Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In one of the most widely ballyhooed product launches ever, Jobs last week unveiled his latest offering: a machine called, appropriately enough, the next computer. Housed in a matte black magnesium case, the $6,500 device is designed to combine the computing power of a $20,000 engineering machine with...
"It's a real mindblower," declares Stewart Alsop, editor of P.C. Letter and one of 3,000 industry leaders invited to San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall to witness the debut. The event was vintage Jobs, a sound-and-light show designed to inspire the faithful and persuade the skeptical...
Since the first market-ready models of the Next computer may not be available until next summer, definitive appraisals will have to wait. But the range of standard features -- from the ability to connect with high-speed networks to the crisp stereo sound -- adds up to a strong package. At...
The biggest surprise is the computer's built-in disk drive. Rather than rely on standard floppy disks, Next comes equipped with an erasable magneto-laser disk built by Canon and controlled by a proprietary chip. The 5 1/4-in. disk, which will be the first of its kind to come...
TECHNOLOGY: A first look at the Next Computer