Dual-Processor Power Macs Starting at $4299

Apple Unveils Dual-Processor Power Macs Starting at $4299
Fast Xserve Architecture, DDR Memory & Pre-loaded Mac OS X v10.2

CUPERTINO, California—August 13, 2002—Apple® today unveiled an all new Power Mac G4 line featuring dual PowerPC G4 processors in every model, starting at just NZ$4299 +GST. With dual 1.25 GHz, dual 1 GHz and dual 867 MHz PowerPC G4 processors, the new Xserve™ high-performance architecture with support for up to 2GB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory at up to 333 MHz, the industry’s first ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card and an enhanced enclosure with increased storage up to nearly half a terabyte, the new Power Macs are the fastest desktop workstations for creative professionals.

The new all dual processor Power Mac® G4 line also ships with Apple’s new Mac® OS X version 10.2 “pre-installed, offering more than 150 amazing new features and applications. Taking advantage of OS X v10.2’s advanced UNIX-based architecture and symmetric multiprocessing capabilities, the Power Mac G4 line delivers over 18 gigaflops (18 billion floating point operations per second), and runs professional applications like Adobe Photoshop up to 90 percent faster than a 2.53 GHz Pentium 4-based PC.*

“You can now get a dual-processor G4 system with Xserve architecture and DDR memory, pre-loaded with OS X v10.2 for just NZ$4299 +GST,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “These are the fastest Macs ever, and OS X v10.2 really makes the dual processors sing.”

Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe, added, “These new Power Macs run Adobe Photoshop faster than any PC we’ve seen.”

In addition to the super fast dual 1.25 GHz model, the new line also includes models with dual 1 GHz and dual 867 MHz processors; all with Velocity Engine and up to 2MB of advanced DDR backside level 3 cache per processor to further boost performance. All models also include next generation graphics technologies from NVIDIA and ATI, including the new ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB of DDR SDRAM, with a quad-pipe 3D engine and Smartshader technology for cinematic effects and realism. The combination of powerful graphic cards and OS X v10.2’s groundbreaking Quartz™ Extreme compositor, provides customers with advanced workstation graphics capabilities that are light years ahead of any other platform. In addition, all Power Mac G4 models now include one ADC and one DVI port allowing users to drive two Apple flat-panel displays simultaneously.

The new Power Mac G4 line offers enhancements to its award-winning easy-access enclosure including four internal drive bays, each capable of hosting up to a 120GB ATA/100 drive, for a total of nearly a half a terabyte of internal storage; and two optical drive bays which can each hold a CD-RW, Combo or SuperDrive™ for burning DVDs and CDs.

OS X v10.2 offers Power Mac G4 customers amazing new features and applications including a new Mail application designed to eliminate junk mail, iChat AIM-compatible instant messenger, a system-wide Address Book, Inkwell handwriting recognition, QuickTime® 6 with MPEG-4, improved Universal Access, an enhanced Finder™, Sherlock® 3 with Internet Services and Rendezvous™, Apple’s revolutionary home networking technology.

The three-model Power Mac G4 line features:

* a dual 867 MHz or a dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine™ and 1MB backside L3 cache, and dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine and 2MB of backside L3 cache; * ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB DDR SDRAM or NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB DDR SDRAM graphics and dual display support in all models; * support for 256 or 512MB of 266 MHz or 333 MHz DDR SDRAM, with support for up to 2GB; * four 3.5-inch hard disk drive expansion bays with either a 60GB, 80GB or 120GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive running at 7200 rpm; * two external expansion drive bays, including support for a SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW and/or Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive; * five slots, including four open high-performance 64 bit 33 MHz PCI slots and an 4x AGP slot for graphics; * two 400-Mbps FireWire ports and four 12-Mbps USB ports; * 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet built-in on the motherboard and AirPort® 802.11 wireless network ready; * a collection of productivity and professional software titles including Lemke Software Graphic Converter, Omni Group’s OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner, Caffeine Software PixelNhance, and Ambrosia Software Snapz Pro X; in addition to Apple’s suite of Digital Lifestyle applications including iMovie™, iPhoto™, iTunes™ and iDVD (requires SuperDrive); and * Mac OS X version 10.2 Apple’s next-generation operating system as the startup operating system, as well as Mac OS 9.2.2.

Pricing & Availability The Power Mac dual 867 MHz and dual 1 GHz processor models are available early next week via Apple Authorised Resellers. The dual 1.25 GHz processor Power Mac G4 is expected to be available late September.

The dual 867 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $4299 +GST includes: * 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor; * 256MB of DDR SDRAM; * NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot; * 60GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and * Combo DVD-ROM/CR-RW optical drive.

The dual 1 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $6199 +GST includes: * 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor; * 256MB of DDR DRAM memory; * ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot; * 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and * SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.

The dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $8299 +GST, includes: * 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 2MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor; * 512MB of DDR SDRAM memory; * ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot; * 120GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and * SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.

The Power Mac G4 is available in build-to-order configurations. Options include a second DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drive, up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM, up to .48 terabytes of ATA storage, up to 288GB Ultra160 SCSI storage, AirPort Base Station and AirPort Card, Harman Kardon iSub and SoundSticks, and Apple Pro Speakers. Standard 5 packs of 4.7GB DVD-R blank discs are available from Apple Authorised Resellers for a suggested retail price of $85.99 +GST. For a list of compatible DVD players, visit www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility.

Mac OS X v10.2 will be publicly available August 24 for a suggested retail price of $269 +GST

* Based on commonly used operations in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

Press Contacts: Paul Johnston Renaissance Limited DDI Ph (09) 622 3688 p.johnston@apple.co.nz

NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/).

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Apple Enhances Consumer Desktop Lines eMac With Combo & SuperDrive; Flat-Panel iMacs at Lower Prices

CUPERTINO, California—August 13, 2002—Continuing to offer the industry’s best digital lifestyle computers, Apple® today enhanced its popular eMac™ and iMac® lines for home and schools. eMac, the most affordable G4-based computer ever, now comes in two models: one featuring a Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive for NZ$2799 +GST the same price as the prior CD-RW equipped model; and one featuring Apple’s SuperDrive™ for burning DVDs and CDs for just NZ$3795 +GST the industry’s lowest price for a computer with DVD-burning capability. Making its popular flat-panel iMac even more affordable, Apple is also lowering the prices of the CD-RW and the Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW models.

“Now, for the first time, users can burn their own custom DVDs on an under-$NZ$4,000 +GST computer,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Our amazing SuperDrive and award-winning iMovie and iDVD applications ushered in the era of personal DVD burning, and this groundbreaking low price point will further reinforce Apple’s lead in this rapidly-growing market segment.”

At $3795 +GST, the new SuperDrive-equipped eMac model is the industry's lowest cost way to author and burn custom DVDs that play in most consumer DVD players. Apple's award-winning iMovie™ and iDVD applications come pre-installed on the new eMac, enabling users to edit their video and create and burn their own custom DVDs.

In addition to being the most affordable PowerPC G4 system ever, the popular eMac features a stunning 17-inch flat CRT in a remarkably compact design that is 8 mm less deep than the original 15-inch iMac. The innovative flat-panel iMac features a stunning 17-inch widescreen or 15-inch flat screen LCD that appears to float in mid-air, allowing users to effortlessly adjust its height or angle with just a touch.

Both iMac and eMac offer 700 MHz and 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors with Velocity Engine™ and include Apple’s industry-leading suite of digital lifestyle applications including iPhoto™ for managing and sharing digital photographs, iMovie for creating digital movies and iTunes™ for creating a digital music library. Models with the SuperDrive include Apple’s iDVD software. With five USB ports and two FireWire ports, both iMac and eMac offer easy plug-and-play connections to popular peripherals such as digital video camcorders, digital still cameras, printers and scanners.

Pricing & Availability iMac desktops are available immediately, the eMac with Combo drive is available next week and the eMac with SuperDrive is expected to be available by the end of this month, at an Apple Authorised Reseller near you.

The 17-inch widescreen flat-panel iMac, for a suggested retail price of $4999 +GST includes: * an 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine; * SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive; * NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB video memory; * 256MB of system memory; * 80GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and * Apple Pro Speakers.

The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $4499 +GST includes: * 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine; * SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive; * NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory; * 256MB of system memory; * 60GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and * Apple Pro Speakers.

The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $3799 +GST includes: * 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine; * Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive; * NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory; * 256MB of system memory; and * 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and * Apple Pro Speakers.

The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $3299 +GST includes: * 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine; * CD-RW optical drive; * NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory; * 128MB of system memory; and * 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive.

The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $3795 +GST includes: * 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor; * SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive; * NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory; * 256MB of system memory; and * 60GB ATA Hard Drive.

The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $2799 +GST includes: * 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor; * Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive; * NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory; * 128MB of system memory; and * 40GB ATA Hard Drive.

Build-to-order options and accessories include additional memory, Apple Pro Speakers, AirPort® Base Station and AirPort Card and the AppleCare Protection Plan. See your Apple Authorised Reseller for more details.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

Press Contacts: Paul Johnston Renaissance Limited DDI Ph (09) 622 3688 p.johnston@apple.co.nz

NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/).

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