Apple kills the 17-inch iMac G5
Apple kills the 17-inch iMac G5
Apple Computer this week official shifted its PowerPC-based 17-inch iMac G5 offering to “End-Of-Life” status, tipsters tell AppleInsider. Just days after slashing the price of the 20-inch G5 iMac by $200, Apple has apparently killed off the 17-inch version of the computer. The 17-inch G5 no longer appears in any of Apple’s online stores, though it is still available from some resellers, which have begun slashing prices to clear inventory.
It has only been a couple of months since Apple refined its iMac G5’s with the built-in iSight and Front Row. But now they have put it to death! A few days earlier Apple cut down the prices of the 17″ iMac by almost £150 and now they have completely stopped selling it at all online Apple stores.
It seems to me like they are discontinuing it, and replacing it with the Intel iMac. The price was lowered to sell of what stock they have, and now the only place to get it if you still want one is a 3rd party reseller. So the 17″ iMac is the first Mac which is Intel only (not counting the MacBook Pro of which there never was a PPC version).
At last check, MacMall was offering the 17-inch G5 for as little as $1,194 after a rebate, or about $100 less than the Intel-based version. We have to give Apple some credit here; they apparently managed to sell off all of their stock of 17-inch G5s without having to cut prices — though it looks like resellers won’t be quite as lucky.
The QuickerTek 27dBm Transceiver was announced today with the ability to deliver up to a mile of wireless range for the 17-inch iMac G5. “The QuickerTek 17-inch iMac G5 Transceiver delivers a full 500 milliwatts of RF power. By comparison, iMacs tend to average little more than 30 milliwatts. The internal shielding that keeps the other parts inside your iMac from interfering with each other, also limits the effectiveness of the built-in AirPort wireless.” The QuickerTek 27dBm Transceiver is available now for US$200.
The remote control would allow the users to view video content, listen to music, and view videos without needing to be right in front of the computer. While, Apple’s iSight, a video webcam is being offered as an add-on peripheral to enable video conferencing. Apple has also managed to take off some fat from the current generation iMac by making it 1/2 inch thinner and 15 percent lighter.
Like the current version, the new iMacs are available in 17-inch and 20-inch widescreen configurations.