Apple Refreshes eMac and iMac All-in-Ones

The eMac is an affordable all-in-one desktop for homes and schools with prices starting at just $799 -- and $999 for double-layer DVD burning.

The new eMacs are now available with:
• Faster Processors with speed increases to 1.42GHz
• Faster ATI Radeon 9600 Graphics Processor
• Double the amount of dedicated Graphics Memory to 128MB
• Hard Drive capacity increases to 80GB and 160GB
• Mac OS X Tiger, the world’s most advanced operating system
• $999 Configuration has 512MB memory and 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support.

The LCD flat-panel-based iMac G5 has a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), and includes:
• 17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440-by-900 pixels;
• 1.8 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
• 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
• 24X Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;
• ATI Radeon 9600 graphics processor with 128MB video memory;
• Built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR;
• 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
• 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports; and
• Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.

The eMac (CRT) and iMac G5 (LCD) are desktops above the Mac Mini and below the dual-processor Power Mac G5's in Apples desktop product line. This announcement means Apple has refreshed its entire desktop product line in the past 90 days, in time for the fall back-to-school season.

Peter S. Kastner