Apple Unveils new iMac G5

Yay! After weeks of speculation and a few faked photos, Apple has officially announced their new G5 iMacs.

You can check out the details and all the sexy photos straight from the Apple site at apple.com/imac.

What if you could fit your whole life — all your music, all your photos, all your movies, all your email — in a computer as fun and useful as an iPod? Now you can. Introducing the futuristic iMac G5 in 17- and 20-inch widescreen models. The entire computer, including a G5-based logic board, slot-loading optical drive, hard disk, speakers, and even the power supply — dwells inside the enchanting display. Modern living starts at $1299.

[via Gizmodo]
[via Engadget]

Posted by peter on August 31, 2004 at 04:23 AM
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I didn't notice that MacRumors also got in on the gig, they even list some specs:

The new machine will be available for purchase mid-September in three standard configurations:

1.6 GHz 17" model
$1299
17-inch widescreen LCD
1.6GHz PowerPC G5
512K L2 cache
533MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load Combo Drive

1.8 GHz 17" model
$1499
17-inch widescreen LCD
1.8GHz PowerPC G5
512K L2 cache
600MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive

1.8 GHz 20" model
$1899
20-inch widescreen LCD
1.8GHz PowerPC G5
512K L2 cache
600MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive

[via MacRumors]

Posted by: peter at August 31, 2004 04:29 AM