Dual 2.5GHz PowerMac Shipments
Despite scattered reports of Dual 2.5GHz PowerMac shipments in mid July, Appleinsider claims that mass shipments of the latest PowerMac are due to begin this Friday (July 30th).
The initial shipment, however, is expected to be "quite limited" according to the rumor site... however, on a positive note, Apple is expected to also ship at least a limited number of the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL graphics cards alongside the new machines as well.
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