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Article: Sunday in the park with hubris. (Apple Power Mac strategy) (Hands-On Technology) (Column)
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- Computer Shopper
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- June 1, 1994
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Apple's Power Mac Strategy Disdains User Choice
Following the antics of Apple Computer Inc. is often like staring at a Georges Seurat painting. Put your nose up to Seurat's best-known work, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," and all you can see are the individual dots. That close, you can study the little drops of paint, marvel at their precision, and even spot the odd dot that doesn't quite seem to fit--but you're unable to see the bigger picture. To appreciate the whole work, you must step back and let the overall pattern of dots work its magic.
A collection of facts about Apple's first Power Macintosh systems is much like those dots. Up ...