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- Apple's System 7 Used by 4 Million Customers Worldwide
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- Apple's System 7 Used by 4 Million Customers Worldwide
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- BOSTON, Massachusetts--August 4, 1992--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
- that more than 4 million customers of Macintosh personal computers are now
- using System 7, Apple's enhanced operating software that offers customers
- greater ease of use and a rich set of new capabilities. Apple's internal
- research indicates that the adoption of System 7 by nearly 50 percent of
- Macintosh customers is the result of aggressive upgrading by the installed
- base and strong sales of new Macintosh computers. The widely acclaimed
- System 7, introduced in May 1991, has been sold as an upgrade
- product for existing Macintosh customers, and has shipped with new Macintosh
- computers. There are approximately 4,000 Macintosh applications that are
- compatible with System 7, with 360 of those taking advantage of specific
- System 7 capabilities.
- "Nearly fifty percent adoption of a new operating system in just
- fifteen months is unprecedented," said Roger Heinen, Apple's senior vice
- president and general manager of the Macintosh software architecture
- division. "This should accelerate now that Apple's system software products
- are widely available through software resellers, providing customers with a
- convenient opportunity to upgrade. System 7 will get another boost
- when it becomes available for the first time this fall in Asian markets. It
- will bring significant and unique capabilities to these customers, who are
- becoming a much bigger part of Apple's business."
- In addition to customer approval of System 7 and the third-party
- applications that support it, upgrades have been motivated by the introduction
- of System 7 extensions such as QuickTime, the popular technology for
- full-motion video and image compression on the Macintosh. Apple expects that
- the introduction of At Ease , a new System 7 extension that makes it
- easier for customers to share their Macintosh computer with young and
- novice users, will provide further motivation among a wide range of
- customers.
- Emerging System 7 technologies are also becoming important in customer
- decisions to upgrade to the new operating system. Technologies such as O.C.E
- (Open Collaboration Environment), AppleScript , QuickDraw GX and WorldScript
- will extend the capabilities of System 7, providing new levels of ease of use
- in areas such as integrated communications, customization of the computing
- environment, automation of tasks, imaging and printing, and multi-language
- computing. Apple's third-party developers will be able to leverage these new
- technologies to market a new generation of Macintosh applications that extend
- the promise of personal computing.
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- Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks and System 7,
- QuickTime, At Ease, QuickDraw GX, AppleScript, WorldScript are trademarks of
- Apple Computer, Inc.
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