Article: APPLE INTRODUCES TWO NEW MACINTOSHES TO BATTLE IBM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a glitzy show, Apple Computer Inc. on Monday debuted a new generation of computers it hopes will take a bigger bite out of the corporate market dominated by International Business Machines Corp.

The two new machines - the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE - are the first sold by Apple that will be able to run programs written for IBM-type personal computers.

Apple has had difficulty interesting corporations and government in its machines because they were not compatible with IBM and lacked ``slots'' to plug in special features.

``Apple's been a hot company lately, and despite some drawbacks, these products could make it a supernova,'' said Stewart Alsop, publisher ...

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