BANGALORE: Apple Computer International Pvt. Ltd. has introduced the Power
Mac G4, its desktop computers designed for professional and
"pro-sumer" customers in Bangalore.
The Power Mac G4 is powered by the new PowerPC G4 chip architected by Apple,
Motorola and IBM and Apple says that it is the first PC to deliver
super-computer level performance of over one billion floating-point operations
per second. The company also claims that the Power Mac G4s run applications like
Adobe's Photoshop over 50 per cent faster than 800 MHz Pentium III-based PCs.
The G4 chip incorporates an execution unit named the Velocity engine.
The Power Mac G4 supports Apple's AirPort wireless networking solution which
provides Internet access at a speed up to 11 megabits per second. The AirPort
solution includes the Airport Card, that fits inside the Power Mac G4 and the
AirPort Base station, which contains a 56K modem and a 10BASE - T Ethernet port
for connecting to a phone line, cable modem, DSL modem or local area network.
"The Power Mac G4 is not only the fastest Mac ever, it's also the
fastest desktop computer ever," said Apple Computer International Pvt. Ltd.
managing director Naren Ayyar. "The G4 processor with its Velocity engine
is the first 'supercomputer on a chip,' delivering over one gigaflop of
sustained performance and apart from the traditional DP&P market, the new
Power Mac G4 will be a great product for the education customers," he
added. Apple India also announced that, with the arrival of Power Mac G4, it has
opened-up newer markets as it is designed to address the needs of the creative
community for design, print and publishing, artists, film, video, animation,
edutainment, education customers, Internet, printing and prepress.
The Power Mac G4 comes in a translucent clear, silver and graphite minitower
that has a side door that swings to provide the industry's easiest access to
internal components. The Power Mac G4 line is offered in three standard models,
based on 400 MHz, 450 MHz and 500 MHz processors. The Power Mac G4 400MHz is
priced at Rs 110670, the 450MHz at Rs 172900 and the 500Mhz at Rs 242330.