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- Apple announces PowerPC upgrade plans for Workgroup Servers
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- Emilio Robles,
- Apple Computer, Inc.
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- Regis McKenna, Inc.
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- Apple announces PowerPC upgrade plans for Workgroup Servers
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- LAS VEGAS, Nevada-- October 19, 1993 -- Apple Computer, Inc. today
- announced it would offer PowerPC microprocessor upgrades for its
- current line of Apple Workgroup Servers. With this announcement,
- Apple extends its commitment to provide PowerPC processor upgrades to
- all three models of the Apple Workgroup Server. Apple currently
- plans to incorporate the powerful RISC-based microprocessor, designed
- in conjunction with IBM and Motorola, into its line of Macintosh
- personal computers and servers beginning in the first half of 1994.
- Announcing the upgrade plan at Apple's Worldwide Sales Conference in
- Las Vegas, Nevada, Morris Taradalsky, Apple Business Systems (ABS)
- vice president and general manager, said owners of Apple Workgroup
- Server 60, 80 and 95 will have the option to upgrade to PowerPC
- processor based systems running a version of the Macintosh System 7.0
- operating system for the PowerPC processor. The current Workgroup
- Server 60, 80 and 95, based on the Motorola 68040 microprocessor, are
- planned to continue to be offered along with PowerPC platforms.
- Taradalsky also said enhancements were planned for the popular Apple
- Workgroup Server 95, running A/UX, Apple's version of UNIX with a
- Macintosh user interface, to further boost performance and expansion.
- Apple also plans to provide an upgrade path from the Workgroup Server
- 95 to even higher performance, UNIX-based servers utilizing a PowerPC
- processor.
- By providing an upgrade path both for Macintosh System 7.0 Workgroup
- Server 60 and 80 as well as the A/UX-based Workgroup Server 95, Apple
- believes that customers will have a range of robust, scalable and
- flexible client/server solutions, further enhancing the return on
- their Apple Workgroup Server investment.
- "Apple intends to ensure that its Workgroup Server customers have a
- smooth transition to PowerPC technology by providing a clear hardware
- and operating system upgrade path," said Taradalsky. "ABS intends to
- provide PowerPC platforms that protect and extend systems customers'
- investments. By keeping the 68040 processor systems in the line, we
- plan to have a wider range of hardware and operating system options
- for customers from which to choose."
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- Upgrade Strategy
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- Specifics on the various upgrade options should be made available
- when PowerPC microprocessor Workgroup Server products are announced.
- "Our aim in providing these PowerPC processor upgrades is to protect
- customers' investments in client/server applications." said Jim
- Groff, senior director for LAN systems with Apple's ABS Division.
- "We intend to retain a high degree of compatibility with existing
- Workgroup Server applications. Apple is also working closely with
- key developers to ensure their applications will take advantage of
- PowerPC performance."
- ABS plans to produce versions of the AppleShare file and print server
- software, AppleTalk Remote Access and its recently announced
- AppleSearch product that will run on its PowerPC processor-based
- servers, Groff said.
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- Improved Performance
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- PowerPC offers performance improvements over current CISC-based
- microprocessors and competitive offerings. This new level of
- performance translates into improved speed, enhanced scalability and
- reliability for mission critical applications. In May, at the Apple
- Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple demonstrated for the first
- time a prototype PowerPC processor based system.
- Over time, Apple plans to offer a full range of products based on
- PowerPC, from entry-level to high-end Macintosh personal computers
- and servers. The new computers will offer developers and customers
- high performance and a variety of new features at competitive prices.
- Apple Computer, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets personal
- computer, server and personal interactive electronic systems for use
- home. A recognized pioneer and innovator in the personal computer
- industry, Apple does business in more than 120 countries. Through
- its advanced technology, the company seeks to provide individuals and
- organizations with easy and affordable access to information and
- computing power.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, A/UX, AppleShare and Macintosh are registered
- trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the US and other
- countries; AppleSearch is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. PowerPC
- is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. UNIX is
- a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
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