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Article: APPLE INTRODUCES TWO NEW MACINTOSHES TO BATTLE IBM
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- March 3, 1987
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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 ...