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New Power Mac G4s Announced

Posted by pudge on from the i-want-a-dual-proc-powerbook dept.

benh57 writes "Apple today announced the new Power Mac G4 towers with new faces, running at dual-867MHz (US$1,699), dual-1GHz ($2,499), and dual-1.25GHz ($3,299). All are running DDR, the two higher end models at 166MHz FSB with Radeon 9000, the low end at 133 w/GF4MX." Check it out at The Apple Store, and keep your eyes peeled for an appearance on the Power Mac G4 site.

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  1. dual processors - all of them by eshefer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thats front page news - apple becomes the first PC maker to go totaly to dual processor in it's pro desktops.

  2. Re:What this also means.. by foobar104 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's very likely that apple are pumping out dual g4 systems to simply get rid of the remaining g4 chips...

    No, I don't think so. I think they're moving entirely to multiple processors in the towers for two reasons. First, they're more clearly distinguishing between the iMac and the tower. Yesterday, a low-end G4 seriously overlapped the top-of-the-line iMac. Today, the line is clearer.

    The other thing is that Apple's proud of the degree to which Jaguar is threaded at low levels of the OS. Dual-processor machines really will be faster, even for just basic surfing and email and whatnot, than otherwise equivalent single-processor machines.

    Incidentally, was anybody else slightly surprised that Apple didn't just double the whole product line, introducing "small" and "medium" dual-proc machines and a "large" quad-processor system at the $4,000 price point?