APPLE DELIVERS RADEON CARD FOR POWER MAC G4 AND CUBE.Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ) has announced it is offering the Radeon graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. card as a build-to-order option on The Apple Store (www.apple.com) for all Power Mac G4 and Power Mac G4 Cube Power Mac G4 Cube was a quiet, fanless, compact Macintosh personal computer from Apple Inc. It was sold from 2000 to 2001. Features This diminutive 8" x 8" x 8" cube suspended in a 10" tall Lucite enclosure, housed a PowerPC G4 processor running at 450 or 500 megahertz, systems. Priced at an additional $100, the Radeon graphics card provides the most advanced 3D graphics processing See graphics pipeline and DeBabelizer. available for the Macintosh. "Apple's new line of dual-processor Power Mac G4s and the all-new Power Mac G4 Cube provide creative professionals supercomputing performance and stunning design on the desktop," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "The combination of the PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine and the Radeon graphics card make both the G4 and G4 Cube incredible solutions for graphics applications and 3D games." Apple in July introduced the new dual-processor Power Mac G4 and all-new Power Mac G4 Cube, both of which feature the PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine, delivering supercomputing performance on the desktop. The new G4 is the first mainstream personal computer to come standard with dual processors. The Power Mac G4 Cube is an entirely new class of computer that delivers the performance of a Power Mac G4 in an eight-inch cube suspended in a stunning crystal-clear enclosure. To complement the new G4 and G4 Cube, Apple also unveiled a completely new family of displays. The new displays include: the 17-inch (16-inch viewable) Apple Studio Display CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. ; the 15-inch Apple Studio Display flat panel and the 22-inch Apple Cinema Display The Apple Cinema Display is a product line of widescreen flat panel monitors made by Apple Inc.. Apple initially introduced the 22" Apple Cinema Display in September 1999 alongside the Power Mac G4. , the largest all-digital flat panel ever brought to market. The Radeon graphics card is available immediately for order through The Apple Store (www.apple.com) for all Power Mac G4 and Power Mac G4 Cube models for an additional $100. The addition of the Radeon graphics card means the G4 is available in more than 90,000 build-to-order configurations and the G4 Cube is available in over 2,000 configurations through The Apple Store. Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. |
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