As you probably know Apple announced new PowerMacs on Tuesday. The new configurations weigh in at 1 GHz (single processor) for $1,499, Dual 1.25 GHz for $1,999 and a Dual 1.42 GHz for $2,699.
This has led to huge price drops on the previous versions of the dual processor Towers. You can now get the Dual 867 MHz Tower for $1,494, the old Dual 1GHz Tower for $1,994 and the old Dual 1.25 GHz Tower for $2,494. These prices represent a price drop of $200, $500 and $800 respectively.
This is bad news if you bought your machine a week ago .. But great news if you want to buy now!
Current RAM Prices At Crucial.
512 MB for $130 ........256 MB for $63
We have posted performance benchmarks of the new Power Macs.
You can find links to the results here.
Until next week .... happy shopping
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January 2003 Power Macs
- What's Changed?
Feature
January 2002 Power Macs
August 2002 Power Macs
January 2003 Power Macs
MSRP
$1,599, $2,299 & $2,999
$1,699, $2,499, $3,299
$1,499, $1,999, $2,699
Processor speed
800 MHz, 933 MHz and dual 1GHz
867 MHz, 1.0 GHz, 1.25 GHz - all dual processor
1x 1 GHz, 2x 1.25 GHz, 2x 1.42 GHz
L3 cache size and speed ratio
None - 800 MHz model
2 MB - 933 and 1.0 GHz models
1 MB - 867 and 1.0 GHz models
2 MB - 1.25 GHz model
1 MB - 1 GHz and 1.25 GHz models
2 MB - 1.42 GHz model
System bus speed
133 MHz
133 MHz - 867 MHz model
167 MHz - 1.0 and 1.25 GHz models
133 MHz - 1 GHz model
167 MHz - 1.25 and 1.42 GHz models
Installed RAM
Maximum RAM
256MB PC133 SDRAM - 800 and 933 MHZ models
512MB PC133 SDRAM - 1.0 GHz model
1.5 GB max
256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM - 867 and 1.0 Ghz model
512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM - 1.25 GHz model
2.0 GB max
256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM - 1.0 Ghz model
256MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM - 1.25 GHz model
512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM - 1.42 GHz model
2.0 GB max
Graphics
ATI RADEON 7500 - 800 MHz model
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX - 933 and 1 GHz models
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX - 867 MHz model
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro - 1.0 and 1.25 HHZ models
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 64 MB- 1 GHz model
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 64 MB- 1.25 and 1.42 HHZ models
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