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- Apple Announces AppleLink CD
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- Contact:
- Lynda Lucero
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-7899
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- Apple Announces AppleLink CD
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- New CD-ROM Product Brings Valuable Information to Macintosh Users
- for a Single Annual Fee
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- CUPERTINO, California--October 7, 1992--Apple Computer, Inc. today
- announced AppleLink CD, an information resource product on CD-ROM.
- AppleLink CD delivers regular editions of Apple and third party
- product and support information for a single annual subscription fee.
- AppleLink CD offers Macintosh computer users access to a wealth of
- information previously available only through AppleLink, Apple's
- global electronic communications and information service. Unlike
- most on-line services, however, the new product requires no modems,
- special phone lines, or extra software. With only a Macintosh
- personal computer and a Macintosh-compatible CD-ROM drive, users can
- explore technical, product, program, and special interest information
- without time or cost limitations.
- "AppleLink CD helps to create an information rich computing
- environment for Macintosh users," said Peter Friedman, director of
- Apple Online Services. "AppleLink CD will bring together much of the
- high quality information from Apple and third parties that's behind
- AppleLink--essentially making it the easiest and most cost effective
- way to access AppleLink information without actually going on-line."
- The familiar Macintosh interface, combined with an on-line help
- feature, makes AppleLink CD easy to setup, learn and use. And the
- yearly one-time fee means users don't have to worry about cost or
- time limitations as they would if they were accessing the information
- on-line. The multi-user version of AppleLink CD will allow
- additional users to access the information as a shared volume on an
- AppleTalk network.
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- Information Content
- Each edition of AppleLink CD will include an extensive technical
- information library—the same one used by Apple's own technical
- support staff—as well as product data, public articles, and
- documentation for solutions to hardware and software problems. Also
- included on the CD will be descriptions of Apple products, and
- technical, marketing, and support materials from more than 400
- Macintosh-compatible hardware and software manufacturers.
- A special Software Sampler section will contain 15MB of Apple
- software updates as well as free software and shareware for the
- Macintosh. Users will be able to download free software
- demonstrations and review new software programs.
- In addition, the special interest areas will allow users to browse
- numerous bulletin board conferences from the extensive AppleLink on-
- line discussion areas or investigate specific topic areas such as K-
- 12 education, multimedia, enterprise computing, and design &
- publishing.
- AppleLink CD is produced by Apple's information services unit, Apple
- Online Services (AOS). Other Apple Online Services products include
- AppleLink, Apple's global on-line professional service. Introduced
- in 1985 to enhance communication between Apple Computer, its business
- partners and customers, AppleLink today includes over 50,000
- subscribers in the worldwide Apple Community in 55 countries.
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- System Configuration
- AppleLink CD requires a Macintosh computer running System 6.0.7 or
- later and a Macintosh-compatible CD-ROM drive. 4MB (RAM) random
- access memory is required.
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- Price and Availability
- AppleLink CD will be available worldwide in January 1993. Initially,
- AppleLink CD will be available through an annual subscription for
- four quarterly editions; other options may become available in the
- future. Pricing and availability will vary by country.
- In the U.S., a one year subscritpion, which includes four quarterly
- editions, is available in a single-user version for $299 or a mutli-
- user version for $649. Please check with your Apple representative
- or in the United States, call the Apple Online Services HelpLine at
- 408-974-3309 for more information or to order (after January 1,
- 1993). A special evaluation version of AppleLink CD is available
- through a limited offer in the U.S. by calling 408-974-3309.
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- Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks;
- AppleLink and AppleLink CD are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
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