Apple Releases 17 and 20-inch Widescreen G5 iMacs
May 06, 2005
Cupertino, CA - Apple Computer released two new iMac computers with 17 and 20-inch LCD displays.
According to Apple, their designers removed the extraneous, miniaturized the necessary, souped up the performance and concealed the result in immaculate perfection. The iMac G5 hangs suspended from an anodized aluminum stand, and its widescreen display lets you retouch photos and surf the web while you chat with friends or scan email — wirelessly, thanks to built-in AirPort technology — and see everything at the same time. The 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution 20-inch display can show more than two full pages side by side. That’s 36% more screen area than the 17-inch, at 1440 x 900 pixels.
Technology Democratized
The iMac G5 brings the same innovative system architecture in Apple professional desktops to the home. The G5 processor is said to make everything zippier — connecting to email or the web, creating movies, songs and DVDs, arranging photos or playing music. Choose a 1.8 or 2.0GHz G5 processor that’s ready to run modern 64-bit applications under Mac OS X Tiger: said to be the world’s most advanced, stable and secure operating system. Apple says the G5 speeds up Mac OS X and all the other included software, such as iLife ’05, Quicken 2005 and World Book.
All-in-One Ease
iMac G5 tucks away modern amenities, such as a slot-loading Combo drive or 8x SuperDrive, inside its two-inch thin body. Burn DVD slideshows of vacation photos or send friends a DVD with a special movie for the holidays. Back up your iTunes collection or make a mix CD for that special someone. Naturally, you can pop in your DVD movies and watch them in 16:10 widescreen letterbox format on the LCD display. Cleverly pointed down, the fully integrated stereo speakers they bounce sound waves off your desk, counter or table into your ears.
Stay Connected
The iMac G5 offers a wide array of ports, starting with the new headphone jack that’s also a mini-optical plug, so you can watch DVDs and listen to them in 5.1 surround sound. You’ll also find a passel of USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 connectors for your camera, camcorder or gamepad. Or if you want to connect your iMac to your TV or a digital projector, the mini-VGA port gives you the option. The line in jack lets you record an electric guitar into GarageBand. iMac offers built-in Gigabit Ethernet for wired networking as well as a modem for dial-up Internet and faxing.
Go Wireless
Better yet, eliminate the desktop clutter of unnecessary cables with wireless connections to the Internet, your keyboard, mouse or cell phone. The AirPort Extreme Card already installed on your iMac is said to give you the freedom of wireless networking from anywhere in your home or dorm — up to 150 feet from an AirPort Extreme Base Station. Or try AirPort Express with AirTunes to stream your music to your stereo and send documents to your printer.
Your iMac G5 also comes standard with an internal Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module designed to wirelessly access many devices that previously required cables. According to Apple you can use the wireless keyboard or mouse to control your iMac from across the room, or sync your cell phone address book while your phone is in your purse, 30 feet away.
Gorgeous Graphics
A new graphics card and next-generation high-bandwidth architecture is said to kick 3D games and graphics into high gear, with improved frame rates over the previous iMac G5 in Halo. Every new iMac G5 comes standard with AGP 8x graphics support and the ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card with 128MB of dedicated video memory for higher performance graphics and effects — said to be ideal for next-generation games. According to Apple, all models deliver over a billion textured pixels per second and high-precision cinematic shaders to generate the most lifelike characters. With Quartz Extreme, the graphics processors take over transform and lighting calculation functions from the CPU, freeing the G5 processor to perform essential system tasks faster than ever before, according to the company.
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