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- Apple Unveils Macintosh TV
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- Apple Unveils Macintosh TV
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- Macintosh Computer Combines Television and Stereo CD Player in
- Single, Low-Cost Unit
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- CUPERTINO, California--Oct. 25, 1993--Apple Computer Inc. announced
- today Macintosh TV, a new product that combines an Apple Macintosh
- personal computer, television and CD-ROM stereo system into one
- compact, low-priced unit. Designed for users at home and in higher
- education institutions, the $2,079 system greatly reduces the cost
- and space requirements currently required to obtain these electronic
- components separately. This product underscores Apple's business
- strategy to reach new users in the home and education markets.
- Macintosh TV provides the integrated functionality of a powerful
- personal computer with a cable-ready 14-inch color TV, and double-
- speed audio CD player for high-quality stereo sound. The system can
- also be easily connected with a VCR, camcorder, laserdisc player or
- video game player. In addition, it comes with a sleek infrared remote
- that controls both television and CD player functions.
- "The computer industry and the consumer electronics market are
- converging, and Apple is at the forefront of this transition," said
- Brodie Keast, Director of Product Marketing for the Apple Personal
- Computer Division. "With Macintosh TV, Apple extends its popular all-
- in-one computer design with new media capabilities that create a
- whole new category of computing and entertainment devices."
- "With this special edition of the Macintosh, Apple hopes to learn
- more about the needs of this market and to apply that knowledge to
- future product development," Keast added.
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- Bundled Software Included
- Macintosh TV comes bundled with several popular software programs
- pre-loaded, including ClarisWorks 2.0 (an integrated program
- combining a word processor, spreadsheet and database),
- American Heritage Dictionary, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, HomeWork
- Templates, and The Performa Click Art Collection. It also includes
- CD-ROM titles such as Groiler's Multimedia Encyclopedia, World Atlas,
- Space Shuttle, Wonders of the World (Volume I), Time Almanac 1993, and
- the Kodak Photo CD Sampler.
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- Product Details
- Macintosh TV combines plug-and-play simplicity with the power of a 32
- MHz 68030 microprocessor. It comes standard with 5MB of RAM
- expandable to 8MB. It has a 160MB hard disk drive and a 1.4MB Apple
- SuperDrive floppy disk drive and reads MS-DOS disks with Macintosh PC
- Exchange software.
- The television capabilities include a 14-inch Color TV with a cable-
- ready tuner, a coaxial port to connect an antenna or cable service
- and a RCA port to connect a VCR, camcorder, laserdisc player, or
- video game player. The software support for television features
- includes frame grabbing, closed captions, channel scanning, and
- password protection of TV mode.
- The AppleCD 300i double-speed CD-ROM drive adds more flexibility to
- Macintosh TV and provides a richer more exciting computing
- environment. This built-in CD-ROM plays standard audio CDs, reads
- data on CD-ROMs and views images on Kodak Photo CDs. The system
- integrates a high-quality 14" Trinitron color display which provides
- 640 by 480 pixels, .26mm dot pitch and 8-bit color, displaying 256
- colors.
- The SCSI port will support up to six SCSI devices, such as hard disks
- and scanners. There are two serial ports for printers, modems, and
- AppleTalk networks. There are also two Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) ports
- for keyboard, mouse, and other input devices. Macintosh TV also has
- built-in AppleTalk networking and file sharing without a dedicated
- server.
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- Pricing and Availability
- Macintosh TV is a U.S. only, special edition product and will be
- available immediately upon introduction at selected consumer retail
- stores and higher education campuses, and through the Apple Catalog.
- The consumer stores include Best Buy, Select Video Concepts, Silo
- YES, and TOPS. The ApplePrice is $2,079.
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- U.S. Configuration ApplePrice Available
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- Macintosh TV $2,079 Immediate
- 5/160, Internal CD-ROM, 512K VRAM
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- Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:
- AAPL) develops, manufactures and markets computer, server and
- personal interactive electronic systems for use in business,
- education, the home, science, engineering, and government. A
- recognized pioneer and innovator in the personal computer industry,
- Apple does business in more than 120 countries.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, and AppleTalk are registered
- trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.. AppleCD, SuperDrive, Macintosh
- PC Exchange and Apple Desktop bus are trademarks of Apple Computer,
- Inc. ClarisWorks is a trademark of the Claris Corporation. All
- other brandnames are trademarks of their respective companies.
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