UMAX Mac sales are booming, and PowerEX joins in !
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Sales are rising for Taiwanese Power Mac manufacturers. Umax Data Systems was the first Taiwanese company to produce Power Mac desktops. Alpha Tsay, product director for Umax's Power Mac section, says, "Our sales early this year were about 20,000 units per month. In May, we introduced a midrange product based on the 604e CPU, and we expect sales to reach 30,000 units per month." This represents about 50 percent of Umax's total sales, Tsay adds.
Umax's success with Power Mac clones has not gone unnoticed by other Taiwanese firms. PowerEx Systems, a division of First International Computer, began shipping Power Mac systems earlier this year. Originally, PowerEx was buying systems from Umax and reselling them under its brand name. But because the company negotiated a license with Apple, it can now produce systems. Neil Hickey, marketing manager for PowerEx, says, "Interest is huge. We've been getting over five distributor inquiries a week since we began offering Mac clones." |
