple’s download page yet so you may consider waiting until tomorrow to do the update.

Fans of Apple’s advanced operating system known as OS X have another reason to be happy this week. Besides the OS X’s stellar reputation for ease of use, security and reliability, its now going to get a brand new update in the form of OS X 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard). This new OS, which we’ve talked about before, is being released by Apple this Friday, August 28th, so you can go to the store and pick up the $29.00 upgrade version — if you’re already running Leopard — and go to town.

Conveniently, you can also pre-order the update version at Apple’s website for delivery on the 28th. Shipping is free but it will still cost you sales tax. No getting around that one. Finally, you can do what I did and pre-order it from Amazon and wait until Monday for it to show up. If you do that, you wait a couple extra days but pay no sales tax or, if you’re an Amazon Prime member, no shipping. That’s the best deal going right now.

Remember, before you go ahead and buy the upgrade version, you can only install the upgrade if you’re currently using Leopard on your Mac. If you’re not, you’ll need to buy the Mac Box Set, available for $169 for a single user or $229 for a Family Pack.

Mac OS X 10.5.8 update is now available through Software Update. Among the listed improvements are a resolution for compatibility issues when joining AirPort networks, disappearing monitor resolutions in System Preferences, Bluetooth reliability and the ubiquitous operating system fixes that enhance your systems stability, compatibility and security. And really, who doesn’t want that?

The update will also upgrade Safari to version 4.0.2. There are a number of other reliability and compatibility tweaks listed here. Security features are available here. The combo update is also available here. Enjoy.

We’ve brought you news of Apple’s brand new iPhone 3G S before, but that was just a preview. Having the real thing in hand to use and inspect will be so much better. But don’t worry, because that day has finally arrived. That’s right, today’s the day to go out and get your brand new iPhone 3G S. That is, if you can actually find one.

Some of The Flickcast team (and in particular Chris) are anxiously awaiting the delivery of their precious new toys professional productivity tools and will report back when they’ve got them in hand. Meantime, our friends over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog have all the scoop on where to get your iPhone 3G S, the lines, the chaos and all the fun. That is, if there are any lines at all — which CNN, for one, doesn’t expect.

If you don’t get an iPhone 3G S today because they sell out and you didn’t pre-order one in advance from Apple or AT&T, try not to get too upset. You can bet that Apple and AT&T want to put these devices into the hands of anyone who wants one. So, that means they will always make more and will keep shipping them out until every man woman and child has one. We know its tough but you’ll just have to be patient.

Today, at its World Wide Developer Conference, Apple announced many things including new iPhone hardware and software and new laptops, that will have fanboys (and girls) rushing to their local Apple stores for new laptops or saving their pennies until next month for shiny new iPhones.

Following is a summary of the major announcements. For a much more in-depth overview, check out my colleagues over at TUAW. Also, be sure to tune in Wednesday for The Flickcast where we will discuss all these announcements, and more.

- New iPhone 3G S – The iPhone 3G S — the “S” stands for speed. Much faster. Data speeds are upped to 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 3 megapixel camera with tap-to-autofocus and auto white balance, ow supports 30fps VGA video recording with editing features.

Also has built-in compass, Nike+ support and a new battery that offers 5 hours of 3G talk time and 9 hours of WiFi internet use. $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB when it goes on sale June 18th. Current 3G model will remain on sale for $99, effective immediately.

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