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Apple PowerCD is aCD player sold byApple Computer in 1993 and discontinued several years later. It was a re-badgedPhilips-designed product (Philips CDF-100) which was sold in addition to Apple's speakers and also included aremote control. The PowerCD was capable of readingKodakphoto CDs,data CDs andaudio CDs. It can connect toMacintoshpersonal computers throughSCSI and also tostereo systems andtelevisions.
As Apple was designing theApple Newton, in mid-1992Apple Industrial Design Group created a division calledMac 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 toSony'sDiscman 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 some desktop Macs at the time started to include built-in CD-ROM drives, 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'sNew Media Group having only brought to market the PowerCD and AppleDesign Powered Speakers series.[1]
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Along with the PowerCD, Apple[2] released two versions of their desktop speakers: theAppleDesign Powered Speakers and the redesignedAppleDesign 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 optionalsubwoofer connection port on some models.
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