Apple Ships New Power Mac G5

CUPERTINO, California—Apple announced that it has begunshipping the two single processor models of its Power Mac G5, theworld’s fastest personal computer featuring the first 64-bitdesktop processor and the industry’s first 1 GHz front-side bus.The dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 will ship late this month, as planned.Apple also announced that it has received orders for over 100,000 PowerMac G5s since its introduction on June 23.

“The Power Mac G5 is a big hit with customers anddevelopers,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vicepresident of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The two singleprocessor Power Mac G5 models are available now, so we wanted to getthose into customers hands as soon as possible, and we’re righton track to deliver the dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 later thismonth.”

Powered by the revolutionary PowerPC G5 processor designed by IBMand Apple, the Power Mac G5 is the first personal computer to utilize64-bit processing technology for unprecedented memory expansion andadvanced 64-bit computation, while running existing 32-bit applicationsnatively.

Delivering the industry’s highest system bandwidth, the PowerMac G5 line offers dual 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processors, each with anindependent 1 GHz front-side bus, for an astounding 16 GBps ofbandwidth. The line also features the industry’s highestbandwidth memory (400 MHz 128-bit DDR SDRAM with throughput up to 6.4GBps); the industry’s fastest PCI interface available on adesktop (133 MHz PCI-X); and cutting-edge AGP 8X Pro graphicscapabilities, all within a stunning new professional aluminum enclosurefeaturing innovative computer-controlled cooling for quietoperation.

The two single processor models of the Power Mac G5 are availablethrough the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retailstores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

The Power Mac G5, with a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US),includes:

• 1.6 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;

• 800 MHz front-side bus;

• 256MB 333 MHz 128-bit DDR memory;

• 4 DIMMs, 4GB maximum memory;

• 80GB Serial ATA hard drive;

• AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;

• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra-64MB DDR graphics card;

• 3 PCI slots (64-bit, 33 MHz); and

• 4x SuperDrive.

The Power Mac G5, with a suggested retail price of $2,399 (US),includes:

• 1.8 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;

• 900 MHz front-side bus;

• 512MB 400 MHz 128-bit DDR memory;

• 8 DIMMs, 8GB maximum memory;

• 160GB Serial ATA hard drive;

• AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;

• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra-64MB DDR graphics card;

• 3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit, 133 MHz, two 64-bit 100 MHz); and

• 4x SuperDrive.

The Power Mac G5, with a suggested retail price of $2,999 (US),includes:

• Dual 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors;

• Dual Independent 1 GHz front-side buses;

• 512MB 400 MHz 128-bit DDR memory;

• 8 DIMMs, 8GB maximum memory;

• 160GB Serial ATA hard drive;

• AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;

• RADEON 9600 Pro-64MB DDR graphics card;

• 3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit 133 MHz, two 64-bit 100 MHz); and

• 4x SuperDrive.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with theApple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with theMacintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computingexperience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumersaround the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internetofferings.