Among the many announcements made by Apple yesterday at the WWDC keynote, one question seemed to pass under the radar of most people: What happened to the G4 towers? Even though Appleis starting pricing for the new Power Mac G5 is higher than we have seen from the companyis tower line in years, one would still have expected the company to allow the G4 to quietly use the back exit.
Well, this isnit the case. Scroll by the shiny new Power Mac G5 towers at the online Apple Store, and youill eventually encounter a familiar face. Itis a face that was introduced to the world in 1999 as the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White). It has changed quite a lot since then, but itis still the same general design.
While it can no longer be configured with two 1.42GHz G4s, the almost-as-fast 1.25GHz G4 is standard in both single and dual configurations. Note, too, that these configurations will boot into both OS 9 and OS X. The configurations and prices, from the Apple Store:
| Faster US$1,299 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 1MB L3 cache 256MB DDR333 SDRAM 80GB Ultra ATA drive Combo Drive ATI Radeon 9000 Pro Mac OS 9 boot supported |
Fastest US$1,599.00 Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 2MB L3 cache/processor 256MB DDR333 SDRAM 80GB Ultra ATA drive Combo Drive ATI Radeon 9000 Pro Mac OS 9 boot supported |
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You can find more information at the Apple Store.