Apple Computer (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) on Wednesday shattered earnings forecasts for its fiscal fourth quarter with a 63% jump in per-share profit, cheering investors as it heads into the key holiday shopping season.

As post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping begins in earnest, there's something I feel duty bound to tell anybody who asks me what kind of Windows-based computer they should buy: Hold yer horses!

Another new store is set to open Monday at the new ABQ Uptown Shopping complex.