Apple Announces Power Macintosh Upgrades For Apple Education Series

CUPERTINO, California--April 3, 1995--Apple Computer Inc.'s Education
Division announced today that most of the Apple Education Series products
are now configured with the new education personal computers also
announced today. The Apple Education Series is a suite of products and
programs that help educators effectively use and integrate technology into
their learning environments. Many of these products, which include
software, teaching materials and, in some cases, staff development, now
feature either the new Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC, the premier education
system based on Power Macintosh Technology, or the new Macintosh LC 580, a
versatile all-in-one computer.

The products in the Apple Education Series that will now feature the new
education personal computers include:

Early Childhood Connections

A developmentally appropriate learning program designed to introduce early
number and language concepts, problem-solving, music and creative arts to
children ages three through five. The program combines hardware, software,
books, interactive CDs, and audio CDs. This bundle will now include the
Macintosh LC 580. Prices start at $1,749.

Early Language Connections

A comprehensive language arts program, designed to provide a balanced
reading, writing, listening, and speaking curriculum for kindergarten
through second grade. The package combines hardware, software, books and
audio tapes. This bundle will now include the Macintosh LC 580. Prices
start at $1,939.

Spanish Language Connections

A comprehensive language arts program, designed to provide a balanced
reading, writing, listening and speaking curriculum for students in
bilingual Spanish and language immersion programs in kindergarten through
second grade. The package combines hardware, software, books, interactive
CDs and audio tapes. This bundle will now include the Macintosh LC 580.
Prices start at $2,039.

Math Bundle: Grades 5-8

This bundle features a new set of learning materials that make learning
math enjoyable for grades 5-8. Each application supports standards set by
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. This bundle will now
include the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC. Prices start at $1,999.

Elementary and Secondary Reference Bundles

The reference tools included in these bundles allow educators to help
students--in elementary through high school grades--access vast amounts of
information in a variety of ways, taking advantage of multimedia
capabilities such as video, sound, graphics, and animation. The package
combines hardware, resource software, multimedia learning tools, and
multimedia authoring tools. The bundles will now offer the Macintosh LC
580 or the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC. Prices start at $1,549.

Business Education Bundle

Students learn about business concepts and practical business education
applications through the use of technology. Software titles allow students
to focus on such business tasks as information processing, access and
management; accounting; cooperative learning; and project management. The
bundle combines hardware, software and textbooks. This bundle will now
include the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC. Prices start at $1,999.

High School Biology Bundle

Designed to offer educators a supplemental learning tool that will help
promote conceptual understanding by integrating hands-on lab activities
with multimedia computer simulations, data collection, graphing, modeling,
presentations and analysis. The bundle combines hardware, software,
probeware, curriculum materials and training. This bundle will now include
the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC for the student station and the Power
Macintosh 5200/75 LC (AV configuration) for the teacher station. Prices
start at $2,409.

Teacher Solution Bundle

Designed to offer teachers the technological tools to create memos,
schedules, attendance reports, lesson plans, tests, parent correspondence,
handouts and classroom presentations, so they can have more time to spend
with students. The bundle combines hardware and software. This bundle will
now offer the Macintosh LC 580 or the Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC (AV
configuration). Prices start at $1,549.

Other Apple Education Series products, the Communications Bundle, and the
Collaborative Learning Product, are not affected by the platform change
because they are already bundled with PowerPC, RISC-based Apple Workgroup
Servers.

Availability

All newly configured Apple Education Series products will ship by May, 1995
and may be ordered immediately by qualified educators. To obtain further
information on the Apple Education Series products, educators may contact
1-800-800-APPL or their Apple representative.

Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized pioneer and innovator in the information
industry, creates powerful solutions based on easy to use personal
computers, servers peripherals, software, online services and personal
digital assistants. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple
Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) develops, manufactures, licenses, and
markets products, technologies, and services for the business, education,
consumer, scientific & engineering and government markets in over 140
countries.

Apple Computer Inc
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-996-1010

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