At the Seybold Seminars Keynote speech this week, Steve Jobs showed off the speed of Apple's G3's. He orchestrated a shot out between a Compaq built 333 MHz Pentium II and Apple's line of G3's, starting off with the 233 MHz (resounding win to the G3), then the just released 300 MHz G3, new from Apple this week (this computer produced an even faster win to the G3), and finishing off with a prototype 400 MHz machine, using new chip technology from IBM (totally trouncing the 333 MHz Pentium II - Steve Jobs said that this computer was comparable to an 800 Mhz Pentium II "which they can't even make today"). IBM's new advances in chip technology have enabled them to build a prototype chip running at speeds greater then 1 Giga Hertz (1000 MHz). Apple has said that the 400-MHz G3 based Macintosh would be available possibly by the end of '98 or early '99.
Steve Jobs's demonstration of the superiority of the PowerPC chip over the Pentium II (Intel's fastest chip that they this week showed off at 700 MHz prototype Pentium II chip), as well as its advertising campaign featuring the snail TV ad and the sequel, the burnt bunnies ad, have given Apple increased exposure to in the Wintel market place. To the point that now stories are being run to help Wintel fans deal with G3 Envy.
Also shown off at the keynote was Apple's new LCD monitor. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screens are the displays used in notebook computers. They are very light compared to the normal Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) displays. They are also smaller, meaning less desk space needed for the monitor, and use less power when running, making them more environmentally friendly. On the other hand, LCD monitors are very expensive, Apple's new Studio Display comes in at just under US $2,000 for a 15.1 inch monitor.
Also announced in the keynote was plans to port Apple's ColourSync technology to Windows (as well as the availability of ColourSync 2.5), a RAID array option for G3's available through the Apple Store, and a FireWire PCI card from Apple.
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