18.08.02
Apple Enhances Consumer Desktop Lines |
(Cupertino, California, August 2002) - Continuing to offer the industry&';s best digital lifestyle computers, Apple® has enhanced its popular eMac™ and iMac® lines for home and schools. eMac, the most affordable G4-based computer ever, now comes in two models: one featuring a Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive for $1,099 (US), the same price as the prior CD-RW equipped model; and one featuring Apple&';s SuperDrive™ for burning DVDs and CDs for just $1,499 (US), the industry&';s lowest price for a computer with DVD-burning capability. Making its popular flat-panel iMac even more affordable, Apple is also lowering the prices of the CD-RW and the Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW models $100 (US) each, to $1,299 (US) and $1,499 (US) respectively.
"Now, for the first time, users can burn their own custom DVDs on an under-$1,500 computer," said Steve Jobs, Apple&';s CEO. "Our amazing SuperDrive and award-winning iMovie and iDVD applications ushered in the era of personal DVD burning, and this groundbreaking low price point will further reinforce Apple&';s lead in this rapidly-growing market segment."
Both iMac and eMac offer 700 MHz and 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processors with Velocity Engine™ and include Apple&';s industry-leading suite of digital lifestyle applications including iPhoto™ for managing and sharing digital photographs, iMovie for creating digital movies and iTunes™ for creating a digital music library. Models with the SuperDrive include Apple&';s iDVD software. With five USB ports and two FireWire ports, both iMac and eMac offer easy plug-and-play connections to popular peripherals such as digital video camcorders, digital still cameras, printers and scanners.
The 17-inch widescreen flat-panel iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:
- 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB video memory;
- 256MB of system memory;
- 80GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and
- Apple Pro Speakers.
The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,799 (US), includes:
- 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory;
- 256MB of system memory;
- 60GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and
- Apple Pro Speakers.
The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:
- 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory;
- 256MB of system memory; and
- 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and
- Apple Pro Speakers.
The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:
- 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory;
- 128MB of system memory; and
- 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive.
The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US) includes:
- 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor;
- SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory;
- 256MB of system memory; and
- 60GB ATA Hard Drive.
The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,099 (US) includes:
- 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor;
- Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB video memory;
- 128MB of system memory; and
- 40GB ATA Hard Drive.
Press Contacts:
Nathalie Welch
Apple
(408) 974-5430
welch@apple.com.
Taara Hoffman
Edelman
(650) 429-2778
taara.hoffman@edelman.com.
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