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REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Shareholders and Board of Directors of Apple Computer, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated of statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows of Apple Computer, Inc. for
the year ended September 27, 1996. Our audit also includes the financial statement schedule for year ended September 27, 1996, listed in the
Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements. These consolidated financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and schedule based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash
flows of Apple Computer, Inc. for the year ended September 27, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in
our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents
fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
October 14, 1996
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