#APPLE MAC G5 1.6 RELEASED PRICE MAC OS X#

Customers are telling us loud and clear that they crave that.'Īpple also announced that three of its high-end applications for digital video editing - Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and Shake - have now been optimized to take advantage of the G5 processor. That's driven by our customers telling us they love dual-processor performance. The second thing is we are now offering dual-G5 performance at a better price. 'We know there are lots of users out there that have Blue and White, Graphite models, Quicksilver Power Macs, and this makes a G5 even more affordable.

1, we've lowered the entry-level price point for a Power Mac G5,' Boger said. The decision to offer a second dual-processor model - Apple already has a dual 2-GHz model - is designed to cater to buyers who want two processors but can't afford the $2,999 high-end machine, he said. That and the combination of the additional processor and a front-side bus means you really have three factors at work.' you can indeed approach two times the performance. does a really great job in balancing the load. 'In general, it does approach double the speed ,' Boger said in a telephone interview. Apple's code name for its latest operating system, released last month, is Panther.

#APPLE MAC G5 1.6 RELEASED PRICE MAC OS X#

The price of the discontinued single-processor 1.8-GHz model dropped from $2,399 to $2,099.īecause of the underlying architecture of Apple's dual-G5-processor models - each processor has its own front-side bus - Boger said buyers would see a 'substantial increase in performance.' He also noted that the new desktop machines are shipping with Mac OS X 10.3, which offers speed improvements of its own. The price for the new Power Mac, which he said is available now, is $2,499 - up $100 from the price of the model that was discontinued.

Apple mac g5 1.6 released price