Apple seems to be embracing symmetric multiprocessing on its high-end machines.

Hardware acceleration for the graphics was also decided to be a requirement to target the high-end machines of 1999.

The big consumer demand, retailers say, is for high-end machines.

Later, the term was used to distinguish high-end commercial machines from less powerful units.

As those high-end machines become dominant, that's our opportunity.

Instead, it is focusing on the most specialized, high-end machines and software.

Some very high-end machines also included core memory which provided higher speeds.

The starting price for Stratus machines is $50,000, though high-end machines can cost $9 million or more.

While analysts question how successful the line of computers will be, Digital said orders for its high-end machines would improve along with the economy.

Bids on that relatively high-end machine had stalled at $1,549.