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 g) 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        Immediate
Macintosh IIvx 4MB Hard Disk 230      3,319        Immediate
Macintosh IIvx 5MB Hard Disk 80, CD   3,219        Immediate

Apple Computer Inc, 20525 Mariana Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
408-996-1010

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