To truly understand how huge Apple's numbers are (record revenue of $46.3 Billion, record quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, 37.04 million iPhones sold, 15.43 million iPads sold, 5.2 million Macs sold, 15.4 million iPods sold), you could do worse than read MG Siegler's piece "Apple's Massive Numbers And Some Context", in which he compiles related tweets.
Wrapping One's Head Around Apple's Q1 2012 Results
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