Apple eNews: February 7, 2002

You might think that offering not just one, but two 1-GHz PowerPC G4 processors in our newly announced top-of-the-line Power Mac G4 computer would be enough of a performance improvement. But no.

We wanted to make certain that graphics professionals would find our new model to be the fastest personal computer ever, so we included 2MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) L3 cache per processor (that’s 4MB overall) to make it even more of a performance champion. And we include 512MB of memory (expandable to 1.5GB), double the amount that came with the system it replaces.

The result? The new dual 1-GHz Power Mac G4 runs professional applications like Adobe Photoshop up to 72 percent faster and encodes DVD video over 4 times faster than a 2-GHz Pentium 4-based PC.¹

But we wanted to offer you still greater performance, so we included the very latest graphics processor from NVIDIA—the never before seen NVIDIA GeForce4 MX. With its 64MB of on-chip DDR memory, the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX delivers well over 1 billion textured pixels per second—performance pioneered on high-end scientific and engineering workstations. We’re talking amazing 3D performance, here.

What’s more, you can enjoy that stunning video on two displays at once.² One card. One slot. Two displays.

It also comes with the SuperDrive, so you can burn CDs and DVDs right from the desktop. And you’ll find both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 preinstalled, with Mac OS X—and its support for symmetric multiprocessing—set as the default operating system.

Finally, to make our new powerhouse truly irresistible, we lowered the price of our trailblazing supercomputer to just $2999 (US)—$500 less than the model it replaces.

¹ Based on commonly used operations in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
² One AGP display and one VGA.

If you like the absolutely best game performance, the most outstanding 3D graphics performance, and the greatest flexibility for connecting a second display to your Power Mac G4 computer, you may have an NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium card in your future.

Scheduled to ship next month, the newly announced NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium offers impressive performance standards, clearly outperforming other graphics cards while processing:

	87 million triangles per second
	4.9 billion textured pixels per second
	over 1.23 trillion operations per second

The perfect match to the fastest personal computer, the NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium comes with 128MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM, providing incredibly lifelike content and special effects such as real-time character animation and amazing surface details.

And with one Apple Display Connector (ADC) and one Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connector, it makes it easy to attach two Apple flat-panel displays to your Power Mac G4 computer (with an optional DVI to ADC adapter) or a second VGA display (using the included DVI to VGA adapter).

NAMM attendees seeking inspiration at the music industry’s popular bi-annual convention came away singing the praises of Mac OS X.

Apogee, Edirol, Emagic, MIDIMAN, MOTU, and Roland—all major audio hardware manufacturers—announced Mac OS X support for such audio and MIDI hardware devices as A-to-D converters, keyboards, and digital mixers.

And the software. IK Multimedia showed off a series of products, including T-Racks, an analog-modeled mastering tool, Amplitude, and SampleTank. Ableton announced Live. Arboretum unveiled Montage, which is designed for Mac OS X and takes full advantage of the Velocity Engine on all PowerPC G4-equipped computers. BIAS delivered the eagerly awaited Peak. BitHeadz announced Unity Session. Celemony showed off Melodyne. And Propellerhead announced that its software products—including Reason, Rebirth, and Recycle—were all Mac OS X bound.

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You saw it yesterday, but where is that email with the details on the Finkelstein project?

If you’ve ever found yourself looking for an email you vitally need, know you still have, but can’t seem to locate, you’ll appreciate the peace of mind a strong search engine affords.

Like the one built into Mac OS X Mail. A smart application, Mail lets you search your email messages by Subject, Sender (From), Sendee (To), or the text in the message itself.

Like some tips on efficient Mail searching? With Mail open, choose Mail Help from the Help menu; then type “Tips for searching email,” and click Ask.

Ever have to find the serial number of your computer?

On a new iMac, it’s really simple. Just open the optical drive (SuperDrive, Combo drive or CD-RW), and you’ll find the serial number on the inside of the access door.

If you’re using Mac OS X v10.1, it’s simple no matter which Mac you have. Just take a look at this article from our Knowledge Base and find out what you can find under the Apple menu.

Got an Expo or Conference pass to Seybold NY? Then plan on attending a series of free, in-depth Apple sessions on Mac OS X, the ColorSync workflow, AppleScript, and more.

At this year’s GRAMMY award ceremonies, Apple will receive a Technical GRAMMY Award for being the “leading architect in bringing computer technology into the studio and revolutionizing the way music is written, produced, mixed, recorded and creatively imagined.

You may think you know iTunes inside and out, but you’ll probably find yourself saying “I didn’t know that” after “Exploring iTunes” at MacHome.com.

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