5 years ago... Apple debuts G4-powered machines

Five years on and the wraps are off the latest model...

By silicon.com, 1 September 2004 09:55

NEWS 01.09.99: Apple has announced a range of hardware based on the G4 PowerPC processor.

The company's interim CEO, Steve Jobs, said the processor range will initially run at speeds of 400, 450 and 500MHz. Apple claims the G4 processor range has outperformed high-end Pentium III chips in Intel-based benchmark tests.

01.09.04: Five years on and it's business as usual - Steve Jobs has dropped that 'interim' tag and the company yesterday took the wraps off its latest sexy desktop - the impossibly compact iMac G5.

According to one Apple exec "everyone is going to be asking 'where did the computer go?'", such is its size.

Click here to read more about the Mac, or visit the Apple website for a look at the machine in all its glory.

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