PRESS RELEASE
04 June 2002
Apple To Offer Popular eMac to Consumers
17-Inch Flat CRT eMac Most Affordable G4 System Ever
CUPERTINO, California - June 4th, 2002
Due to strong consumer demand, Apple today announced the immediate availability of its new eMac to consumers. Originally offered to just education customers, the eMac was announced in April to rave reviews and has since generated tremendous interest from consumers.
Apple will offer UK consumer customers a new CD-RW and modem configuration eMac through all of its retail channels. The eMac features a stunning 17-inch flat CRT and a powerful 700MHz PowerPC G4 processor in a remarkably compact design that is 8 mm less deep than the original 15-inch iMac. Priced for retail at just £949 (inc VAT), the eMac is the most affordable PowerPC G4 system ever.
“Consumers have pounded on the table demanding to buy the eMac, and we agree”, said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. “The eMac’s production ramp is ahead of schedule, so we’ll have enough eMacs this quarter to satisfy both our education and non-education customers”.
All eMacs include Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle software including iPhoto for managing and sharing digital photographs, iMovie 2 for creating digital movies and iTunes 2 for creating a digital music library. With five USB ports and two FireWire ports, eMac provides easy plug-and-play connections to popular peripherals such as digital video camcorders, digital still cameras, printers and scanners.
The eMac for consumers includes:
- 17-inch flat CRT display (16-inch diagonal) with up to 1280-by-960 pixels in 24-bit colour;
- 700MHz PowerPC G4 processor;
- 128MB SDRAM;
- CD-RW optical drive;
- 40GB ATA Hard Drive;
- built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet;
- a 56K V.90 modem;
- support for optional AirPort (IEEE 802.11) wireless networking;
- integrated 16-watt digital amplifier and stereo speakers for great stereo sound;
- an audio-in port, headphone jack and microphone;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX AGP 2X graphics with 32MB of Double Data Rate (DDR)video memory for outstanding 3D performance;
- Apple’s optical Pro mouse and full-size Apple Pro Keyboard;
- Mac OS X version 10.1.4, Mac OS 9.2.2; and
- an incredible software bundle offering AppleWorks, QuickTime, Mac OS X Mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer, WorldBook Mac OS X Edition, Top Calculette and Acrobat Reader;
Pricing & Availability:
eMac will be available in the UK in June. eMac can be ordered now from the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellersat a suggested selling price of £949 (inc VAT).
The previously announced eMac configurations for education customers will be available in the UK in June through the Apple Store for Education and Apple’s education channel.
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