New PowerMacs Released

Apple Store has the new PowerMacs released:

Dual 867/133Mhz bus/256MB PC2100 DDR/60GB/Combo/GeForce4MX - $1699
Dual 1GHz/167Mhz bus/256MB PC2700 DDR/80GB/SuperDrive/ATI Radeon 9000 - $2499
Dual 1.25GHz/167Mhz bus/256MB PC2700 DDR/120GB/SuperDrive/ATI Radeon 9000 - $3299.

Ya'll got what was expected. So...is the 25% speed increase, DDR ram, bigger hard drive, and new Radeon graphics good enough? I'm starting a poll in the Hardware Rumors forum.

Enclosure looks exactly like the spy shots. I love that they went dual processor accross the entire line.

dh

Dear All,

So, it's official, dual processors across the board... I wonder will this satisfy the hunger for speed. The ultimate certainly looks like a beast - 2GB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM. Not only does it have a SuperDrive, but a Combo Drive too.

Best,

Chris

I'll be buying something, but frankly don't like the options. I may just get a refurm D1ghz and sell that in January if any REAL improvements are out there. I'll have to wait and see how the new 166 bus compares vs the old dual 1ghz bus. I won't buy anything until I get Final Cut rendering benchmark results in front of me.

Unreal.

C'mon Apple, how on Earth do you expect to be able to sell ANY of these new machines (except the low end, which seems to be an excellent deal).

they might be faster (significantly so) than the machines they replace, thanks to DDR SDRAM, but the FSB (to my eyes) is still not DDR. They simply dont have the power to justify the $3000 price tag, given the imminent release of Jaguar and it supposed power boosts.

Innovate, Apple! Innovate!

As has been said before, Save Us IBM!

Also the macs on the front page are now running OS 10.2, and the emac got a superdrive

the low end modle looks nice, in terms of power per dollar.

just ordered mine at the apple store

wonder when the www.apple.com/powermac page will be up?

Originally posted by Over Achiever
Ya'll got what was expected. So...is the 25% speed increase, DDR ram, bigger hard drive, and new Radeon graphics good enough? I'm starting a poll in the Hardware Rumors forum.

Arrgh. Can't figure out how to start a poll. Anyone want to start one for me? :)

Originally posted by Over Achiever


Arrgh. Can't figure out how to start a poll. Anyone want to start one for me? :)

polls temporarily disabled.

arn