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`Apple Powers Up Titanium PowerBook G4 with New G4
` Processors
`New PowerBook Line Includes High Speed Graphics & Larger Hard Drives
` CUPERTINO, California—October 16, 2001—Apple® today introduced its new line of Titanium PowerBook® G4 notebooks with
` faster processors, high speed graphics and larger hard drives. The new PowerBook G4 line offers a significant performance
` boost with new PowerPC G4 processors up to 667 MHz, a new system bus running up to 133 MHz, speedy new ATI Mobility
` Radeon AGP 4X graphics and built-in Gigabit Ethernet networking-the first time ever in a portable.
`
` Creative professionals will benefit from the new larger hard drives up to 48GB and the new optional CD-RW slot-loading
` optical drives. The new PowerBook G4s now include both the new Mac® OS X version 10.1 and Mac OS 9.2.1 pre-installed.
`
` “The new Titanium PowerBook G4 is the world’s thinnest and lightest professional notebook and offers stunning
` improvements in both video and processor performance,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior director of Hardware Product
` Marketing. “We’ve made the fastest portable in the world even faster.”
`
` The super-light, yet incredibly powerful new Titanium PowerBook G4 features:
`
`1-inch thick Titanium metal body weighing just 5.3 pounds*;
`a stunning 15.2 inch (diagonal) TFT wide-screen active-matrix display;
`new 550 MHz or 667 MHz PowerPC G4 processors with Velocity Engine™ and 256K of on-chip level 2 cache, running at
` full processor speed;
`new 133 MHz system bus in 667 MHz model and 100 MHz system bus in 550 MHz model;
`128MB or 256MB SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;
`slot-loading DVD-ROM drive or new slot-loading CD-RW drive option;
`new ATI Mobility Radeon graphics with AGP 4X and 16MB DDR video memory;
`new built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet;
`new 20GB or 30GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drives standard, with drives up to 48GB optional;
`up to 5 hours of battery life on one Lithium-ion battery;
`AirPort® card now pre-installed on 667 MHz model, with antennas and slot for wireless networking on all models;
`USB, FireWire®, VGA and S-video output;
`new Mac OS X version 10.1, Apple’s next-generation operating system installed, as well as Classic Mac OS 9.2.1; and
`a new small, lightweight power adapter.
`
` Offering blazing performance, the new 550 MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 offers a 100 MHz system bus, while the 667 MHz
` model features a 133 MHz system bus. Tapping into that power, the new Titanium PowerBook G4 outperforms Pentium III-
`based 1.13GHz notebook systems on average by 48 percent*. Both models provide advanced graphics and fast 3D rendering
` with the ATI Mobility Radeon graphics processor with AGP 4X support and 16MB of fast DDR video memory.
`
` The new Titanium PowerBook G4 continues to set the standard for mobile communications with both built-in Gigabit Ethernet
` (10/100/1000BASE-T) and 802.11-based AirPort technology for 11 megabit per second wireless communications. The new
` 667 MHz PowerBook G4 comes standard with both Gigabit Ethernet and AirPort wireless networking pre-installed. The new
` 550 MHz PowerBook G4 also includes Gigabit Ethernet and the ability to add AirPort wireless networking as an option.
`
` PowerBook G4 customers can now choose to configure their system with a CD-RW drive to manage their digital music
` collection on the go using Apple’s pre-installed iTunes™ software, the world’s best and easiest-to-use “jukebox” software,
` and also burn customized music CDs or create data CDs for file sharing and backup with Apple’s Disc Burner software. With
` Apple’s iMovie™ 2, the world’s most popular, easy-to-use consumer digital video editing software which comes pre-installed,
` or Apple’s award-winning Final Cut Pro® professional video editing, effects and compositing software, the PowerBook G4 is
` the ultimate system for portable video editing.
`
`Pricing & Availability
` The new PowerBook G4 line is available immediately through The Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple’s retail stores and
` Apple Authorized Resellers in two standard configurations.
`
` The 550 MHz PowerBook G4, for a suggested retail price of $2,199 (US), includes:
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`128MB SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;
`a 20GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive; and
`AirPort ready with integrated antennas and card slot.
`
` The 667 MHz PowerBook G4, for a suggested retail price of $2,999 (US), includes:
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`256MB SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;
`a 30GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive; and
`AirPort enabled with integrated antennas and pre-installed AirPort Card.
`
` For a limited time, the two new standard Titanium PowerBook G4 configurations will ship with double the amount of RAM at
` no additional cost to the customer. For more information on Apple’s Double for Nothing RAM promotion, please go to
` www.apple.com/promo/.
`
` Additional build-to-order options for the new PowerBook G4 include: a CD-RW optical drive, 48GB hard drive; up to 1GB of
` SDRAM; the AirPort Base Station and AirPort Card; and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
`
` * Weight includes battery and DVD drive, and varies by configuration and manufacturing process.
` ** Based on 9 commonly used actions in Adobe Photoshop 6.0.
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