Apple Unveils Dual-Processor Power Macs Starting at $1,699
Fast Xserve Architecture, DDR Memory & Pre-loaded Mac OS X v10.2 “Jaguar”

CUPERTINO, California-August 13, 2002-Apple=AE today unveiled an all new
Power Mac G4 line featuring dual PowerPC G4 processors in every model,
starting at just $1,699 (US). With dual 1.25 GHz, dual 1 GHz and dual 867
MHz PowerPC G4 processors, the new Xserve=81 high-performance architecture
with support for up to 2GB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory at up to 333
MHz, the industry’s first ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card and an enhanced
enclosure with increased storage up to nearly half a terabyte, the new
Power Macs are the fastest desktop workstations for creative professionals.

The new all dual processor Power Mac=AE G4 line also ships with Apple’s new
Mac=AE OS X version 10.2 “Jaguar” pre-installed, offering more than 150
amazing new features and applications. Taking advantage of “Jaguar’s”
advanced UNIX-based architecture and symmetric multiprocessing
capabilities, the Power Mac G4 line delivers over 18 gigaflops (18 billion
floating point operations per second), and runs professional applications
like Adobe Photoshop up to 90 percent faster than a 2.53 GHz Pentium
4-based PC.*

“You can now get a dual-processor G4 system with Xserve architecture and
DDR memory, pre-loaded with ‘Jaguar’ for just $1,699,” said Steve Jobs,
Apple’s CEO. “These are the fastest Macs ever, and ‘Jaguar’ really makes
the dual processors sing.”

Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe, added, “These new Power Macs run
Adobe Photoshop faster than any PC we’ve seen.”

In addition to the super fast dual 1.25 GHz model, the new line also
includes models with dual 1 GHz and dual 867 MHz processors; all with
Velocity Engine and up to 2MB of advanced DDR backside level 3 cache per
processor to further boost performance. All models also include next
generation graphics technologies from NVIDIA and ATI, including the new ATI
Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB of DDR SDRAM, with a quad-pipe 3D engine and
Smartshader technology for cinematic effects and realism. The combination
of powerful graphic cards and “Jaguar’s” groundbreaking Quartz=81 Extreme
compositor, provides customers with advanced workstation graphics
capabilities that are light years ahead of any other platform. In addition,
all Power Mac G4 models now include one ADC and one DVI port allowing users
to drive two Apple flat-panel displays simultaneously.

The new Power Mac G4 line offers enhancements to its award-winning
easy-access enclosure including four internal drive bays, each capable of
hosting up to a 120GB ATA/100 drive, for a total of nearly a half a
terabyte of internal storage; and two optical drive bays which can each
hold a CD-RW, Combo or SuperDrive=81 for burning DVDs and CDs.

“Jaguar” offers Power Mac G4 customers amazing new features and
applications including a new Mail application designed to eliminate junk
mail, iChat AIM-compatible instant messenger, a system-wide Address Book,
Inkwell handwriting recognition, QuickTime=AE 6 with MPEG-4, improved
Universal Access, an enhanced Finder=81, Sherlock=AE 3 with Internet Service=
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and Rendezvous=81, Apple’s revolutionary home networking technology.

The three-model Power Mac G4 line features:

* a dual 867 MHz or a dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine=
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and 1MB backside L3 cache, and dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with
Velocity Engine and 2MB of backside L3 cache;
* ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB DDR SDRAM or NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB
DDR SDRAM graphics and dual display support in all models;
* support for 256 or 512MB of 266 MHz or 333 MHz DDR SDRAM, with support
for up to 2GB;
* four 3.5-inch hard disk drive expansion bays with either a 60GB, 80GB or
120GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
* two external expansion drive bays, including support for a SuperDrive
DVD-R/CD-RW and/or Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive;
* five slots, including four open high-performance 64 bit 33 MHz PCI slots
and an 4x AGP slot for graphics;
* two 400-Mbps FireWire ports and four 12-Mbps USB ports;
* 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet built-in on the motherboard and AirPort=AE
802.11 wireless network ready;
* a collection of productivity and professional software titles including
Lemke Software Graphic Converter, Omni Group’s OmniGraffle and
OmniOutliner, Caffeine Software PixelNhance, and Ambrosia Software Snapz
Pro X; in addition to Apple’s suite of Digital Lifestyle applications
including iMovie=81, iPhoto=81, iTunes=81 and iDVD (requires SuperDrive); an=
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* Mac OS X version 10.2 “Jaguar,” Apple’s next-generation operating system
as the startup operating system, as well as Mac OS 9.2.2.

Pricing & Availability
The Power Mac dual 867 MHz and dual 1 GHz processor models are available
this week through the online Apple Store=AE (www.apple.com), at Apple Retail
Stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers. The dual 1.25 GHz processor
Power Mac G4 is expected to be available in the second half of September.

The dual 867 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US),
includes:

* 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per
processor;
* 256MB of DDR SDRAM;
* NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot;
* 60GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and
* Combo DVD-ROM/CR-RW optical drive.

The dual 1 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US),
includes:

* 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 1MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per
processor;
* 256MB of DDR DRAM memory;
* ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot;
* 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and
* SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.

The dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $3,299
(US), includes:

* 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 2MB of DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per
processor;
* 512MB of DDR SDRAM memory;
* ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card with 64MB DDR SDRAM in 4x AGP slot;
* 120GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm hard disk drive; and
* SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive.

The Power Mac G4 is available in build-to-order configurations through The
Apple Store (www.apple.com). Options include a second DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo
drive, up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM, up to .48 terabytes of ATA storage, up to
288GB Ultra160 SCSI storage, AirPort Base Station and AirPort Card, Harman
Kardon iSub and SoundSticks, and Apple Pro Speakers. Standard 4.7GB DVD-R
blank discs are available from The Apple Store (www. apple.com) in
five-packs for a suggested retail price of $24.95 (US). For a list of
compatible DVD players, visit www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility.

Mac OS X v10.2 “Jaguar” will be publicly available August 24 for a
suggested retail price of $129 (US).

* Based on commonly used operations in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.

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