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New Apple PowerMac G5's Announced |
Jools
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http://www.apple.com/powermac/
Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday announced three new dual-processor Power Mac G5 configurations, with the fastest model topping out at 2.5GHz. The new 1.8 and 2.0GHz models are available now, and Apple expects the 2.5GHz model to ship in July. Prices range from $1,999 to $2,999. All systems now come equipped with 8x SuperDrives; the high-end system's frontside bus speed has been upped to 1.25GHz.
All systems share some common traits: an 8x speed DVD-R/CD-RW "SuperDrive," a single Firewire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports (one in back, one in front), a USB 2.0 port, Gigabit Ethernet and 56K modem, AGP 8x Pro graphics card slot, ADC and DVI video interfaces. They're also ready for AirPort Extreme wireless networking cards and can be ordered with internal Bluetooth support as well. Analog and optical digital audio inputs and outputs are supported as well.
The low-end Power Mac G5 sports dual 1.8GHz processors and a frontside bus clocked at 900MHz per processor. The system comes equipped with 256MB of DDR SDRAM memory expandable to 4GB, and an 80GB Serial ATA hard drive. It ships with an Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Ultra graphics card equipped with 64MB of memory, and it's also equipped with three full-length 33MHz 64-it PCI slots for further expansion. It costs US$1,999 -- $200 higher than the previous low-end model, which features a single processor configuration.
The mid-range model ships with dual 2.0GHz processors and a 1GHz frontside bus. It ships with 512MB of DDR SDRAM memory, expandable to 8GB, and a 160GB Serial ATA hard drive. The system also ships with a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics card, and features three 64-bit PCI-X expansion slots (one clocked at 133MHz, the other two at 100MHz). It costs US$2,499.
The forthcoming high-end model will feature dual 2.5GHz processors operating on 1.25GHz frontside buses, 512MB DDR SDRAM, and a 160GB Serial ATA hard drive. Like its mid-range sibling, the top model will feature three PCI-X slots, one at 133MHz and two at 100MHz. It uses a ATI Radeon 9600 XT graphics card with 128MB of memory. The 2.5GHz system also features a liquid cooling system that Apple says helps reduce temperature without increasing fan noise. The 2.5GHz model will cost $2,999 when it's released in July.
All systems come equipped with Mac OS X v10.3 and a suite of software including Apple's iLife applications, Art Directors Toolkit, EarthLink TotalAccess 2004, GraphicConverter, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition, Zinio Reader, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Sherlock, Address Book, QuickTime, iSync, iCal, DVD Player, Classic environment and Xcode Developer Tools. | |
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Payalnik
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Mac rocks! Water cooling... I want it!
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axxxr
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Hey jools sorry about posting the same thread again.I did'nt realise you had already done it.
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Jools
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No probs! Yours had some nice pictures in anyway!! | |
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Posted: 2004-06-09 15:21
