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Updated eMac Line Released Today

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmm-emac dept.

TellarHK writes "Today, Apple's eMac line got a nice upgrade with all models getting a 32M Radeon 7500 video chipset, display capable of 1280x960 resolution on a 17" flat CRT, and price cuts across the board. $799 will get you a base model with 40GB of drive, 128M of RAM (continuing the rather odd stinginess on RAM configurations), and an 800Mhz G4. $999 will get you an extra 20GB of drive and a 1Ghz processor, while $1299 lands you a whopping (ahem) 256M of memory, 80G, and a SuperDrive at 4x."

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  1. Other upgrades by PKFC · · Score: 4, Informative

    You also get an Airport Extreme wireless slot and iTunes 4 included along with the rest iLife. I think the bus speed has been bumped up to 133, but I could be wrong about that

    1. Re:Other upgrades by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know, I was all set to go, "Aw, man, they're screwing the low-end customer! I should have the option of buying the cheaper, old-style AirPort if I want to, to save money!" Then, just one a whim, I went to the Store and checked.

      AirPort Extreme costs exactly the same as AirPort did.

      Bastards. Taking away my sense of righteous indignation like that.

      Apple used to be the company that I loved to hate. But for the last couple of years, it's been harder and harder to hate them. With this new Music Store thing, I'm starting to think that maybe I hate to hate Apple.

      Which means I'm starting to love Apple.

      Augh! Somebody hose me down, quick!

  2. They also have the new keyboards by Erect+Horsecock · · Score: 4, Informative

    see here

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    I hope you die painfully and alone.
  3. Re:Nice by MalleusEBHC · · Score: 4, Informative

    The video card is also at the bare minimum for OS X with the ATI 7500

    I run OS X with either an AGP Rage 128 with 16 MB VRAM or a Rage 128 Mobility with 8 MB VRAM. It runs just fine on those without Quartz Extreme, so I'm sure that a Radeon 7500 running QE will be quite nice. It's not like a 17" CRT is that monstrous.

    I do agree that you need more RAM, but as another poster has already pointed out, it is nice to be forced to buy as little RAM as possible because of Apple's prices on memory. I would always spec out from the Apple store with the least memory and then go buy what RAM you need from somewhere else. It will save you a bundle.

  4. Re:cool stuff by TiMike · · Score: 4, Informative

    The eMac (Education Mac) has it built in because according to Apple:

    " Schools have told us they really like an all-in-one design because it saves space in classrooms and computer labs." emac