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In a telephone interview today, Apple CFO Fred Anderson told Reuters that demand for Apple’s new iMac has exceeded even the company’s highest expectations. “Orders in the first week were higher than any other product since the original iMac in terms of first week’s orders after the date of announcement,” Anderson said.

Apple has reported a first-quarter profit of US$38 million, or 11 cents per share, in line with analyst expectations. Revenues for the quarter came in at US$1.38 billion, up 37 percent from the year-ago quarter. The quarter’s results included a $24 million restructuring charge, which was offset largely by a $23 million realized gain from equity investments. During the quarter, Apple shipped 746,000 Macintosh systems, as well as 125,000 iPods, as gross margins came in at 30.7 percent.

Apple is set to report its first-quarter results shortly. The company will webcast its financial results conference call at 17:30 ET. Analysts expect the company to report earnings of 11 cents per share on revenues of US$1.43 billion. MacMinute will be delivering live coverage of conference call. Shares of Apple closed down $0.92 ahead of the earnings, a decline of 4.24 percent on the day.

Aspyr Media has announced that it plans to release both Clive Barker’s Undying and The Sims: Hot Date forthe Mac in March, according to InsideMac Games. Clive Barker’s Undying is a horror-adventure game inwhich the player takes the role of Patrick Galloway, who comes face-to-facewith the reanimated corpses of his four dead siblings that are intent on himjoining the undead.

Apple has released a Windows version of its AirPort Admin Utility, allowing Windows systems to configure advanced settings on Apple’s latest AirPort Base Station, as noted by MacCentral.