New Apple PowerBook may win praise, but many say it won't close market gap

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Apple's anticipated PowerBook laptop computers are expected to offer impressive functionality, although the machines are not expected to win the company additional market share. The company has been unable to remain a strong competitor in the laptop market because of persistent supply problems and failure to keep up in rapidly developing markets. The company's competitors have been introducing enhanced products every six to nine months whereas Apple has only released one upgrade of the PowerBook line since 1991. Additionally, poor laptop sales have also contributed to declining desktop sales. Analysts predict that rival laptops boasting Intel processors and Microsoft operating systems will limit sales of the new products to Apple loyalists. The new products, dubbed the PowerBook 5300 and PowerBook Duo 2300c, feature impressive memory capacities, processing speeds, screen size, battery life and innovative infra-red data transfer technology. Pricing will compare favorably with rival products.

Microcomputers, Product introduction, AAPL, PowerPC based computers, PowerPC processors, Laptop computers, Company market share, Notebook computers, Apple Inc., PowerPC-based notebook, Apple Macintosh PowerBook (PowerPC-based notebook), Company Business And Marketing, Apple Macintosh PowerBook 5300 (PowerPC-based notebook), Apple Macintosh PowerBook Duo 2300c (PowerPC-based notebook)

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IBM tries to keep mainframes afloat against tide of cheap, agile machines

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IBM redesigns mainframes to be more efficient and less proprietary as part of the company's plan to resist the trend toward less-expensive desktop networks. Mainframes earned IBM revenues of $64 billion in 1992, but desktop networks and parallel processing technology are reducing mainframe profits as well as its market. The new mainframes from IBM are custom-built, and the company expects to be manufacturing models that have interchangeable parts in two to three years. IBM intends to devise new uses for mainframes as well, such as working as servers, and two parallel-processing mainframe models are expected to be released.

Prepackaged software, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Systems analysis, Mainframe computers, Parallel processing, Trends, System Design, Mainframe Computer, Market Share, Competition, Marketing Strategy

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