Here's a quick summary of Apple's annoucements this week.
The full text of the press releases is available by gopher on
INFO.HED.APPLE.COM
(that's gopher://info.hed.apple.com/ to WWW/Mosaic users).
I don't work for or speak for Apple, and I apologize in advance
should you find fault with any of my summaries.
PowerPC Workgroup Servers:
New machines and upgrades for all three are supposed to ship May 2 in the
US. RAID software for them will come later in the year. The machines will
run updated versions of the server software for PowerShare Collaboration
Servers, AppleShare, AppleSearch, and Apple Remote Access.
Workgroup Server 6150: $4,219
Upgrade from WS 60: $1,259
Workgroup Server 8150: $7,459 ($8,499 with AppleShare installed)
Upgrade from WS 80: $1,899
Workgroup Server 9150: $9,299 ($10,269 with AppleShare installed)
Upgrade from Quadra 900 & 950: $2,499
(Current WS 95 users have to wait for PowerOpen-based servers before
they can upgrade.)
Networking Software:
Apple & Novell plan to have NetWare 4 running natively on the PowerPC
Workgroup Servers by the end of 1994.
"Apple also announced its intention to provide DOS and Windows users with
access to Apple's local area network (LAN) application services, such as
AppleShare, PowerShare Collaboration Servers, AppleSearch, and Apple
Remote Access. Apple plans to offer an implementation of AppleTalk
specifically designed for Windows (versions 3.1 and higher)"
Apple Education Series Math Solutions Bundle (for Grades 5-8):
Mac LC 575 with AppleCD 300i Plus, microphone, & speakers.
Bundled with ClarisWorks, Tesselmania from MECC, Probability Constructor
by LOGAL, Learning in Motion's Measurement in Motion, and Divide &
Conquer and Building Perspective from Sunburst/Wings for Learning.
Available in mid-June to K-12 schools at approx. $2000.
Apple Exchange Program:
Allows trade-ins of "virtually any combination of eligible Apple
Macintosh, IBM, Compaq, Hewlett Packard or other name brand CPUs,
printers or monitors for trade-in dollars good towards the purchase of
new Apple equipment" See your Apple dealer/reseller for details.
Performa 570 series:
All have 680LC40 at 33 Mhz, CD-ROM, Global Village Teleport Fax/Modem,
the new AppleDesign extended keyboard, and a variety of bundled software.
They're also "Energy Star" compliant. Prices should be around $2,099-$2,299.
Performa 575: 5MB RAM/250 MB Internal Hard Disk
Performa 577: 5MB RAM/320 MB Internal Hard Disk
Performa 578: 8MB RAM/320 MB Internal Hard Disk
Upgrades to PowerPC's will eventually be avaialble for the whole
Performa 500 series (550, 560, and the above 570's).
Educators will be able to buy the Performa 467, 475, 550, and 575
through the Apple Educator Advantage Program.
New Quadra 605 prices/bundles:
Quadra 605 8MB RAM/160 MB Internal Hard Disk: $1,069
Quadra 605 4/160 "Business Productivity Solution": $1,019
Quadra 605 8/250 "Business Productivity Solution": $1,329
The "Business Productivity Solution" bundle includes:
"ClarisWorks from Claris, Quicken from Intuit, Astound! from Gold
Disk Inc., FileDuo from ASD Software, Inc., Full Contact from FIT
Software, Common Ground from No Hands Software, Working Watermarker
from Working Software Inc., and the American Heritage Dictionary
from SoftKey International Inc. Complete applications with manuals
are included. Monitor and keyboard must be purchased separately."