Apple Harvests World's Fastest PC
G5 Series Features 64-Bit Processing
POSTED: 5:26 p.m. EDT June 23, 2003
Apple unveiled Monday what it calls the world's fastest personal computer.
There will be three configurations of the 64-bit PowerMac G5 series computer, with the least expensive selling for a suggested price of $1,999, and a high-end model going for $2,999.
The computers are the first personal computers to have 64-bit processers, rather than the standard 32-bit, according to Apple.
"The 64-bit revolution has begun and the personal computer will never be the same again," Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said.
The company also introduced the first non-beta version of its new Web browser, Safari, which will now be the default program on new Macs.
The company says Safari is faster than any other browser for Macs, and some Apple-centric sites have reported that more than 40 percent of their visitors are now using the program. It is available as a free download.
Apple also released iChat AV, a program designed to make video and audio conferencing easier, as well as iSight a FireWire camera smaller than most cell phones. iChat AV will work with any FireWire digital camera.
The announcements were made at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Copyright 2003 by clickorlando.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Police arrest a man accused of climbing up a ladder and onto the balcony of a woman's second floor motel room and trying to rape her.
The infant of a Central Florida teen mom who fled from authorities has been found safe with a family member, according to authorities.
All eyes are on Hurricane Earl, but Tropical Storm Gaston looms in the Atlantic.
A woman and her 2-year-old son have died after a tractor-trailer crushed their pickup in Central Florida.
University of Central Florida police close their controversial case against a Philosophy professor pulled over for a broken tail light.
A University of Iowa football player is hit while driving his motorcycle, and it's caught on a squad car's dash cam.
A woman who claims she was stabbed by "40-Year-Old Virgin" actor Shelley Malil describes the incident in court.
Local 6 Presents 'After The News'
September 2, 2010
Have you ever nodded off at work? In case you get caught by the boss, here are some sure-fire excuses that could get you off the hook.
As we attempt to recover from a crazy summer, September offers up some of the strangest holidays you'll find on the entire calendar.
There's more to Canada than hockey, as these actors and actresses remind us of all our neighbors to the north have to offer.
Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean on Monday as a still-growing Category 3 storm, tearing roofs off buildings and cutting power to islanders on a course that could threaten the eastern United States this week.
The 1970s were known for a lot of things, but will we ever live down some of the amazingly bad clothes of the era? Not if these long-forgotten ads have anything to do with it.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
