UMAX Announces New "Business-Ready" J710/200 Mac OS-Compatible Computer With Mac OS 8.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1998-- Powerful business machine features new UMAX designed motherboard Also called the "system board," it is the main printed circuit board in an electronic device, which contains sockets that accept additional boards. In a desktop computer, the motherboard contains the CPU, chipset, PCI bus slots, AGP slot, memory sockets and controller circuits for the , 604e PowerPC processor, and Connectix Virtual PC in a slim desktop box UMAX Computer Corporation (UCC An abbreviation for the Uniform Commercial Code. ) today added a newly designed system to its J700 family of business-ready Mac OS compatible computers with the announcement of the J710/200. The J710/200 features a slim desktop box much like the UMAX C500 family but features a new 604e-based motherboard design. By integrating the new 604e-based motherboard design into a slim desktop box, UMAX has created the most compact, yet powerful and upgradeable Mac system on the market today. The J710/200 is expected to begin shipping in February 1998 and will be available for an estimated street price of $1,595. "The J710/200 is the first system on the market that incorporates this newly designed UMAX 604e-based motherboard in our slim desktop box," said Peter Mehring, vice president and general manager of UMAX Computer Corporation. "We have provided our customers with a sleek, compact, yet powerful and upgradeable system at a very competitive price. The J710/200 not only marks an innovative technological advancement in design, but it can be used in both the Macintosh and Windows platform environments with its Virtual PC capabilities." Incorporating the latest in technological innovation from UMAX and powered by a 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. 604e Power PC processor, this computer is ideally suited for business environment where quick response to processor-intensive applications, maximum affordability, functionality, and upgradeability are crucial. The J710/200 is equipped with a built-in 10/100 Base-T auto negotiate To automatically recognize the current condition and adjust settings accordingly. The term is often used with communications and networking, in which line speeds from both sides of the transmission are sensed, and the highest-speed that can be accommodated is chosen. Ethernet adapter The Ethernet hardware required to attach to an Ethernet network. It typically resides on an expansion board, but is sometimes built into the motherboard. An Ethernet adapter is required in each client and server. See Ethernet and network adapter. card for high-speed business computing computing - computer in workgroup environments. The J710/200 also comes equipped with the Matrox Mystique The Mystique and Mystique 220 are 2D, 3D, and video accelerator cards for personal computers designed by Matrox. The original Mystique was released in 1996, with the slightly upgraded Mystique 220 coming in 1997. 220 video controller and 4 MB of video memory which can be upgraded to 6 MB. UMAX continues to add value to its machines by offering extensive, diverse, and value-packed software bundles, and the J710/200 is no exception. Bundled software (1) Applications that are included with new hardware. For example, a new PC often comes with several applications, many of which may be light versions or full versions with no limit on usage. Others may be only 60- or 90-day trial packages. See bundle. includes: Connectix Virtual PC, Connectix SpeedDoubler, Asante Net Doubler, Micromat Techtool Pro, Ear Saver, FWB (Fixed Wireless Broadband) See fixed wireless. Hard Disk Tool Kit, FWB CD Rom CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory Toolkit, and the latest developer release of the BeOS. -0-
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J710/200 604e 32 MB 3 GB IDE 24X 512kb - Matrox $1,595
EDO ATAPI Mystique
200 MHz 1.44 MB 50 MHz 2D/3D video
Internal bus controller
Floppy speed - 10/100
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Ethernet
- Bundled
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Fast SCSI
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multimedia
speakers
Distribution, Availability, Support And Pricing The UMAX SuperMac J710/200 is available in all UMAX channels, including retail stores, catalogues, and through UMAX value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). . The J710/200 is available for an estimated street price of $1,595. Customers can find out more information by accessing UMAX' website at www.umax.com or by calling 800/232-UMAX. Warranty and Technical Support UMAX provides proven purchase and service satisfaction, outranking all other Mac OS-based computer manufacturers in a recent Macworld survey. UMAX' basic warranty extends for one year, is open from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight, Central Standard Time, and can be reached by calling 972/389-3999. Service is provided nationwide through a network of resellers who have qualified as UMAX Authorized Service Providers An Authorized Service Provider (ASP) is a third party person that has been cleared to work on a product that is still under warranty by another company without voiding the warranty. and by DecisionOne, the largest independent computer systems support organization in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with 3,900 technical personnel deployed in 150 service offices. About UMAX UMAX Computer Corporation and UMAX Technologies are California subsidiaries of UMAX Data Systems, a publicly held Taiwanese company. The UMAX family of companies is a technology leader in the design and manufacturing of a full line of imaging and computer products. The company maintains its leadership position in the imaging market with a broad line of desktop scanners for the PC, Macintosh, and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms. Complimenting its scanner technology, UMAX also produces digital cameras and multimedia devices for the capture and manipulation of video images. In addition, UMAX designs and markets PC and NT workstations, laptop computers, and Macintosh compatible systems based on the PowerPC chip architecture. All products are marketed through retail, mail order, regional and national distributors. UMAX also sells its products direct to OEMs. For sales information and technical support, visit the UMAX home page on the Web at: http://www.umax.com, or contact UMAX at 800/232-UMAX for Macintosh products and 510/651-4000 or 800/562-0311 for all other products. -0- Note to Editors: SuperMac is a registered trademark of Radius licensed to UMAC UMAC University of Macau UMAC Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium UMAC Urban Music Association of Canada UMAC Union Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale (French) UMAC Universal Motion and Automation Controller Computer Corporation. All other product names may be trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. or their respective companies. CONTACT: UMAX Computer Corporation Suzette Juico, 510/624-8821 suzette_juico@umaxcc.com or A&R Partners Brian Jaquet, 650/363-0982 x251 bjaquet@arpartners.com |
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