PowerCD

An Apple PowerCD with the remote control.

Apple PowerCD is a CD player sold by Apple Computer in 1993 and discontinued several years later. It was a re-badged Philips-designed product (Philips CDF-100) which was sold in addition to Apple's speakers and also included a remote control. The PowerCD was capable of reading Kodak photo CDs, data CDs and audio CDs. It can connect to Apple Macintosh personal computers through SCSI and also to stereo systems and televisions.

History

With the success of the Apple Newton, in mid-1992 Apple Industrial Design Group created a division called Mac Like Things which was to focus on what they saw as a whole new market for Apple in consumer electronic devices. The PowerCD marked Apple's first stand-alone consumer-oriented product brought to market, which did not require a computer for use. It was analogous to Sony's Discman portable CD players of the time, however, unlike Sony's and most others, Apple's could also be used as computer peripheral as well. And while most desktop Macs at the time included built-in CD-ROMs, the PowerCD was designed to match the PowerBook series which would not include a built-in CD-ROM for several more years. Its ability to be operated under battery power alone made it not only a portable drive for computers, but gave it the added ability to be marketed as a stand-alone portable CD player. However, Mac Like Things was short-lived and by September 1992, it was folded into Apple's New Media Group having only brought to market the PowerCD and AppleDesign Powered Speakers series.^[1]

AppleDesign Powered Speakers

AppleDesign Powered Speakers (M6082)

Along with the PowerCD, Apple released two versions of their desktop speakers: the AppleDesign Powered Speakers and the redesigned AppleDesign Powered Speakers II a year later. The original speakers came in Platinum gray to match Apple's desktop line, while the second generation were curvier and also came in a darker gray color designed to match the PowerBook line and PowerCD. Both were powered with an AC adapter and could be attached to any audio output source, with two separate inputs for the computer and an external CD player. Both had a headphone jack in the front of one speaker along with the volume control and an optional subwoofer connection port on some models.

Timeline of Apple Inc. products

Products on this timeline indicate introduction dates only and not necessarily discontinued dates, as new products begin on a contiguous product line.

References

↑ Kunkel, Paul (October 1, 1997). Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 246. ISBN 1-888001-25-9.

External links

Mac Guides
popcorn.cx - Apple PowerCD & AppleDesign Powered Speakers
Apple PowerCD (Japanese)
Apple/PHILIPS CDP/PowerCD (Japanese)

Apple hardware before 1998

Computers

Apple	Apple I Apple II series II II Plus IIe IIc IIc Plus IIGS Apple III

Compact Macintosh	128K 512K 512Ke Plus SE SE/30 Classic Classic II Color Classic

Macintosh II	II IIx IIcx IIci IIfx IIsi IIvi IIvx

Macintosh LC	Macintosh LC LC 500 series Macintosh TV

Macintosh Quadra	700 900 950 800 840AV 600 series 610 650 660AV 605 630

PowerBook	Macintosh Portable 68k-based PowerBooks 100 series 100 140 170 160 180 150 190 200 series 210 230 500 series PowerPC-based PowerBooks 2300c 5300 1400 3400c 2400c

Power Macintosh	6000 series 6100 6200 and 6300 6400 and 6500 7000 series 7100 7200 and 8200 7220 7300 7500 7600 8000 series 8100 8500 8600 5000 series 9000 series 9500 9600 G3 (beige)

Miscellaneous	Apple Lisa Macintosh XL Macintosh Performa Macintosh Centris Apple IIe Card (Macintosh PDS) Apple Workgroup Server 9150 Apple Network Server Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh

Peripherals

Displays	Monitor III Monitor II AppleColor Composite IIe AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Macintosh Color AudioVision 14 Multiple Scan 14 ColorSync 750

External drives	Disk II Macintosh ProFile Hard Disk 20 Hard Disk 20SC AppleCD PowerCD Tape Drive 40SC

Input devices	Keyboard Desktop Bus Extended Keyboard Adjustable Keyboard Mouse Scanner QuickTake

Networking	Apple II serial cards Apple Modem LocalTalk Apple Communication slot GeoPort

Printers	Silentype Dot Matrix Printer Letter Quality Printer ImageWriter LaserWriter 410 Color Plotter Color LaserWriter StyleWriter

Newton	MessagePad eMate 300

Other	Paladin PowerCD Interactive Television Box Pippin

Apple hardware since 1998

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