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- Sub: 94/02 PPC Tech Upgrade Rel
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- The following release moved over PR Newswire, Wednesday, February 2, 1994 at
- 12:18 PM, PST.
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- Contact:
- Maureen O'Connell
- Regis McKenna, Inc.
- 408-862-6689
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- Betty Taylor
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- 408-974-3983
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- Apple Announces PowerPC Technology Upgrade Options for Quadra 605, Selected
- LC and Performa Models
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- CUPERTINO, California--February 2, 1994--Apple Computer, Inc., today
- further detailed its extensive plans to provide current Macintosh
- customers with an easy upgrade path to Macintosh with PowerPC .
- Apple announced it plans to offer upgrades based on the PowerPC
- microprocessor for many of its best selling entry-level business,
- education and consumer products.
- Apple plans to provide upgrades for its current line of all-in-one
- personal computers including the LC 520, 550, 575, as well as the
- Performa 550. In addition, Apple plans to make future PowerPC
- upgrades available for LC 475, Quadra 605, and Performa 475/76
- product lines. The upgrades will boost performance up to two to four
- times on existing Macintosh models when running native applications.
- PowerPC is a family of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set)
- microprocessors, developed jointly by Apple, IBM and Motorola. The
- new chip will fuel the next generation of Macintosh computers. The
- first computers based on the chip are slated to be introduced in the
- first half of 1994 and join the Macintosh family of computers in mid-
- range and high-end systems.
- "Virtually all of our current Macintosh systems being sold today now
- have an easy upgrade path to the future," said Ian Diery, executive
- vice president and general manager of Apple's Personal Computer
- Division. "Apple's goal is to make PowerPC technology accessible to
- the broadest number of customers possible, and make it easy for
- customers to make their move to increased performance when they are
- ready."
- The upgrades announced today are in addition to those recently
- detailed, which include: Macintosh Quadra 840AV, 800, 660AV, 650 and
- 610 models; the Macintosh Centris 660AV, 650 and 610 computers; and
- the Macintosh IIVX, vi and Performa 600 products. Additionally,
- owners of the Apple Workgroup server 60, 80 and 95 will be offered
- logic board upgrades to PowerPC processor-based systems which will
- run a version of the Macintosh System 7 operating system for the
- PowerPC processor.
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- Apple and Third-Party Options
- Apple continues to work on upgrades in conjuction with selected
- third-party developers to provide an array of options for customers
- to upgrade to PowerPC technology.
- Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:
- APPL) develops, manufactures and markets personal 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 information industry, Apple
- does business in more than 120 countries.
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- Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks and
- Centris, Quadra, Performa and System 7 are trademarks of Apple
- Computer, Inc.
- PowerPC, PowerPC 601 are trademarks of International Business
- Machines Corp.
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