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THIS RELEASE MOVED OVER PR NEWSWIRE ON MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1994 AT 3:05 AM, EST
Power Macintosh Wins Widespread Support
from Customers
Large Corporations, Higher Education Institutions, Professional
Services Firms and Industry Consultants Line Up Behind Apple's New
Computing Platform
CUPERTINO, California--March 14, 1994--As shipments of Power
Macintosh computers hit resellers and distributors around the world,
customers who have evaluated beta units during the past six months
are expressing their support and endorsements for Apple's new
platform in personal computing. These major corporations, higher
education institutions, professional services firms and industry
consultants are looking for ways to increase productivity within
their organizations that will give them a competitive edge. Key
criteria in making their purchase decisions, and the attributes which
the customers applauded most about Power Macintosh, include
compatibility with existing Macintosh software, DOS/Windows cross-
platform compatibility, breakthrough price/performance and
significant performance increases through native PowerPC
applications.
Large Corporations
Customer acceptance of Power Macintosh has been particularly strong
from enterprise customers who appreciate the substantial performance
gains in addition to the ease with which Power Macintosh fits into
their complex computing environments. Lockheed, Monsanto, The Los
Angeles Times, Group Health Cooperative, Val-Pak Direct Marketing
Systems, Inc., SaskTel of Saskatchewan, Canada and JP Morgan &
Company Incorporated are among the enterprise customers who have
evaluated PowerPC technology and are considering or have expressed
intent to purchase Power Macintosh. At Monsanto's World Headquarters
in St. Louis, MO., for example, Power Macintosh computers will be
integrated into their existing enterprise computing environment.
"Because of its excellent compatibility with existing Macintosh and
DOS/Windows applications, we will need to do little to accommodate
the transition to Power Macintosh," said Tom Koballa, senior systems
specialist at Monsanto. "Power Macintosh is going to allow the user
access to information, not only from the Macintosh family of
applications and capabilities, but also from the DOS/Windows world.
This faster access to information will allow our users to make better
decisions."
Higher Education Institutions
Dartmouth College, The Anderson Graduate School of Management at
UCLA, Cornell University Medical College and Oberlin College are
among many universities and colleges who have evaluated Power
Macintosh and are making plans to incorporate the new systems into
their campus computing environments.
"Power Macintosh addresses our university's computing and budget
requirements of needing to be able to do everything at a price that
we can afford," said David VanMiddlesworth, network manager at UCLA's
Anderson Graduate School of Management. "It allows us to run both
Macintosh and DOS/Windows software at probably the best
price/performance that we've seen in any new computer in a long time.
Power Macintosh, with its capabilities and RISC architecture, is a
machine that's going to take us into the future because the longer we
own it, the better it's going to perform."
Professional Services Firms
Firms in the professions that have evaluated Power Macintosh and have
announced their intent to purchase Power Macintosh include Howrey &
Simon, a law firm with offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
and Boston-based architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and
Abbott (SBRA). Based on an extremely favorable evaluation of Power
Macintosh, SBRA has decided to purchase only Power Macintosh systems
and to upgrade existing Macintosh Quadra systems.
"The significant performance increases we've seen using native
PowerPC applications will dramatically reduce the time it takes our
designers and architects to perform the processor-demanding high-end
graphics work we do," said Duncan Keefe, Macintosh systems manager at
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott. "Power Macintosh will play a
key role in our overall computing strategy, allowing us to further
streamline office automation and graphics tasks."
Industry Consultants
Power Macintosh has also gained enthusiastic support from industry
consultants in the fields of multimedia, entertainment, publishing,
graphics and law. Consultants who have expressed support for the
product include David Biedny, a multimedia and graphics consultant;
Michael Backes, screenwriter, multimedia and special effects
consultant; David Weinstein, a law firm consultant; and Wayne
Gabriel, musician and multimedia producer.
"Power Macintosh will provide the best price/performance for the
commercial video production and multimedia industries," said
consultant David Biedny of San Rafael, CA. "Even the smallest video
production shops were having to turn to workstations to remain
competitive, at an entry cost of $100,000. We're now going to see a
$4,000 Power Macintosh going up against $35,000 workstations. Video
software developers will implement new features in native PowerPC
applications such as particle systems or ultra-realistic radiosity
rendering that were previously available only on workstations."
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Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and Quadra are registered trademarks
of Apple Computer, Inc. Power Macintosh is a trademark of Apple
Computer, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom.