EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
Apple Computer, Inc.
 
    We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 2-70449, 2-77563, 2-85095, 33-00866, 33-24650, 33-31075, 33-40877,
33-47596, 33-57092, 33-57080, 33-53873, 33-53879, 33-53895, 33-60279, 33-60281,
333-07437, and 333-23725) on Forms S-8 and registration statements (No.
33-62310) on Form S-3 and (Nos. 333-10961 and 333-28191) on Forms S-3/A of Apple
Computer, Inc. of our report dated October 15, 1997, relating to the
consolidated balance sheet of Apple Computer, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
September 26, 1997, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related
schedule, which report appears in the September 26, 1997 annual report on Form
10-K of Apple Computer, Inc.
 

                               
                                          /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
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                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

 
San Jose, California
December 4, 1997