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- Apple Unveils Macintosh Quadra 950
-
- Contact:
- Pat Kinley
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-5453
-
- Apple Unveils Macintosh Quadra 950
-
- CUPERTINO, California--May 18, 1992--In line with its goal to bring
- products to market faster, Apple Computer, Inc. today introduced the
- new Apple Macintosh Quadra 950, a new high-end member of the
- Macintosh Quadra personal computer line unveiled just seven months
- ago at fall Comdex.
- Apple believes the Macintosh Quadra 950, built around the 33MHz
- Motorola 68040 microprocessor, integrates more standard features than
- any other personal computer available in the PC industry.
- "With the introduction of the Macintosh Quadra line last fall, we
- took a significant step towards fulfilling the needs of customers
- with complex computing requirements," said Fred Forsyth, senior vice
- president and general manager of the Macintosh Hardware Division.
- "The new Macintosh Quadra 950 offers even higher performance and
- functionality, yet retains all the ease-of-use features Macintosh
- customers have come to expect.
- "The Macintosh Quadra 950 is an excellent choice for publishers and
- media integration professionals who need one computer that can
- rapidly handle everything from large document management and word
- processing to complex graphics, video, animation and sound," Forsyth
- added. "It also performs very well in architectural and engineering
- settings where high-speed 3D modeling, rendering and graphics
- simulation tasks are often needed."
- The floor-standing Macintosh Quadra 950 provides built-in features
- such as on-board 24-bit color, high-speed Ethernet networking, sound
- input and output, microprocessor-based caching and floating point
- processing. In benchmark tests using productivity applications
- developed for both Windows and Macintosh, Ingram Laboratory found
- that the Macintosh Quadra 950 was faster than 33MHz and 50MHz 486-
- based machines.
- The Macintosh Quadra 950 is equipped with a high performance,
- flexible graphics subsystem that provides on-board support of up to
- 16 bits per pixel (32,768 colors) images on all Apple displays,
- including the Apple 21-inch Color Display. It is also capable of
- delivering 24 bits per pixel or true-color (16.7 million colors)
- images on Apple displays of up to 16-inches without adding an extra
- display card.
- The Macintosh Quadra 950, along with the rest of the Macintosh Quadra
- line, features built-in, high-performance connections to Ethernet and
- LocalTalk. Both connections offer the plug-and-play simplicity for
- which Apple is known. For Ethernet connections, the Macintosh Quadra
- line is equipped with an Apple Ethernet port and a media independent
- connecting system that allows customers to use any standard Ethernet
- media including thin coax, thick coax and twisted-pair wiring.
- The Macintosh Quadra 950 offers a high performance input/output (I/O)
- bus clock running at 25MHz. Higher I/O performance increases Ethernet
- and LocalTalk throughput, permitting faster file access.
- Macintosh Quadra 900 owners can upgrade to the Macintosh Quadra 950
- by having a new logic board installed by an Apple authorized
- reseller. In the United States, Apple will offer special pricing to
- users upgrading from the Macintosh Quadra 900 to the Macintosh Quadra
- 950. Apple expects the upgrade kits to be available in the U.S. in
- early July.
-
- Macintosh Quadra 950 features:
-
- -- RAM Expansion: 8MB of RAM expandable to 64MB using 4MB SIMMs;
-
- -- Graphics Subsystem: High performance graphics support for all
- Apple displays--true-color capability for 12-, 13- and 16-inch
- displays, 16-bit color capability for all Apple displays, including
- the Apple 21-inch Color Display, support for some third-party 19-inch
- displays, additional support for VGA, Super VGA, PAL and NTSC modes;
-
- -- NuBus Expansion: 5 slots;
-
- -- Sound: Sound input (microphone included) and stereo sound output;
-
- -- SuperDrive: 1.4MB floppy with the ability to read and write other
- formats
-
- such as Windows/DOS, OS/2 and ProDOS;
-
- -- High-Capacity Hard Disk Drive: New high performance 230 MB hard
- disk drive configuration;
-
- -- System 7.0.1: Hardware-only system software release that supports
- the Macintosh Quadra line, PowerBook line, and Classic II;
-
- -- A/UX: Support for A/UX 3.0, which offers POSIX-compliant access to
- Macintosh, UNIX, X Window, OSF/Motif (from Integrated Computer
- Solutions) and MS-DOS (using SoftPC from Insignia Solutions)
- applications;
-
- -- Storage Capacity: Up to four 5.25" half-height SCSI devices, two
- of which can have front panel access for removable media--CD ROM,
- magneto-optical, cartridge drives, etc.;
-
- -- Large Power Budget: A 300-watt power supply which provides
- increased power for the five NuBus slots and four internal SCSI
- devices;
-
- -- Key Lock: Three modes of operation--on, off and lock. Lock mode
- disables the floppy disk drive, mouse and keyboard operations.
-
- In addition to introducing the Macintosh Quadra 950, Apple also
- reduced the U.S. manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of its
- Macintosh Quadra 700 computers by up to 8.8%. The new MSRP is
- effective today in the U.S.
-
-
- Pricing and Availability
- The Apple Macintosh Quadra 950 will be available through authorized
- Apple resellers worldwide. Both the Macintosh Quadra 950 and the 700
- come equipped with Macintosh System 7.0.1 software, HyperCard 2.1
- software, microphone, complete documentation, training software and a
- one-year limited warranty. MSRP, configurations, and availability in
- the U.S. are as follows:
-
-
- Product/Configuration MSRP Availability
-
- Macintosh Quadra 950 8MB RAM/floppy $ 7,199 Immediate
- Macintosh Quadra 950 8MB RAM/230MB Hard Disk $ 8,499 Immediate
- Macintosh Quadra 950 8MB RAM/400MB Hard Disk $ 9,199 Immediate
- Macintosh Quadra 950 A/UX 8MB RAM/400MB
- Hard Disk $ 10,208 Immediate
- Macintosh Quadra 950 Logic Board Upgrade kit $ 1,499* July
-
-
- Previous New $ Change % Change
-
- Macintosh Quadra 700 4MB/Floppy $5,699 $5,199 $500 -8.8
- Macintosh Quadra 700 4MB/80MB $6,399 $5,899 $500 -7.8
- Macintosh Quadra 700 4MB/230MB $6,999 $6,499 $500 -7.1**
- Macintosh Quadra 700 4MB/400MB $7,699 $7,199 $500 -6.5
-
- (Prices, availability and configurations may vary outside the U.S.)
-
- *The logic board upgrade, which carries a suggested retail price of
- $3,000, will be offered at $1,499 until December 28, 1992.
-
- **Denotes new hard disk configuration.
-
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-
- Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, LocalTalk, and AU/X are registered
- trademarks; and Macintosh Quadra, PowerBook and SuperDrive are
- trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Classic is a registered trademark
- licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. HyperCard is a registered trademark
- of Apple Computer, Inc. licensed to Claris Corp. UNIX is a
- registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories. NuBus is a
- trademark of Texas Instruments. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft
- Corp.
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