New products launched at MWNY 2001, new macs, new software... Options

[Francois Déchery]

What's new at New York MacWorld Expo:

HARDWARE:

* 3 New macs G4
- CPU speed  :  733MHz  /  867MHz  /  Dual800MHz  
- RAM        :   128 M  /   128 M  /       256 M
- HD         :    40 G  /    60 G  /        80 G
- CD         :   CD-RW  /Superdrive/  Superdrive
- Video      : GeForce2 / GeForce2 / Dual Display Card!
- price       :   $1699 /    $2499 /       $3499
- available   :     now /      now /      August
- PCI BUS 133 MHz
- 1 AGP 4x slot
- 4 PCI slots...
- Ethernet Gibabit
- new enclosure, 2 Firewire, 2 USB, Modem 56K

* 3 New imacs
- CPU speed  :  500MHz  /  600MHz  /  700MHz  
- RAM        :   128 M  /   256 M  /   256 M
- HD         :    20 G  /    40 G  /    60 G
- CD         :   CD-RW  /   CD-RW  /   CD-RW
- price      :    $999  /    $1299 /    $1499
- available  :     now  /     now  /   August
- ethernet, firewire, USB, modem...


SOFTWARE:

• MAC OS X v10.1: Jobs says Apple focused on faster window resizing, menus, and application launching as well as improving the Aqua interface. New features include: DVD support, Burning support from the finder, AFP over IP server and other network improvements... v10.1 is a free upgrade, available in September (probably at AppleExpo)
• Apple iDVD 2: available in september, this new free upgrade will include features like: motion menus, new themes, soundtrack in slideshows, background encoding, and support for DVDs with up to 90 minutes of video..
• Microsoft Office: Mac OSX version showed.
• Adobe product, Xpress and FileMaker: Mac OSX version showed.
• VirtualPC available on Mac OSX. Demonstration with AutoCad (PC) running in VPC!
• IBM via voice: Mac OSX version demonstrated.
• WorldBook 2002, an encyclopedia for Mac OS X.
• Some Gameswhere showed.
• Alias Wavefront, Maya for OSX where showed.