Amazon lists new Power Mac G5 models for pre-order (updated)
Online retail giant Amazon.com appears to have pre-announced Apple's new Power Mac G5 systems on its website, listing three new models with speeds of up to dual 2.7GHz.
Nevertheless, Apple authorized reseller, Amazon.com, appears to have jumped the gun and is already listing three new Power Mac G5 models.
A low-end dual 2GHz model sports 512 MB of DDR SDRAM, a 160 GB hard drive, and a 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive (CD/DVD+RW) for $1,994.99.
The mid-range dual 2.3GHz model is listed as including 512 MB of DDR SDRAM, a 250 GB hard drive, and a 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive (CD/DVD+RW) for $2,494.99.
At the peak of the new product line is a dual 2.7GHz model packing 512 MB of DDR SDRAM, 250 GB hard drive, and a 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive (CD/DVD+RW) for $2,994.99. Sources added that this model also sports a ATI Radeon 9650 graphics card (one dual DVI one single) and a 1.35GHz frontside bus.
All three configurations will ship with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger preloaded. They are currently available for pre-order.
Sources claim that Apple will officially announce the new Power Macs on Wednesday. They will be available for sale at retail stores beginning 6PM on Friday.
73 Comments
1st post! oh yeah oh yeah who's your daddy
New PoweRMAC G5s !!!! YEAHHH 111!!!!
that's so weird with amazon releasing it early.... will screen grab in case it gets pulled.
16x dual layer dvd burner is sweet... there's not even media out that supports 16X dual layer dvd burning... good move apple, you get to make some money on 16x dual layer blank dvds
512mb ram standard, dual layer burners, chunky hard disks, comes with tiger, at least they're trying to get back in the game
please please please tell me GPUs are updated to a decent degree
actually now that i have settled down, this is actually totally not cool and a major major major f8ck up on amazon's part, unless it is part of apple's marketing strategy ??
i thought apple will be 'saving' this announcement for the tiger event on Friday?? hmm
There seems to be a trend of Amazon pre-announcing things before Apple actually release them. Remember when Amazon listed Tiger's release date a few months back?
What is up with them?
I wonder how long it will be until Apple Legal goes
actually now that i have settled down, this is actually totally not cool and a major major major f8ck up on amazon's part, unless it is part of apple's marketing strategy ??
i thought apple will be 'saving' this announcement for the tiger event on Friday?? hmm
I think Steve can be heard shouting from two states away. Amazon's probably to big to retaliate against, but I can almost image Steve changing the specs a bit just to make them wrong.
lets pray they dont get mad at amazon...after all, they are the most reliable rumor confirmation source we have...
oh nvm...i forgot the picture of the "pallete" shrouded in black...hehehe
***CONFIRMED***
and as for ppl who dont like this update, dare i ask what comp ur using... macs are still the best, its not steve's fault ur running Powermac G4s at 450...GOSH!