[Macpartners] New Power Macs

[Albert Willis]

Apple also announced new Power Macs today as well.  Prices are for  
department orders from https://b2bstore.apple.com/mit/.

The basics:
* dual-core processors now standard
* PCI Express expansion slots now standard
* memory expandable to 16 GB
* storage expandable to 1000 GB (1 terabyte)
* high performance video cards
* Mighty Mouse (http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/) now standard

A dual-core processor is essentially two processors on one chip.  
That's why Apple is calls the high-end machine the Power Mac Quad,  
because it has two dual-core G5 processors, it has four processing  
units. See http://www.apple.com/powermac/processorcore.html for more  
information.


The Power Mac G5 Dual, with a price of $1,656 includes:

     - dual-core 2.0GHz PowerPC G5 processor;
     - 512MB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable up to 16GB;
     - 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
     - NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE with 128MB of GDDR SDRAM
     - three open PCI Express expansion slots: two 4-lane slots and  
one 8-lane slot;
     - dual Gigabit Ethernet ports;
     - 16x SuperDrive™ with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD- 
RW); and
     - ships with Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.

The Power Mac G5 Dual, with a price of $2,115 includes:

     - dual-core 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processor;
     - 512MB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable up to 16GB;
     - 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
     - NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB of GDDR SDRAM
     - three open PCI Express expansion slots: two 4-lane slots and  
one 8-lane slot;
     - dual Gigabit Ethernet ports;
     - 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD- 
RW); and
     - ships with Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.

The Power Mac G5 Quad, with a suggested retail price of $2,759 (US),  
includes:

     - two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors;
     - 512MB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable up to 16GB;
     - 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
     - NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB of GDDR SDRAM
     - three open PCI Express expansion slots: two 4-lane slots and  
one 8-lane slot;
     - dual Gigabit Ethernet ports;
     - 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD- 
RW); and
     - ships with Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.



   -- Al



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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu


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