Ironically, Apple celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Macintosh at the CeBIT show in Germany on Friday 14th, hours before the restructuring announcement (CI No 3,121), with a preview of a limited edition Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh. Described as a prototype of computing’s future the system, which had been known under the codename Spartacus, includes a TV and radio tuner, video inputs and customized Bose speakers, including subwoofer. The 250MHz 603e-based upright ultraslimline computer, inspired by Bang & Olufsen hi-fi design, comes with 32Mb RAM and 2Mb video RAM, and has an upright-loading CD-drive, 12.1 inch active matrix screen, polished metal casing, and leather keyboard palm-rest. Only 12,000 will be made and marketed from August of this year, priced at $6,000. Take a look on the Web at http://twentiethanniversary.apple.com.
APPLE PREVIEWS NEW MAC HOURS BEFORE OUTLINING RESTRUCTURING
