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Apple today unveiled a new line of iMac G5s with faster G5 processors, built-in Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Gamers will be especially pleased with the addition of faster graphics, , built-in Gigabit Ethernet for faster networking, and 512MB of memory across the line.

The new iMacs now feature an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics processor with 128MB of video ram, up from 64MB. Every new iMac G5 comes with iLife ‘05, Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications.

The new iMac G5, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:

• 17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440-by-900 pixels;
• 1.8 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
• 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
• 24X Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;
• ATI Radeon 9600 graphics processor with 128MB video memory;
• Built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR;
• 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
• 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports; and
• Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.

• 17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440-by-900 pixels;
• 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
• 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
• 8X SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
• ATI Radeon 9600 graphics processor with 128MB video memory;
• Built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR;
• 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
• 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports; and
• Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.

• 20-inch widescreen LCD with 1680-by-1050 pixels;
• 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
• 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
• 8X SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
• ATI Radeon 9600 graphics processor with 128MB video memory;
• Built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR;
• 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
• 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
• Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports; and
• Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.

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