Early predictions can now be made for the number of Macs and iPods Apple will ship in its fourth financial quarter, according to Piper Jaffray. The firm's analysts say they have NPD figures from the first month's worth of Apple product sales, and believe that the company will ultimately ship between 2.7 and 2.9 million Macs, versus The Street's consensus of 2.65 million. This also translates int