Record sales of Macintosh computers helped Apple to increase fourth quarter revenue by 29 per cent to $6.2bn (£3bn).

The supplier sold 2,164,000 Macs during the period, 34 per cent up on the same quarter last year.

As a result, pre-tax profit was up 67 per cent to $904m (£443m).

Consumer technology sales showed similar dramatic growth, with 10.2 million iPods sold – up 17 per cent year-on-year – and 1,119,000 iPhones shipped.

“We are very pleased to have generated over $24bn (£11.8bn) in revenue and $3.5bn (£1.7bn) in net income in fiscal 2007,” said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.

“We’re looking forward to a strong December quarter as we enter the holiday season with Apple’s best products ever.”