PowerCD

CD player by Apple Computer An Apple PowerCD with its remote control Apple Power CD Apple PowerCD is a CD player sold by Apple Computer in 1993 and discontinued several years later. The re-badged, Philips-designed product (Philips CDF-100) included a remote control, and was sold alongside Apple-designed speakers. PowerCD is capable of reading Kodak photo CDs, data CDs and audio CDs. It connects to Macintosh personal computers through SCSI, and to stereo systems and televisions. History As Apple was designing 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 new market for Apple in consumer electronic devices. PowerCD, which did not require a computer for use, marked Apple's first stand-alone, consumer-oriented product brought to market. PowerCD 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. While some desktop Macs at the time included built-in CD-ROM drives, PowerCD was designed to match the PowerBook series, which would not include a built-in CD-ROM for several more years. PowerCD