Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!news.miami.edu!umiami!jdeitch From: jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Jonathan Deitch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple System 7 Message-ID: <1991May15.182614.9901@umiami.ir.miami.edu> Date: 15 May 91 22:26:14 GMT References: <9105142334.AA07351@beaver.cs.washington.edu> Organization: Univ of Miami IR Lines: 133 In article <9105142334.AA07351@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, davewh@microsoft.UUCP writes: > > I dunno if Apple will post this directly, but I figured I would. Take > careful note: > > APPLE BEGINS SHIPPING SYSTEM 7: MORE THAN 100 NEW THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS > ANNOUNCED > > DATE: May 13, 1991 08:15 EDT WORD COUNT: 681 > > SAN JOSE, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer Inc. > (NASDAQ: AAPL) today announced to more than 2,000 Macintosh computer > software and hardware developers that it is shipping System 7, the > much-anticipated upgrade to the Macintosh operating system and the > most significant enhancement to Macintosh since its introduction in > 1984. The announcement took place at the annual Apple Worldwide > Developers Conference in San Jose. > > Today's System 7 announcement follows a string of actions taken > by the company to expand the Macintosh product family to appeal to a > much greater number of users. Last fall, Apple announced three new > low-cost Macintosh computers, which have enjoyed brisk sales > worldwide. In March, Apple lowered prices on the rest of its > Macintosh product line and also announced two new affordable > printers. Today, with its new System 7, Apple offers all Macintosh > users a significant advance forward with even greater ease of use and > powerful new features for their current Macintosh system. > > "Macintosh system software is Apple's greatest strength, and we > intend to use this advantage aggressively to become a much bigger > player in the industry," said John Sculley, Apple's chairman and > chief executive officer. "Our system software has set a standard > that others have struggled to meet. System 7 sets a new standard, > thereby widening the gap between what one can do with a computer, and > what one can do with a Macintosh." > > System 7 strengthens the Macintosh computer's usability > immediately with built-in features that automatically work with > thousands of new and currently shipping Macintosh applications. Some > of these features include a new Finder, or "desktop," which makes > using the Macintosh even easier; TrueType, which ensures sharp type > quality at any size; File Sharing, which allows any user to share > designated items with any other user over a network without a > dedicated file server; Virtual Memory, which provides expanded > availability of the computer's memory for programs; and Multitasking, > which allows customers to work with multiple applications and perform > several tasks concurrently. > System 7 also includes many new technologies for developers to > promote more cooperation between different applications and among > groups of users, and to fuel new, innovative applications software > for the Macintosh. The Macintosh is the only personal computer to > offer the benefits of these technologies over a network. Some of > these new features include InterApplication Communication (IAC) and > Data Access Manager. Based on these, and other new technologies, > developers have already created more than 100 new applications, > giving users completely new ways to use computers. > > Industry support of System 7 has been extremely strong. All > major developers now have products that are compatible with System 7. > Some of these developers include Claris Corp., Microsoft Corp., > Ashton-Tate, Oracle Corp., Autodesk Inc., Symantec Corp., Aldus > Corp., Acius Inc ? > ? L?7y?Y4*~>]Y{>h?ro\026 > Z?\024\025\005t Plain?s7?u3Q;\005re, > Farallon Computing Inc., Interleaf Inc., WordPerfect Corp., and > Novell Inc. In addition, Apple expects most of the more than > 4,000 Macintosh applications currently shipping to be compatible with > the new System 7. > > In the United States, Apple has announced immediate availability > of two System 7 upgrade products through authorized resellers. A > personal upgrade kit, with all the tools and documentation to upgrade > a single computer to System 7, is available for $99 manufacturer's > suggested retail price (MSRP), and a group upgrade kit, with special > tools to assist in upgrading an entire office or organization to > System 7, is available for $349 (MSRP). Both kits also include free > phone support from Apple (the personal upgrade kit for 90 days and > the group upgrade kit for 180 days). Beginning immediately in the > United States, every new Macintosh computer sold will include a > coupon for a free System 7 upgrade. Beginning this summer in the > United States, Apple will include System 7 in the box with all new > Macintosh computers. Availability, pricing, upgrade kit contents and > support options outside the United States will vary by country. > > NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Finder and Macintosh are registered > trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. Balloon Help and TrueType are > trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. > > CONTACT: Brooke Cohan of Apple Computer Inc., 408-974-3019 > > (AAPL) > > COMPANY NAME: APPLE COMPUTER INC. > TICKER SYMBOL: AAPL (NDQ) > PRODUCT: COMPUTER, ELECTRONICS (CPR) > DESCRIPTORS: NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES (PDT) > STATE: CALIFORNIA (CA) > SECTION HEADING: BUSINESS > > I'm surprised! Apple's charging significant money for system > upgrades! I suppsoe this is much along the lines as GS/OS upgrades, > where the $99 buys lots of books. What if joe user just wants the > software? Is that free? Just curious... > > Dave Whitney Microsoft Corp, Work Group Apps dcw@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu or > I wrote Z-Link and BinSCII - send me bug reports. {...}!uunet!microsoft!davewh > I only work here. All opinions herein aren't Bill's, they're mine. > "We're samplin' - Yeah we're doin' it. We take good music an' we ruin it." > -- "Rap Isn't Music" Here at the University of Miami, we are providing free copies of System 7 to our customers, providing that they bring their own disks - 8 HD disks or 10 800k disks. We also provide them with a 1-900 number for support (note : this is different from the support number you get with the upgrade kits). As an aside, in USA today this week and next week, there is a two page ad for the new system. Funny thing is, a mouse cord is shown plugging into an office building to show productivity. This building happens to be the IBM Tower in Atlanta - Big Blue's southeast headquarters ! Being from Atlanta, I found this quite amusing .... :-) 'til later ... - Jonathan jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet : jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu | "Good musicians execute ------------------------------------------------- | their music but bad ones "I'm a Time Lord. 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