[Macpartners] Update on the new Intel Macs

[Albert Willis]

As of today, Apple is shipping Macs with the new Intel Duo processor.  
All prices are MIT department prices.

BTW, these machines are shipping with a fully Intel native version of  
Mac OS X 10.4.4 with the built-in apps also Intel native--Safari,  
Mail, etc.

PowerPC applications (such as Microsoft Office, FileMaker, etc.) will  
use Apple's Rosetta translation technology to run on Intel Macs.  
Microsoft committed to providing a universal binary version of Office.

Quick specs:

17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 cache
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
MIT's price: $1,151.00, discounted from $1299.00


20-inch widescreen LCD with 1680x1050 resolution
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 cache
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
MIT's price: $1,536, discounted from $1699.00


PowerBooks aren't available until February; here are the specs:

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution
1.67GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
512MB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
80GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
MIT's price: $1,655.00, discounted from $1,999.00


15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)
100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
MIT's price: $2,114.00, discounted from $2,499.00

More information later...

   -- Al


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


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