October 19, 2005

More Apple New Products - Dual Core G5s, Powerbooks, and Aperture

Apple keeps on coming out with new products galore. On what may be the final PowerPC product cycle, Apple launched new versions of the Power Mac G5 desktops and Powerbook laptops.

The new Power Macs will have dual-core PowerPC 970 processors from 2.0-2.5 ghz. The hardware includes upgrades to DDR2 RAM, SATA storage, and PCI Express 16x. The Powerbooks now support higher resolution displays, better battery life, and DVD Superdrives. The main problem is the laptops still use slower old-generation G4 processors as the G5s run to hot for portable machines. This will be fixed next year when Apple moves to Intel processors.

Last but certainly not least, Apple came out with a $500 image management and manipulation program called Aperture, which will certainly raise an eyebrow from partner Adobe. Apertutre lets photographers have an end-to-end RAW image workflow, which means better images for all of us.