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- Apple Intros Two Mac II Computers
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- Contact:
- Pat Kinley
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-2589
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- Apple Introduces Two Fast, Flexible Mid-Range Macintosh II Computers
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.)
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- 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
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- 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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