PRESS RELEASE October 12, 2005

Features Built-in iSight Video Camera & Breakthrough “Front Row” Media Experience

SAN JOSE, California—October 12, 2005—Apple® today unveiled the new iMac® G5 which features a built-in iSight™ video camera for out-of-the-box video conferencing and the debut of Apple’s breakthrough Front Row media experience. Front Row gives users a simple, intuitive and powerful way to play their music, enjoy their photo slideshows, and watch their DVDs and iMovies, as well as popular movie trailers from apple.com and music videos and television shows purchased from the iTunes® Music Store, on their iMac from up to 30 feet away using the new bundled Apple Remote. The new iMac G5 comes in a sleek, new design that is even thinner than its predecessor, and starts at just $1,299.
  • 17-inch widescreen LCD display;
  • 1.9 GHz PowerPC G5 processor;
  • 512MB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2.5GB;
  • 8x SuperDrive™ with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
  • ATI Radeon X600 Pro with 128MB DDR memory;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  • built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
  • ships with infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.

  • 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
  • 2.1 GHz PowerPC G5 processor;
  • 512MB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2.5GB;
  • 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
  • ATI Radeon X600 XT with 128MB DDR memory;
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  • built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
  • ships with infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.

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