Award-Winning Road Rocket Now Available on the Apple Store; IXMICRO Brings Dual Monitor Support to New PowerBook G3 Series.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 1998--Winning Best of Show at Macworld Expo last week, the new Road Rocket Road Rocket is the name of several fictional character in the various Transformers Fictional Merchandise. Transformers: Generation 1 Road Rocket is the name of the partner of the Autobot Action Master Powerflash. 2D/3D CardBus graphic accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. from IXMICRO(tm) is now available to Apple's online customers. Designed expressly for the new Apple(R) PowerBook(R) G3 series, Road Rocket brings dual independent monitor support back to the PowerBook creative market. The Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple s leading e-commerce site, will offer Road Rocket to its consumer and education customers for $299 ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. . Road Rocket is the ideal tool for the graphics professional on the go. Answering the number one request of PowerBook users today, Road Rocket will provide dual independent monitor support for the new G3 series, in addition to providing 2D acceleration and 3D support. More than just mirroring the PowerBook display, Road Rocket enables PowerBook G3 series customers to drive a second desktop, thus giving users more screen real estate. The industry's first CardBus graphics display accelerator, Road Rocket delivers powerful 128-bit graphics performance to the serious creative professional. "Road Rocket demonstrates IXMICRO's commitment to delivering products that meet the needs of the serious Macintosh enthusiast A person who enjoys using computers and electronic equipment. Enthusiasts like technology and are willing to learn more of the ins and outs of a product than the average consumer, who just wants to use it. An enthusiast is more like a "prosumer." See consumer and prosumer. and creative professional," says Christopher Knight
Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957) is an American actor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. , IXMICRO's vice president of graphics marketing. "Working with Apple's online store enables us to quickly reach a wider audience, establishing Road Rocket as premier upgrade for the PowerBook G3 series." The phenomenal performance of the PowerBook G3 series, coupled with the dual monitor support provided by Road Rocket, offers our creative customers a true desktop computing computing - computer alternative, says Greg Joswiak, director of Apple s PowerBook product marketing. Because of the high demand for this feature, we decided to offer it through the Apple Store, so customers can easily add Road Rocket to their PowerBook G3 orders. In addition to availability on the Apple Store, Road Rocket can now be purchased through IXMICRO s retail and catalogue partners for $299 ESP. IXMICRO is a world leading developer and manufacturer of 128-bit high performance graphics boards and controllers for PC and Macintosh computers, multimedia peripherals and high bandwidth networking solutions. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , IXMICRO offices are located at 2085 Hamilton Avenue, Third Floor, San Jose, Calif., 95125; Phone 408/369-8282; Fax 408/369-0128. Web site: www.ixmicro.com
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