CBS/AP/ February 11, 2009, 6:52 PM

Apple Powers On At Macworld

Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET

Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday reported a record $5.7 billion in sales during the holiday quarter, topping Wall Street expectations as it sold nearly three times as many iPods as it did in the same period a year ago.

And in a historic shift for the company, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled desktop and notebook computers based on new two-brained chips from Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor company. The introduction during the Macworld Expo show in San Francisco came just six months after the partnership between the two once-unlikely Silicon Valley bedfellows was announced.

Jobs said the new MacBook Pro notebook is four to five times faster than the company's Powerbook, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone. The new computer will ship in February. The new iMacs will have the same all-in-one design as previous models, and are currently available. Jobs said the iMacs are two to three times faster than the iMac G5, based on an IBM chip.

CBS News tech analyst Larry Magid says that Apple's announcements were significant but the company didn't break any new ground when it comes to what you can do with a PC.

"The new machines are faster and the new MacBook laptops are thinner and lighter than other Apple laptops but road warriors can get lighter machines from Dell, Toshiba and IBM/Lenovo," Magid said.

With rock music booming through the huge convention hall, thousands of Apple faithful cheered as Jobs walked onto the stage before a massive video screen at the annual conference. He announced that Apple sold 14 million iPods in the last quarter of 2005. In all, 42 million iPods have been sold.

"That's 100 sold every minute, 24-7," he said, "and it still wasn't enough."

Jobs also said iTunes has sold more than 8 million videos since the company introduced the video iPod. Jobs announced that, starting Tuesday, iTunes will sell videos of "Saturday Night Live" skits.

The Apple CEO also announced an iLife Suite upgrade that includes new Podcast-creating software, as well as a new addition to iLife called iWeb. Jobs demonstrated iWeb, getting cheers from the Mac faithful as he created an attractive Web site with music and photos in less than five minutes.

Jobs calls one new feature in iPhoto "photocasting," a new way to share digital photos — even with non-Macintosh friends.

"This is podcasting for photos," Jobs said.