Following yesterday's premature specifications by Amazon.com, Apple has released upgraded PowerMac G5s in the following configurations:
Single 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 600MHz frontside bus 512K L2 cache 256MB DDR400 SDRAM Expandable to 4GB SDRAM 80GB Serial ATA 8x SuperDrive Three PCI Slots NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR video memory 56K internal modem
Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 1GHz frontside bus/processor 512K L2 cache/processor 512MB DDR400 SDRAM Expandable to 4GB SDRAM 160GB Serial ATA 16x SuperDrive (double-layer) Three PCI Slots ATI Radeon 9600 128MB DDR video memory
Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 1.15GHz frontside bus/processor 512K L2 cache/processor 512MB DDR400 SDRAM Expandable to 8GB SDRAM 250GB Serial ATA 16x SuperDrive (double-layer) Three PCI-X Slots ATI Radeon 9600 128MB DDR video memory
Dual 2.7GHz PowerPC G5 1.35GHz frontside bus/processor 512K L2 cache/processor 512MB DDR400 SDRAM Expandable to 8GB SDRAM 250GB Serial ATA 16x SuperDrive (double-layer) Three PCI-X Slots ATI Radeon 9650 256MB DDR video memory
All models feature 1-2 day shipping times, meaning new product should be available in stores immediately for purchase.
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