PRESS RELEASE
09 June 2004
Apple Unveils New Power Mac G5 Line
Every Model Features Dual 64-bit Processors
CUPERTINO, California - June 9th, 2004
Apple today unveiled its new Power Mac G5 desktop line with every model featuring dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors. The top model, featuring two 2.5GHz processors, the industry's fastest frontside bus running at 1.25GHz per processor, and advanced liquid cooling, starts at £2,199 (inc VAT). The entry model, featuring dual 1.8GHz processors, starts at just £1,449 (inc VAT).
“Our professional customers, across many creative and scientific markets, have been impressed with the extraordinary performance of the dual processor Power Mac G5 running Apple's Unix-based Mac OS X”, said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “This new Power Mac G5 line has dual processors in every model to deliver even higher performance for our pro customers who need it”.
Powered by the PowerPC G5 processor, the Power Mac G5 utilises 64-bit processing technology for memory expansion up to 8GB, and advanced 64-bit computation while running existing 32-bit applications natively. The top of the line Power Mac G5 now offers dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors, each with an independent 1.25GHz front-side bus for an astounding bandwidth of up to 20GBps. All Power Mac G5 systems ship with Mac OS X version 10.3 “Panther”, which in combination with the Power Mac G5 provides creative professionals and scientists with computational power never before realised on a desktop system.
The Power Mac G5 outperforms competing desktops on the market today and ran significantly faster than 3.4GHz Pentium 4 systems on performance tests of the most popular applications for creative professionals and scientists, including:
“Our professional customers, across many creative and scientific markets, have been impressed with the extraordinary performance of the dual processor Power Mac G5 running Apple's Unix-based Mac OS X”, said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “This new Power Mac G5 line has dual processors in every model to deliver even higher performance for our pro customers who need it”.
Powered by the PowerPC G5 processor, the Power Mac G5 utilises 64-bit processing technology for memory expansion up to 8GB, and advanced 64-bit computation while running existing 32-bit applications natively. The top of the line Power Mac G5 now offers dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors, each with an independent 1.25GHz front-side bus for an astounding bandwidth of up to 20GBps. All Power Mac G5 systems ship with Mac OS X version 10.3 “Panther”, which in combination with the Power Mac G5 provides creative professionals and scientists with computational power never before realised on a desktop system.
The Power Mac G5 outperforms competing desktops on the market today and ran significantly faster than 3.4GHz Pentium 4 systems on performance tests of the most popular applications for creative professionals and scientists, including:
- On a test of 45 commonly used actions, Adobe Photoshop ran almost twice as fast on a dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 than on a 3.4GHz Pentium 4-based PC;
- Logic Pro 6 on the dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 played up to 138 more tracks with reverbs (over four times more) than with Cubase SX on a 3.4GHz Pentium 4-based PC; and
- Final Cut Pro HD running on a 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 can run eight streams of 8-bit SD video versus five streams on a dual 3.06GHz Xeon-based Avid workstation.
The Power Mac G5 line offers leading-edge expansion with dual 1.5Gbps serial ATA interfaces, the industry's fastest PCI-X interface technology and AGP 8X Pro graphics. The Power Mac G5 comes standard with either the NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra or the ATI Radeon 9600 XT graphics card; the ATI Radeon 9800 XT high-performance graphics card is available as a build-to-order option for incredible 3D design, visualisation and gaming. All Power Mac G5 desktops deliver industry-leading connectivity and high-performance I/O, including Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 ports, three USB 2.0 ports, optical digital audio input and output, built-in support for 54Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless networking and an optional Bluetooth module.
Pricing & Availability:
The dual 1.8GHz and dual 2.0GHz Power Mac G5 models are available now, and the dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 model is expected to be available in July through the
and
. The single 1.25GHz Power Mac G4, with suggested retail price of £999 (inc VAT), will no longer be in production and is available for purchase while supplies last through the
and
. The Power Mac G5, with a suggested retail price of £1,449 (inc VAT), includes:
- Dual 1.8GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5;
- 256MB 400MHz 128-bit DDR SDRAM (4GB maximum);
- 80GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm hard drive;
- AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;
- NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM;
- 3 PCI slots (64-bit, 33MHz); and
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW).
The Power Mac G5, with a suggested retail price of £1,849 (inc VAT), includes:
- Dual 2.0GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5;
- 512MB 400MHz 128-bit DDR SDRAM (8GB maximum);
- 160GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm hard drive;
- AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;
- NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM;
- 3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit 133MHz, two 64-bit 100MHz); and
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW).
The Power Mac G5, with a suggested retail price of £2,199 (inc VAT), includes:
- Dual 2.5GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5;
- 512MB 400MHz 128-bit DDR SDRAM (8GB maximum);
- 160GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm hard drive;
- AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;
- ATI RADEON 9600 XT with 128MB DDR SDRAM;
- 3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit 133MHz, two 64-bit 100MHz); and
- 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW).
All Power Mac G5 systems ship with iChat AV, Safari, Sherlock, Address Book, QuickTime, iLife (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and GarageBand), iSync, iCal, DVD Player, Classic environment, Art Directors Toolkit X, GraphicConverter, Microsoft Internet Explorer, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, Xcode and Zinio Reader.
Build-to-order options include up to 8GB of RAM, 250GB Serial ATA hard drives, Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) drive, graphics cards (NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra, ATI Radeon 9600 XT, ATI Radeon 9800 XT), AirPort Extreme Card, Bluetooth module, Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse, PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet Card, Apple Fibre Channel PCI Card and Mac OS X Server version 10.3 “Panther”.
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