FWIW, AAPL net sales for 2002 were $5,742,000,000. Of that figure, $1,208,000,000 came from software, service, etc, and the remaining $4,534,000,000 came from hardware sales. Net sales for the iPod amounted to $143,000,000, or less than 3.2% of net hardware sales and less than 2.5% of net overall sales. Hardly a pivotal factor, IMHO.