ancing new technologies and the Pippin is proof that Apple still knows how to serve the consumer marketplace. The Pippin is more than just an Internet Box, but it's not quite a full computer system. Pippin's abilities include playing multimedia CD-ROMs, Internet access, and more.Pippin is a computing platform designed to make new media content much easier to access, much more compelling, much more affordable to far more people than today's personal computers allow. It is derived from Apple's Power Macintosh hardware and software, so it automatically does many things very well.However, Pippin has been optimized for the simple, low-cost delivery of all kinds of interactive content, both CD and on-line, through the standard consumer electronic devices already present in people's homes. As a result, Pippin enables an entirely new category of productsnew media appliances products which give ordinary people full access to the information superhighway.Pippin will become a common standard for consumer titles. Consumers will be able to rely on the fact that a Pippin CD-ROM from any developer or publisher will work on any Pippin product from any hardware manufacturer. Pippin is a Power Macintosh, and is fully compatible with all the tools, resources, and extensions normally used in the Macintosh environment. The full Macintosh Toolbox is available with Pippin, including native versions of QuickTime and QuickDraw. A Pippin CD-ROM contains all the content found on a regular CD-ROM, but also, it includes a runtime version of the Pippin System Software. Therefore, any Pippin CD-ROM can also run on Macintosh-compatible computers, and, if designed appropriately, can run on WinTel computers as well. Simply Interactive Personal Computer SIPC"Almost everyone agrees that the potential of the Internet to improve personal computing is inspiring." - Bill Gates.What is hotly disputed is exactly how using a PC or browsing the Internet will change. Microsoft's a...
