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Apple Introduces New Dual
Processor 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5
Apple introduced a new model of its revolutionary Power Mac G5 desktop
computer, a dual processor 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5 desktop starting at $2,499,
and lowered the price of the single processor 1.6 GHz model to $1,799. The
Power Mac G5 lineup now includes three models: dual processor 2.0 GHz, dual
processor 1.8 GHz and single processor 1.6 GHz. Featuring the world's first
64-bit desktop processor with the industry's first 1 GHz front-side bus, the
Power Mac G5 offers unprecedented memory expansion of up to 8GB and advanced
64-bit computation, while running existing 32-bit applications natively.
"Our customers told us loud and clear that they love dual processors, so
now
two of the three Power Mac G5 models feature lightning-fast dual processors,"
said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Hardware Product Marketing. "And
with the entry level model now starting at just $1,799, the Power Mac G5
lineup is more affordable than ever."
All Power Mac systems ship with Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" to deliver
the
most substantial benefits of 64-bit computing -- breaking through the 4GB
physical memory barrier. The combination of the Power Mac G5 and Panther
provide creative professionals and scientists computational power never before
realized on a desktop system. Examples include the ability to manipulate
multiple streams of DV and SD content in real time, process an unprecedented
number of audio tracks with complex filters and digital effects, execute
high-precision math on extremely large 64-bit numbers receiving results faster
than ever, and model and render complex 3D visualizations at amazing
speeds.
The new Power Mac G5, offering dual 1.8 GHz PowerPC processors, each with
an
independent 900 MHz frontside bus, provides for more than 14 GBps of
bandwidth. In addition to providing fast throughput to main memory, this high
performance frontside bus architecture enables each PowerPC G5 processor to
discover and access data in the other processor's caches -- further increasing
bandwidth on dual processor systems.
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