Macintosh System Software for PowerPC Goes Beta; More Developers Commit to
Macintosh Platform on PowerPC

LAS VEGAS, Nevada--November 15, 1993-Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
that it has passed a major milestone in the development of Macintosh
systems based on the PowerPC microprocessor. System 7 for PowerPC has
reached the beta stage, which means that development work for the software
has been completed and is now undergoing final testing. System 7 is the
operating system for Macintosh personal computers. Apple made the
announcement at the COMDEX show, which opened here today. Additionally,
six more key developers from around the World announced support for the
Macintosh with PowerPC platform.

"Reaching beta for System 7 on PowerPC means we're right on track and on
schedule for the delivery of the first Macintosh systems based on PowerPC
in the first half of 1994" said David Nagel, general manager and
vice-president of the Company's AppleSoft division. "This is one of the
most significant milestones of this project and things are really looking
good."

Macintosh systems based on PowerPC will be compatible with thousands of
current Macintosh software applications, which means that customers will
be able to run existing Macintosh applications on newer systems based on
PowerPC. 'Developers and early customers are lining up behind the
platform. They're especially pleased with the high levels of compatibility
and with the exceptional performance of native applications," said Pierle
Cesalini, manager for PowerPC system software in AppleSoft.

Applications written especially for System 7 on PowerPC ("native"
applications) will feature ground-breaking performance.

"It took us less than a week to have an early version of Painter up and
running native on a PowerPC processor-based Macintosh and we already seen
speed improvements of 2 to 4 times versus the Intel version of Painter
running on a Pentium! It's really amazing," said Mark Zimmer, president of
Fractal Design Corp., developer of Painter - a breakthrough graphic
application that simulates natural media. "We have been impressed by what
we have seen so far, it looks really promising for Apple's future."

New developers show support Six additional third-party Macintosh
developers, spanning the U.S. and Europe, today announced plans to deliver
new versions of their applications that tap the power and performance of
Macintosh with PowerPC. The six developers include the following:

* ABVENT SA, France-based developers of ZOOM, a three-dimension modeling
and rendering package targeted principally for product and industrial
design use.

* Brossco Oy, Finland-based developers of Voyant, a graphical reporting
tool for relational databases.

* CTM Development SA, Switzerland-based developers of personal
communications and telephony applications, including VoiceAccess, a line
of voice-mail solutions, and TeleSearch CD-ROM based telephone directory
solutions.

* Dantz Development Corp., a leading worldwide supplier of backup software
for standalone and networked Macintosh computers including Retrospect,
Retrospect Remote, DiskFit Direct, and DiskFit Pro.

* Graphsoft, Inc., developers of a range of software products for
engineers, architects, illustrators, and designers, including MiniCad, a
2D/3D CAD package, Blueprint, a 2D CAD application, and Azimuth, a mapping
program.

* Hi Resolution Ltd., U.K.-based developers of several applications desktop
control and network control, monitoring, and management products for
education and corporate markets, including MacPrefect, MacVisa, and
MacSupervisor.

This brings the total number of developers who have announced applications
support on Apple's PowerPC platform to 24.

Headquartered in Cupertino, CA, Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
develops, manufactures and markets personal computer, server, and personal
interactive electronic systems for use in business, education, the home,
science, engineering and government. A recognized pioneer and innovator in
the information industry, Apple does business in more than 120 countries

Apple Computer Inc, 20525 Mariana Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
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