Today Apple announced that it has received 150,000 pre-orders for the new iMac since its introduction three weeks ago, and that it has begun shipping the first of three iMac models. The new iMac features a 15-inch LCD flat screen that floats in mid-air, allowing users to easily adjust its height or angle. The first shipping model includes an 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor and a SuperDrive for playing and burning CDs and DVDs, and is priced at US$1,799.
“We have taken over 150,000 pre-orders for the new iMac in the first three weeks—which is more than all of the pre-orders we received for the original iMac in 1998,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice-president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
The second model, with a 700 MHz G4 processor and a Combo drive, will be available in late February for a suggested retail price of US$1,499, and the third model, with a 700 MHz G4 processor and a CD-RW drive, will be available in late March for a suggested retail price of US$1,299.
News source: Apple.com
View: iMac Homepage
“We have taken over 150,000 pre-orders for the new iMac in the first three weeks—which is more than all of the pre-orders we received for the original iMac in 1998,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice-president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
The second model, with a 700 MHz G4 processor and a Combo drive, will be available in late February for a suggested retail price of US$1,499, and the third model, with a 700 MHz G4 processor and a CD-RW drive, will be available in late March for a suggested retail price of US$1,299.
News source: Apple.com View: iMac Homepage
Still, Intel's far smaller rival did well against Intel in 2001. AMD gained 3.5 points of the market for microprocessors last year against Intel, according to figures released this week by Mercury Research.
AMD increased its share of the microprocessor market to 20.2 percent in 2001 from 16.7 percent in 2000, while Intel closed out 2001 with 78.7 percent of the market, down from 82.2 percent during 2000.
The Athlon 4 processor 1500+ is the first mobile chip from AMD that uses a model name rather than its clock speed to distinguish it.
AMD claims that the performance of a microprocessor is determined by more than just its clock speed and should include how many transactions per minute the chip can perform, among other measures.
The company first moved to the model name branding strategy with its Athlon desktop PC processor late last year, and it introduced the Athlon 4 mobile processor in May 2001.
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