Apple Introduces Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual

  New Line Features Quad-Core Processing, PCI Express & Workstation Graphics

  CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/—Apple(R) today
unveiled its new Power Mac(R) G5 desktop line featuring the Power Mac G5 Quad,
providing quad-core processing with two 2.5 GHz dual-core PowerPC G5
processors. All Power Mac G5 models now feature dual-core processors, a new
PCI Express architecture and higher performance graphics options including
NVIDIA’s Quadro FX 4500, bringing the industry standard for workstation
graphics to the Mac(R).
  “The Power Mac G5 Quad delivers the workstation performance our creative
and scientific customers demand,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice
president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With quad-core processing, a new
PCI Express architecture, and the fastest workstation card from NVIDIA, the
new Power Mac G5 Quad is the most powerful system we’ve ever made.”
  With two 2.5 GHz dual-core processors, each with 1MB of L2 cache, the
Power Mac G5 Quad delivers breakthrough performance on applications used
extensively by creative professionals and scientists. For example:

  —Final Cut Pro(R) 5 encodes SD video content up to 60 percent faster on
    the new Power Mac G5 Quad when compared with the Dual Processor 2.7 GHz
    Power Mac G5;
  —Adobe Photoshop runs a series of 45 commonly used filters and actions
    43 percent faster on the new Power Mac G5 Quad when compared with the
    Dual Processor 2.7 GHz Power Mac G5;
  —Adobe After Effects renders video effects up to 69 percent faster on
    the new Power Mac G5 Quad when compared with the Dual Processor 2.7 GHz
    Power Mac G5;
  —LightWave 3D renders animation up to 59 percent faster on the Power Mac
    G5 Quad when compared with the Dual Processor 2.7 GHz Power Mac G5; and
  —The scientific benchmark Bioinformatics Benchmark System (BBS version
    3) completes a comparison of genomic sequences up to 39 percent faster
    on the Power Mac G5 Quad when compared with the Dual Processor 2.7 GHz
    Power Mac G5.

  The Power Mac G5 line offers leading-edge expansion with industry standard
PCI Express architecture, providing four expansion slots to support high-
performance video and audio devices and multiple standard graphics cards to
drive an array of up to eight displays. The Power Mac G5 delivers up to 16GB
of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and now features two Gigabit Ethernet ports—ideal
for customers working in an Xsan(R) environment. Providing industry-leading
connectivity and high-performance I/O, every Power Mac G5 also includes one
FireWire(R) 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1
ports, optical and digital audio input and output, and built-in support for
AirPort(R) Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. The new Power Mac G5 line also
includes Apple’s next generation mouse, Mighty Mouse, featuring up to four
programmable buttons and an ingenious Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in
any direction—vertically, horizontally and even diagonally.
  The new Power Mac G5 comes standard with either the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
with 128MB of video memory or the NVIDIA GeForce 6660 with 256MB of video
memory, both provide support for dual-displays and Apple’s breakthrough 30-
inch Cinema HD Display, now priced at $2,499. The NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT with
256MB of video memory and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of video memory
are both available as build-to-order options. The Quadro FX 4500 is ideal for
demanding animation, special effects and scientific visualization applications
such as Alias’ Maya and DeLano Research’s PyMol. The Quadro FX 4500 can drive
up to two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays and includes a stereo 3D port to
connect goggles for stereo-in-a-window applications.