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Apple Intros Two Mac II Computers
Contact:
Pat Kinley
Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-2589
Apple Introduces Two Fast, Flexible Mid-Range Macintosh II Computers
CUPERTINO, California--October 19, 1992--Apple Computer, Inc. today
introduced the Macintosh IIvx and IIvi, two new mid-range Macintosh II
personal computers that make it easy for users to work with
sophisticated graphics, large files, and vivid colors. These fast,
flexible systems support up to 32,000 colors on a variety of displays
and feature a distinctive expansion bay that accepts mass storage
devices such as a CD-ROM drive, a removable cartridge drive, or a
high-capacity disk drive.
"The Macintosh IIvx and IIvi are ideal for people who want to keep
pace with the latest advances in personal computing," said Eric
Harslem, Apple's vice president of desktop computing. "They've got the
power to tackle today's toughest computing tasks--from color publishing
to complex financial analysis. And they'll expand to meet users'
computing needs for years to come."
Apple believes that the new industrial design of the Macintosh IIvx
and IIvi will find widespread acceptance in three markets. First,
Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Plus users who wish to upgrade to a more
powerful and versatile system will be attracted to the system's speed and
flexibility. Second, desktop publishing and multimedia professionals will
be attracted to the system's color capabilities and mass-storage options.
Third, business people who wish to purchase a powerful, mainstream system
that can grow to meet their future needs will be attracted to the system's
power and expandability.
The Macintosh IIvx will be available worldwide. The Macintosh IIvi
will be marketed in selected geographies outside the U.S.
"These two new systems expand on Apple's decision to customize our
product line based on market conditions and needs," said Harslem. "With
the Macintosh IIvi, we believe we are filling needs outside of the U.S.
that are met domestically by other Macintosh models in our product line,
including the recently introduced Macintosh Performa 600."
The Macintosh Performa 600, introduced in September, is based on the
Macintosh IIvx industrial design. The Performa 600 and the rest of the
Performa family is currently available exclusively in U.S. consumer
channels.
Speed and Power
Both the Macintosh IIvx and IIvi use Motorola's 68030 microprocessor.
The Macintosh IIvi runs at 16 megahertz (MHz), so it can handle
complicated computing tasks such as large database management and
advanced financial analysis. The Macintosh IIvx runs at 32MHz and has a
built-in math coprocessor and 32K of cache. As a result, the
Macintosh IIvx can manage sophisticated computing tasks such as color
publishing, photography portfolio management, and architectural
renderings. Both systems come with 4 megabytes (MB) of RAM, expandable to
68MB.
Expandability
The Macintosh IIvx and IIvi have robust expansion capabilities.
Both systems have three NuBus slots, a SCSI port, and an accelerator slot.
This lets users add performance and capabilities as their needs increase.
For example, a user could add a second color display, an accelerator card,
and an Ethernet networking card, and still have room to expand. This
expansion capability is especially appropriate for growing businesses in
all fields.
The Macintosh IIvx and IIvi also let users add massive storage
capacity so they can work with extremely large files and applications.
Both systems feature a distinctive expansion bay--a 5.25-inch storage area
that accepts devices such as a CD-ROM drive, a removable-cartridge drive,
or a magneto-optical drive. As a result, users can conveniently work with
the extremely large files typical in the publishing and multimedia fields,
as well as in database management.
A CD-ROM drive gives users access to the broad array of commercial
CD-ROM discs, such as reference libraries, clip-art portfolios, games,
animated books, customer databases, encyclopedias, and foreign language
tutorials.
With a CD-ROM drive installed in the expansion bay, the IIvi and IIvx
also lets users take advantage of Photo CD, a new technology from Kodak
that makes it easy to add high quality color photographs to Macintosh
documents. With Photo CD, people can develop a roll of film on a compact
disk--in addition to the usual slides and prints. Users can quickly
retrieve images from a Photo CD then view, modify, and work with those
color images and incorporate them into documents using Macintosh graphics
applications. Professionals such as graphic designers, desktop
publishers, and multimedia producers will find the Photo CD and Macintosh
combination especially attractive because they can easily integrate color
photographs into presentations and publications that combine video,
animation, and high quality still images.
With a removable cartridge drive or magneto-optical drive, users can
work on large projects that exceed the capacity of traditional hard disks.
Such projects might include publications with complex graphics and color
images, or presentations that incorporate sound and animation. These
mass-storage drives are especially popular in the desktop publishing and
multimedia fields because they are replaceable and portable.
More Color and Storage Options
Both systems make it easy for people to integrate vivid, lifelike
images into publications, presentations, and demonstrations. The systems
have built-in support for up to 256 colors on the new 14-inch Macintosh
Color Display, and can easily be upgraded to deliver 32,000 colors. The
usefulness of these color capabilities is extended by the systems' support
of Photo CD.
Preinstalled CD-ROM Configuration
Special configurations of the Macintosh IIvx and IIvi are available
with an internal AppleCD 300i CD-ROM drive already installed. This
configuration comes with 5MB of RAM, support for 32,000 colors, a
selection of CD-ROM titles, and enhanced support for Kodak Photo CD
through QuickTime Extension and new Apple Photo Access software.
Pricing and Distribution
The Macintosh IIvx will be offered worldwide through authorized Apple
resellers. The Macintosh IIvi will be offered in selected countries
outside the U.S. through authorized Apple resellers. In the U.S.,
suggested retail prices, configurations, and ship dates are as follows:
(Prices will vary outside the U.S.)
U.S. Product/Configuration U.S. SRP Ship Date
Macintosh IIvx 4MB Hard Disk 80 $2,949.00 Immediate
Macintosh IIvx 4MB Hard Disk 230 $3,319.00 Immediate
Macintosh IIvx 5MB Hard Disk 80, CD $3,219.00 Immediate
Europe and Pacific Product/Configuration
Macintosh IIvi 4MB Hard Disk 40 Macintosh IIvx 4MB Hard Disk 80
Macintosh IIvi 4MB Hard Disk 80 Macintosh IIvx 4MB Hard Disk 160
Macintosh IIvi 4MB Hard Disk 160 Macintosh IIvx 4MB Hard Disk 230
Macintosh IIvi 5MB Hard Disk 80, CD Macintosh IIvx 8MB Hard Disk 80
Macintosh IIvx 8MB Hard Disk 230
Macintosh IIvx 8MB Hard Disk 400
Macintosh IIvx 5MB Hard Disk 160, CD
Macintosh IIvx 5MB Hard Disk 230, CD
Macintosh IIvx 5MB Hard Disk 400, CD
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Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks;
Macintosh Performa, QuickTime and AppleCD are trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. Classic is a registered trademark used under license
by Apple Computer, Inc.
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