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* five slots, including four open high-performance 64 bit 33 MHz PCI slots<br />
and an 4x AGP slot for graphics;<br />
* two 400-Mbps FireWire ports and four 12-Mbps USB ports;<br />
* 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet built-in on the motherboard and AirPort=AE<br />
802.11 wireless network ready;<br />
* a collection of productivity and professional software titles including<br />
Lemke Software Graphic Converter, Omni Group's OmniGraffle and<br />
OmniOutliner, Caffeine Software PixelNhance, and Ambrosia Software Snapz<br />
Pro X; in addition to Apple's suite of Digital Lifestyle applications<br />
including iMovie=81, iPhoto=81, iTunes=81 and iDVD (requires SuperDrive); an=<br />
d<br />
* Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar," Apple's next-generation operating system<br />
as the startup operating system, as well as Mac OS 9.2.2.</p>
<p>Pricing & Availability<br />
The Power Mac dual 867 MHz and dual 1 GHz processor models are available<br />
this week through the online Apple Store=AE (<a href="http://www.apple.com" title="www.apple.com">www.apple.com</a>), at Apple Retail<br />
Stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers. The dual 1.25 GHz processor<br />
Power Mac G4 is expected to be available in the second half of September.</p>
<p>The dual 867 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US),<br />
includes:</p>
<p>* 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per<br />
processor;<br />
* 256MB of DDR SDRAM;<br />
* NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot;<br />
* 60GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and<br />
* Combo DVD-ROM/CR-RW optical drive.</p>
<p>The dual 1 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US),<br />
includes:</p>
<p>* 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per<br />
processor;<br />
* 256MB of DDR DRAM memory;<br />
* ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot;<br />
* 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and<br />
* SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.</p>
<p>The dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $3,299<br />
(US), includes:</p>
<p>* 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 2MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per<br />
processor;<br />
* 512MB of DDR SDRAM memory;<br />
* ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot;<br />
* 120GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and<br />
* SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.</p>
<p>The Power Mac G4 is available in build-to-order configurations through The<br />
Apple Store (<a href="http://www.apple.com" title="www.apple.com">www.apple.com</a>). Options include a second DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo<br />
drive, up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM, up to .48 terabytes of ATA storage, up to<br />
288GB Ultra160 SCSI storage, AirPort Base Station and AirPort Card, Harman<br />
Kardon iSub and SoundSticks, and Apple Pro Speakers. Standard 4.7GB DVD-R<br />
blank discs are available from The Apple Store (www. apple.com) in<br />
five-packs for a suggested retail price of $24.95 (US). For a list of<br />
compatible DVD players, visit <a href="http://www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility" title="www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility">www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility</a>.</p>
<p>Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" will be publicly available August 24 for a<br />
suggested retail price of $129 (US).</p>
<p>* Based on commonly used operations in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.</p>
<p>Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple<br />
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.<br />
Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to<br />
students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world<br />
through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.</p>
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