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MacWorld
Expo, July 18, 2001 Revolutionary SuperDrive Now Available for $1,000 Less “These are the fastest Macs ever, with 867 MHz and dual 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With the 867 MHz processor and our revolutionary SuperDrive together in a system costing just $2,499, more users can now afford to create professional quality DVDs.” The new Power Mac G4 line offers incredible performance with systems featuring 867 MHz and dual 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors with Velocity Engine™. For the ultimate in processor utilization, both the 867 MHz and dual 800 MHz processors include 256K of on-chip level 2 cache running at processor speed and a large 2MB of level 3 backside cache per processor. For advanced graphics, NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics cards are now standard on all models, with the new NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TwinView card for dual monitor support standard in the dual 800 MHz model. The dual 800 MHz Power Mac G4 runs professional applications like Adobe’s Photoshop up to 83 percent faster than a 1.7 GHz Pentium IV-based PC*. The revolutionary SuperDrive, a combination CD-RW/DVD-R drive, together with Apple’s pre-installed iDVD or optional DVD Studio Pro™ software, can create professional-looking DVDs that can be played in consumer DVD players. The SuperDrive is now standard in Power Mac G4 models starting at just $2,499. The SuperDrive writes DVD-R at 2x, reads DVD at 4x, writes CD-R at 8x, writes CD-RW at 4x and reads CD at 24x. Housed in a updated "quicksilver" enclosure, the Power Mac G4 line includes:
• an award-winning design with a side door that swings open to provide the industry’s easiest access to expansion slots and memory; Pricing & Availability
The 733 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail
price of $1,699 (US), includes: • 256K on-chip level 2 backside cache; The 867 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail
price of $2,499 (US), includes: • 256K on-chip level 2 backside cache and 2MB of level 3 cache; The dual 800 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $3,499 (US), includes: • 256K on-chip level 2 backside cache and 2MB of level 3 cache per processor; The Power Mac G4 is available in more than 600,000 build-to-order configurations through The Apple Store (www.apple.com). Options include a combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, up to 1.5GB of SDRAM, the NVIDIA GeForce3 graphics card, up to 72GB Ultra160 SCSI drives, AirPort Base Station and AirPort Card, and Harman Kardon iSub and SoundSticks, and Apple Pro Speakers. Standard 4.7GB DVD-R discs, available from The Apple Store (www. apple.com) in packs of five for a suggested retail price of $49.95 (US). For a list of compatible DVD players, visit www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility. * Based on commonly used operations in Adobe Photoshop 6.0. Apple
Updates iMac Family MACWORLD EXPO, NEW YORK–JULY 18, 2001–The world's best computer for today’s digital lifestyle just got better as Apple® today introduced new iMac™ models running at speeds up to 700 MHz and offering slot-loading CD-RW drives at lower prices with more memory and larger hard drives. Available in popular iMac colors–Indigo, Snow and Graphite–the new line also comes with Apple's next generation operating system, Mac® OS X, pre-installed. “The world's best computer for today’s digital lifestyle just got better,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With more power, more memory and more storage space, just think of the digital masterpieces you can create and share.” Offering more speed, the line includes iMac models featuring fast new PowerPC G3 processors running at up to 700 MHz. With slot-loading CD-RW drives now available across the line and iTunes pre-installed on every iMac, users can import songs from their favorite CDs and compress them into the popular MP3 format, and organize their music and create custom music CDs, starting at just $999. With larger hard drives up to 60GB, memory up to 256MB and iMovie™ 2, Apple's pre-installed easy-to-use consumer digital video editing software, users can store more digital movies. Movies can be saved back to the camcorder, copied to videotape or posted to a user’s own website using iTools, Apple’s suite of free Internet services. iMac continues to lead the way as the world's best computer for today's digital lifestyle with features including:
• award-winning, all-in-one design with built-in 15-inch high-quality display with 1024x768 resolution (13.8-inch viewable image size); Pricing and Availability iMac, for a suggested retail price of $999 (US)
in Indigo and Snow, features: • a 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor with 256K on-chip backside level 2 cache; iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US) in Snow and Graphite, features: • a 600 MHz PowerPC G3 processor with 256K on-chip backside level 2 cache; iMac Special Edition, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US) in Snow and Graphite, features: • a 700 MHz PowerPC G3 processor with 256K on-chip backside level 2 cache; Apple Previews Next Version of Mac OS X New Version 10.1 Features Blazing Speed and Aqua EnhancementsMACWORLD EXPO, NEW YORK–July 18, 2001–At the Macworld Expo Keynote, Apple® today previewed Mac® OS X version 10.1, the first major upgrade to Apple’s new UNIX-based operating system. Mac OS X v10.1 will deliver significant performance improvements, new features and additional refinements to the Aqua™ interface. Mac OS X v10.1 will be available this September and will be supported by more than 1,000 third-party native applications. “This new version of Mac OS X is really fast, and incorporates many suggestions from our users, such as the moveable Dock that can be placed on the left, bottom or right edge of the screen,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve fixed a lot of bugs, and added a lot of great new features, like burning CDs right from the Finder and the ability to seamlessly network with Windows clients and servers.” Mac OS X v10.1 delivers improved performance, with dramatically faster application launch times, blindingly fast menus and window resizing, faster logins and a more responsive feel overall. In addition, Mac OS X v10.1 features an enhanced Aqua interface, with a moveable Dock, which can be placed on the right, bottom or left edge of the screen; Dock menus that enable running applications to present a menu from their Dock icon providing fast access to commonly performed functions; and new menu items for frequently used system controls like battery, AirPort™, monitors and sound. Mac OS X v10.1 is the ultimate digital hub, with the ability to create a music library and burn music CDs with iTunes, burn data CDs from the Finder, make movies with iMovie™ 2, watch DVDs with the DVD Player and create DVDs with iDVD. Macworld attendees also had the opportunity to see their favorite applications and third-party peripherals work natively with Mac OS X v10.1. Top developers including Microsoft, Adobe, Quark, FileMaker, IBM, Alias|Wavefront, Aspyr, Blizzard, Connectix and WorldBook showed their support by demonstrating new applications running on Mac OS X. Throughout the operating system, Apple has ensured that Mac OS X v10.1 fully leverages its UNIX-based design, significantly increases performance and provides new features including:
• dramatically enhanced system performance, especially application launch time and window resizing; Availability & Requirements
Mac OS X requires a minimum of 128MB of memory and is designed to run on the following Apple products: iMac™, iBook™, Power Macintosh® G3, Power Mac™ G4, Power Mac G4 Cube and any PowerBook introduced after May 1998. Apple Previews iDVD 2 for Mac OS X at Macworld Expo Hollywood-style Menus Enhance World’s Easiest DVD Authoring SolutionMACWORLD EXPO, NEW YORK–July 18, 2001–Apple® today previewed iDVD 2 for Mac® OS X, bringing powerful motion video menus to the world’s easiest to use application for creating professional-looking DVDs that play in consumer DVD players. Following just months after Apple’s stunning unveiling of its SuperDrive™, a combination CD-RW/DVD-R drive, and iDVD software in January, iDVD 2 cements Apple’s leadership position in DVD authoring. “In less than one hour, iDVD 2 users can now create a custom DVD with super-cool menus that rival anything coming out of Hollywood,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iDVD 2, with Mac OS X and the new super-fast Power Mac G4s, gives users the ultimate DVD creation studio–right on their desk.” To add motion video to the DVD’s menu buttons or background, users simply drag and drop iMovies™ or QuickTime® files into the iDVD 2 interface. iDVD 2 also allows users to:
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MACWORLD
EXPO, NEW YORK–July 18, 2001–Offering the ultimate in
performance, expansion and digital media solutions, Apple®
today introduced a powerful new line of Power Mac G4s with 733 MHz,
867 MHz and dual 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors. Apple’s revolutionary
SuperDrive™, a combination CD-RW/DVD-R drive that can burn
DVDs which can be played in consumer DVD players, is now standard
in Power Mac models costing $2,499–$1,000 less than before.
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