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Inside Mac - May 31st 2003

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Jai Chulani - eMac Product Manager - Apple Computer

Apple Unveils New eMac Family

Complete Digital Lifestyle System Now Starts at Just $799

Boosting performance while lowering the price of its popular desktop for home and school, Apple announced an entirely new eMac line offering up to a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor, a faster 4x SuperDrive, high performance ATI Radeon 7500 graphics, up to 80GB hard drives and internal support for AirPort Extreme wireless networking. Featuring a stunning 17-inch flat CRT and a remarkably compact all-in-one design that is even less deep than the original iMac, the most affordable PowerPC G4 system now starts at just $799

"The eMac has been a hit with both education customers and consumers, and we've made it more powerful and affordable than ever," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Hardware Product Marketing. "The eMac offers customers a complete system that is the ideal entry point for today's digital lifestyle."

eMac, with a 17-inch flat CRT display, supports screen resolutions of up to 1280-by-960 pixels in 24-bit color and offers 40 percent more viewing area than a typical 15-inch CRT display. Available in three standard configurations, eMac comes with either a CD-ROM drive; a Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive for watching DVD movies and burning CDs that can record CD-R discs twice as fast as with previous models; or Apple's revolutionary SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW), which records DVD, CD-R and CD-RW discs twice as fast as previous models.

Offering the latest in wireless communications, eMac includes a built-in antenna and card slot to support AirPort Extreme 802.11g wireless networking. AirPort Extreme can transmit data at up to 54 Mbps, almost five times the data rate of previous wireless technologies, yet is fully compatible with the millions of 802.11b Wi-Fi devices currently used around the world*. eMac also includes built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem allowing customers to stay connected any way they like.

Perfect for today's digital lifestyle, every eMac comes standard with Apple's iLife integrated suite of award-winning software including iTunes for managing digital music, iPhoto for organizing and sharing digital photos, iMovie for digital movie-making and iDVD on SuperDrive-equipped systems for creating and burning Hollywood-style DVD movies. With five USB ports and two FireWire ports conveniently located on the side of the system, eMac desktops offer easy plug-and-play connections to popular peripherals such as digital video camcorders, digital still cameras, printers and scanners. In addition to Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar," each eMac also includes AppleWorks, Internet Explorer, Quicken 2003 Deluxe and WorldBook Encyclopedia 2003 Edition.

Pricing & Availability The new eMac line is available immediately through the Apple Store (http://www.apple.com), at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $799 (US) includes:

• 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor
• CD-ROM optical drive
• ATI Radeon 7500 with 32MB video memory
• 128MB of system memory
• 40GB ATA hard drive

The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $999 (US) includes:

• 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor
• 32x Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive
• ATI Radeon 7500 with 32MB video memory
• 128MB of system memory
• 60GB ATA hard drive

The 17-inch flat CRT eMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US) includes:

• 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor
• 4x SuperDrive DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive
• ATI Radeon 7500 with 32MB video memory
• 256MB of system memory
• 80GB ATA hard drive

Build-to-order options and accessories include additional memory, AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Extreme Card, and the AppleCare Protection Plan.

eMac computers are also available to education customers in the US and Canada through the Apple Store for Education at http://www.apple.com/education/store or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL.

* Based on IEEE 802.11g draft specification. Data rates greater than 11 Mbps require an AirPort Extreme Base Station, an AirPort Extreme Card, and an AirPort Extreme-ready computer. Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station, environmental conditions and other factors.

Lorene Romero - Apple User Group Advisory Board

http://www.apple.com/usergroups/

Lorene is Past President of NCMUG. She began her association with NCMUG as a new member who volunteered to help with a fundraising event which lead to her election as President, a capacity in which she served for four years. She is currently NCMUG's Vendor Relations contact person. Lorene also serves on the Apple User Group Advisory Board as "Vendor Queen" and works closely with vendors to improve relationships between the user group community and vendors and to negotiate discounts for members of user groups in the US and abroad. In spite of an educational background in Clinical Psychology and twelve years in the Mental Health field, Lorene decided to switch over to working in the software industry and has that been a wild ride for the past 5 years.

Jiiva¹s SuperScrubber

Meilenstein's Televio

Waterfield Designs (PowerBook and iPod cases)

ackNOWLEDGE¹s iSkin (protection for your iPod..in style)

Y-E Data's Hexa Media Drive, 2X Floppy and white USB floppy

Everything iPod¹s TransPod, array of iPod accessories

Scott Sheppard - Executive Producer / Host

Scott Sheppard is the founder and editor of the popular Macintosh Web Site, http://www.OSXFAQ.com He is also a monthly Contributing Editor to Macworld UK magazine and produces a daily audio broadcast of Mac news and information Inside Mac Radio.

Scott Sheppard previously hosted the Inside Mac Show broadcast by CNET radio.

Scott has been using Apple computers for more than 25 years, as well as spending many years as a Wintel user, giving him the unique perspective of having spent a lot of time on both sides of the computer fence.

Sam Levin - Co Host & Senior Mac Technologist

Sam Co-Founded the Stanford Mac Users' Group in 1985, and has worked with leading Macintosh developers on business development, licensing, and strategic market development. Sam Directed licensing initiatives for leading entertainment companies such as Virgin Interactive, Broderbund, and Mattel.

Sam has worked with numerous Mac companies such as: Aladdin, Apple, Broderbund, Connectix, IBM Multimedia, IXLA, Jiiva, Keyspan, Microsoft, MYOB, Meilenstein, Fathom Pictures, LandWare, Mattel, Nova Development, Totally Hip Software, Y-E Data and more.

Jeff Baudin - Co Host & CEO Micromat, Inc.

http://www.micromat.com/

Christian Pickman - Producer

Christian Pickman is the producer of Inside Mac and he brings 5 years of radio experience to the show. He is the guy you talk to when you call in, so be nice to him !!!!

Greg Douglas - Director of Network Operations

Gregory Douglas has fifteen years of experience in the radio, television and computer- related areas. He was the Director of Network Operations for Personal Achievement Radio, which included responsibilities for the production, operation and distribution of the "PAR" format. As the primary individual in charge of the on-air sound for "PAR", Mr. Douglas interacted with the motivational authors, Nightingale-Conant, ABC Radio Networks, PAR O & O's and affiliates and the broadcast talent. He pioneered the transition to digital for the flagship PAR studios. In addition, Mr. Douglas was M.I.S. Manager for Douglas Broadcasting Inc. where he was responsible for the traffic and business computer functions as well as the computer networking of DBI/PAR radio outlets.

Previously, he was the General Manager of DBI's Seattle operation and Station Manager at WBPS-AM in Boston. Also, Mr. Douglas has been involved in almost all areas of broadcasting, including traffic, business, engineering, production and sales.