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Apple Unveils New Power Mac G5 Line
Apple unveiled its new Power Mac G5 desktop line with every model featuring
dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors. The top model, featuring two 2.5 GHz
processors, the industry's fastest front-side bus running at 1.25 GHz per
processor, and advanced liquid cooling starts at $2,999. The entry model,
featuring dual 1.8 GHz processors, starts at just $1,999.
"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 utilizes 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 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processors, each with
an independent 1.25 GHz front-side bus for an astounding bandwidth of up to 20
GBps. 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 realized on a desktop system.
The Power Mac G5 outperforms competing desktops on the market today and ran
significantly faster than 3.4 GHz 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 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5 than on a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4-based PC. Logic Pro 6 on the dual 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5 played up to 138 more tracks
with reverbs (over four times more) than with Cubase SX on a 3.4 GHz Pentium
4-based PC. Final Cut Pro(R) HD running on a 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5 can run eight streams
of 8-bit SD video versus five streams on a dual 3.06 GHz Xeon-based Avid
workstation.
The Power Mac G5 line offers leading-edge expansion with dual 1.5 Gbps 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, visualization 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 54 Mbps AirPort
Extreme wireless networking and an optional Bluetooth module.
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