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Press release: Apple Gives the First Public Demonstration of the Mac OS Running on the PowerPC Platform
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Apple Gives the First Public Demonstration of the Mac OS Running on the PowerPC Platform
CUPERTINO, California--January 31, 1996--This week at Demo 96, a major computer-industry event, Apple Computer, Inc. gave the first public demonstration of the Mac OS, operating on a prototype computer built to the PowerPC Platform specifications, and running powerful applications such as Photoshop and Excel.
This public demonstration is an important milestone on the path to delivering the full capabilities of the Mac OS to the PowerPC Platform. (The PowerPC Platform is a set of specifications jointly developed by Apple, IBM and Motorola, that defines a unified personal computer architecture and brings the combined advantages of the Power Macintosh platform and the standard PC environment to both system vendors and users). The version of the Mac OS shown at Demo 96 is the first Development Build of the Mac OS for the PowerPC Platform. This version achieves a high level of stability and robustness, and is already a full version of the operating system.
Because standard applications developed for the current Power Macintosh architecture run on this preliminary version of the Mac OS for the PowerPC Platform, developers who develop now for the Power Macintosh platform can be assured of the longevity of their products.
"We are very happy with the progress made in porting the Mac OS to the PowerPC Platform," said Dave Nagel, Apple senior vice president of worldwide research and development. Our customers and our developers can be confident that we have a solid growth path for the Mac platform, and we believe the combination of an open, scalable, RISC architecture such as the PowerPC Platform, with the unique features and unmatched ease of use of the Mac OS, will open new opportunities to vendors licensing the Mac OS."
For the demonstration offered at Demo 96, the Mac OS was running on an IBM developed prototype built as a PowerPC Platform proof of concept, and featured third-party peripherals, including the keyboard and mouse.
"This is a milestone event for Apple's licensing plans," said Lamar Potts, Apple vice president of licensing. "Many of our potential licensees have stressed the importance of an industry standard platform as the basis for their investment in the Mac OS platform, and we are proving today that we are fully committed to providing a common platform."
The final release of the Mac OS for the PowerPC Platform is expected to be available in the second half of 1996.
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