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APPLE COULD LEARN AT ITS CLONE'S FEETTHE FASTEST MACS IN THE land are here. And they aren't made by Apple. Power Computing outside Austin, Tex., the only significant Mac cloner to date, began shipping a superfast PC, its fully loaded PowerTower Pro, based on a 225-megahertz PowerPC chip, on July 22. And in early August, Power will announce home Macs for the masses with speeds of up to 240 Mhz--well above Intel's current 200-Mhz best. So is Power, a private company that says it has been profitable since mid-'95, gloating at Apple's expense? Nope. It's publicly and loudly rooting for struggling Apple's survival. While Power is small enough to prosper for a year or two, ultimately it needs the Mac platform to thrive. At the upcoming MacWorld trade show in Boston, Power will set up a 225-foot bungee cord where Mac lovers can leap from a platform. They'll have a huge banner that reads: ``Let's fight back for the Mac.'' Maybe Apple CEO Gil Amelio can learn something from Power's chief, Stephen Kahng. Power works closely with IBM's chip division so its newest machines are ready to exploit the latest chips. Plus, Power, with 400 employees, has paid top dollar to raid techies from Gateway and Dell--not to mention Apple, whose brain drain is a big problem. EDITED BY LARRY LIGHT By Peter Burrows
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