Headline: More Than 100 USB Devices Available for iMac and New Power Macintosh
G3; Over 40 New USB Devices Unveiled at MacWorld Expo
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SAN FRANCISCO, MacWorld Expo, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer Inc.
(NASDAQ:AAPL) today announced that more than 100 Universal Serial Bus (USB)
peripherals have now been introduced for the Macintosh(R) platform. Adding to
the 60 USB devices already available are over 40 new USB add-ons including
printers, graphics tablets and storage devices that work with Apple's
award-winning iMac(TM) and its new Power Macintosh(R) G3 systems.
"The availability of so many USB peripherals in just four months is a
testament to not only the tremendous popularity of iMac, but also the strong
industry support of the Macintosh platform and USB as an innovative standard,"
said Philip Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
"Today's introduction of new Power Macintosh G3 systems with USB means our
professional and consumer customers can now plug in the latest USB cameras,
printers and storage devices."
Companies announcing new USB peripherals at MacWorld include: Animax
(mouse), Ariston (camera, USB-SCSI and video I/O products), Artec/Ultima
(scanner), AVerMedia Technologies (digital video camera), Avid (video editing
and publishing product for iMac), Best Data (modem), Brother (two laser
printers), Calcomp (graphics tablet), Castlewood (Orb Drive), Compucable
(iDock, mouse and USB-parallel converter), Datazone (hard drive), Epson
(scanner), Hewlett Packard (two printers) Fujifilm (camera), iDrive
(floppy drive), Kensington (mouse and track ball), Logitech (three-button and
four-button mouse models), Mace Group (Mac Ally joystick and two-button
programmable mouse), MIDIMan (USB MIDI adapter), Newer Technologies
(compact flash card, smart media, USB-SCSI, video I/O and TV adapters, 4-port
and 7-port hubs and floppy drive), Opcode (USB-MIDI adapter), QPS (CD RW),
Reudo (IrDA connector), Sophisticated Circuits (USB Rebound/crash recovery
device), Wacom (graphics tablet), Winstation/Mitsubishi (CD Recorder and
SuperDisk), X-Rite (colorimeter), and YE Data (floppy drive).
USB is a cross-platform industry standard for connecting peripherals to
computers, offering customers the benefits of a 12 megabit per second data
transfer rate and the ability to connect up to 127 devices to a single
computer. By including USB as standard on iMac and its new line of Power
Macintosh G3s, Apple is leading the computer industry in the adoption of USB.
For a complete listing of USB peripherals available for iMac, please visit
the new iMac peripherals website at (www.apple.com/imac/usbindex.html).
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s
with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission -- to bring the
best personal computing products and support to students, educators,
designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over
140 countries around the world.
Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, and Power Macintosh, are registered
trademarks and iMac is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company
and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual
companies and are respectfully acknowledged.
SOURCE Apple Computer, Inc.
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