PRESS RELEASE 13 August 2002

Apple Unveils Dual Processor Power Macs Starting at £1,149

Includes Fast Xserve Architecture, DDR Memory and Mac OS X version 10.2

CUPERTINO, California - August 13th, 2002
Apple today unveiled an all-newPower Mac G4 line featuring dual PowerPC G4 processors in every model,starting at just £1,149 (Ex VAT). With dual 1.25GHz, dual 1GHz and dual867MHz PowerPC G4 processors, featuring the new Xserve high-performancearchitecture, support for up to 2GB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory at upto 333MHz, the industry's first ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card and anenhanced enclosure with increased storage up to nearly half a terabyte, thenew Power Macs are the fastest desktop workstations for creativeprofessionals.
The new all dual processor Power Mac G4 line also ships with Apple's new Mac OS X version 10.2, offering more than 150 amazing new featuresand applications. Taking advantage of Mac OS X version 10.2's advancedUNIX-based architecture and symmetric multiprocessing capabilities, thePower Mac G4 line delivers over 18 gigaflops (18 billion floating pointoperations per second), and runs professional applications like AdobePhotoshop up to 90 percent faster than a 2.53GHz Pentium 4-based PC.*
“You can now get a dual-processor G4 system with Xserve architecture and DDR memory, pre-loaded with Mac OS X version 10.2 for just £1,149”, said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “These are the fastest Macs ever, and Mac OS X version 10.2 really makes the dual processors sing”.
Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe, added, “These new Power Macs runAdobe Photoshop faster than any PC we've seen”.
In addition to the superfast dual 1.25GHz model, the new line alsoincludes models with dual 1GHz and dual867 MHz processors; all withVelocity Engine and up to 2MB of advanced DDR backside level 3 cache perprocessor to further boost performance. All models also include next-generation graphics technologies from NVIDIA and ATI, including the new ATIRadeon 9000 Pro with 64MB of DDR SDRAM, with a quad-pipe 3D engine andSmartshader technology for cinematic effects and realism. The combination ofpowerful graphic cards and Mac OS X version 10.2's groundbreaking QuartzExtreme compositor provides customers with advanced workstation graphicscapabilities that are light years ahead of any other platform. In addition,all Power Mac G4 models now include one ADC and one DVI port allowing usersto drive two Apple flat-panel displays simultaneously.
The new Power Mac G4 line offers enhancements to its award-winningeasy-access enclosure including four internal drive bays, each capable ofhosting up to a 120GB ATA/100 drive, for a total of nearly a half a terabyteof internal storage; and two optical drive bays which can each hold a CD-RW,Combo or SuperDrive for burning DVDs and CDs.
Mac OS X version 10.2 offers Power Mac G4 customers amazing new features andapplications including a new Mail application designed to eliminate junkmail, iChat AIM-compatible instant messenger, a system-wide Address Book,Inkwell handwriting recognition, QuickTime 6 with MPEG-4, improved UniversalAccess, an enhanced Finder, Sherlock 3 with Internet Services andRendezvous, Apple's revolutionary home networking technology.
The three-model Power Mac G4 line features:
  •  a dual 867MHz or a dual 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine and 1MB backside L3 cache, and dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processor withVelocity Engine and 2MB of backside L3 cache;
  •  ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB DDR SDRAM or NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB DDR SDRAM graphics and dual display support in all models;
  •  support for 256 or 512MB of 266MHz or 333MHz DDR SDRAM, with support for up to 2GB;
  •  four 3.5-inch hard disk drive expansion bays with either a 60GB, 80GB or 120GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  •  two external expansion drive bays, including support for a SuperDriveDVD-R/CD-RW and/or Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive;
  •  five slots, including four open high-performance 64 bit 33MHz PCI slots and an 4X AGP slot for graphics;
  •  two 400Mbps FireWire ports and four 12Mbps USB ports;
  •  10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet built-in on the motherboard and AirPort 802.11 wireless network ready;
  •  a collection of productivity and professional software titles including Lemke Software Graphic Converter, Omni Group's OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner, Caffeine Software PixelNhance and Ambrosia Software Snapz Pro X; in addition to Apple's suite of digital lifestyle applications includingiMovie, iPhoto, iTunes and iDVD (requires SuperDrive); and
  •  Mac OS X version 10.2 Apple's next-generation operating system as the startup operating system, as well as Mac OS 9.2.2.
Pricing & Availability:
The Power Mac dual 867MHz and dual 1 GHz processor models are availablethis week through the online Apple Store andApple Authorised Resellers. The dual 1.25GHz processor Power Mac G4 is expected to be available in the second half of September.
The dual 867MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested selling price of £1,149 (ExVAT)/£1,349 (Inc VAT), includes:
  •  256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor;
  •  256MB of DDR SDRAM;
  •  NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB DDR SDRAM in 4X AGP slot;
  •  60GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and
  •  Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive.
The dual 1GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested selling price of £1,701 (ExVAT)/£1,999 (Inc VAT), includes:
  •  256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor;
  •  256MB of DDR DRAM memory;
  •  ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4X AGP slot;
  •  80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and
  •  SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.
The dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested selling price of £2,297 (Ex VAT)/£2,699 (Inc VAT), includes:
  •  256K on-chip level 2 cache and 2MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor;
  •  512MB of DDR SDRAM memory;
  •  ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4X AGP slot;
  •  120GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and
  •  SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.
The Power Mac G4 is available in build-to-order configurations through the Apple Store. Options include a secondDVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drive, up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM, up to .48 terabytes ofATA storage, up to 288GB Ultra160 SCSI storage, AirPort Base Station andAirPort Card, Harman Kardon iSub and SoundSticks, and Apple Pro Speakers.Standard 4.7GB DVD-R blank discs are available from the Apple Store infive-packs for a suggested selling price of £17 (Ex VAT)/£20 (Inc VAT). Fora list of compatible DVD players, please visit https://www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility.
Mac OS X version 10.2 will be publicly available from 24th August for asuggested selling price of £99 (Inc VAT).
* Based on commonly used operations in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
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