Power Macs Hit 1.42 GHz

Apple today announced an update to it's Power Mac G4 line of computers featuring a choice of a single 1 GHz, dual 1.25 GHz or dual 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processors with prices ranging from US$1,499 to US$2,699. The new line also features FireWire 800 and has internal support for 54Mbps AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth wireless networking. The new systems are based on Apple’s Xserve architecture and include up to 2MB DDR Level 3 cache and 333 MHz DDR memory. With Mac OS 10.2's symmetric multiprocessing capabilities the 1.42 GHz model is able to deliver 21 gigaflops of performance. The new SuperDrive writes DVD-R discs at 4x speed, reads DVDs at 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at 16x speed, writes CD-RW discs at 8x speed and reads CDs at 32x speed. The lower two models are available now and the 1.42 GHz model will be available starting next month.

January 29, 2003