So what happens when you combine the applications that you know, love, and rely on with the best interface in graphical user based computing; powered by Unix "under the hood"; all deployed in a scalable 1U based server farm.

You'd have the exact enterprise class solution that people are coming to Apple computer for these days. The "switch" to Apple is on and people are running their mission intensive applications from gene sequencing to rapid prototyping on the Macintosh. More so than ever before, Apple is working with leading software vendors and their customers to combine the power of Unix with the elegant cost-efficient hardware of Apple's new 1U server, the Xserve (www.apple.com/xserve).

Today's design and simulation/testing professionals need access to a wider array of computing configurations and power than ever before. You need to be able to run all of your past tests and software but with ever increasing permutations driven by wider access by users and their demands. Your large single purpose Unix hardware of the past runs out of compute cycles and isn't flexible enough to meet the various demands of these new test cases coming from an increasing number of workgroups. Plus aren't those maintenance costs just "killing you." (we know the answer...)

Apple is interested to hear from YOU to ensure that the best vendors have their applications available on Apple's BSD Unix based OS. For example, we'd like to hear from you as to how you could use applications like those from Ansys (www.ansys.com) ported over to be deployable on the Xserve. Customers today are considering making this switch to save maintenance dollars from their aging Unix systems, gain new flexibility in application datasets/test cases, and overall faster processing times (yes, the Xserve is a real screamer!).

So let us know....

Take the Ansys Poll at http://www.ansys.com/services/hardware_support/ and if you would like to respond to Apple please contact David Park (dpark@apple.com) with your input on Ansys and other products you would like to see on the Apple platform.

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Founded in 1970, Ansys provides design simulation and virtual prototyping software enabling companies to maximize their product development process. Used across a broad spectrum of industries, including aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, nuclear, electronics and biomedical. The Company develops open and flexible simulation solutions that enable users to simulate design performance directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-effective product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and performance validation. (www.ansys.com)

Apple Computer ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. With Apple's release of the Unix based operating system Mac OS X "Jaguar" and the enterprise 1U server, Xserve - Apple is serving the needs of high compute intensive customers like never before.