Apple Receives Orders for More than 150,000 New iMacs in First Three Weeks

Apple today announced that it has received a record-breaking 150,000 pre-orders for the new iMac since its introduction three weeks ago today, and that it has begun shipping the first of the three new iMac models in the US. The new iMac features a stunning 15-inch LCD flat screen that floats in mid-air, allowing users to effortlessly adjust its height or angle with just a touch. The first shipping model includes an 800MHz PowerPC G4 processor and Apple’s revolutionary SuperDrive for playing and burning CDs and DVDs.

“We have taken over 150,000 pre-orders for the new iMac in the first threeweeks — which is more than all of the pre-orders we received for theoriginal iMac in 1998”, said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “It’s sure looking like the new iMac is going to be a huge hit with both Mac users and PC switchers”.

The new iMacs are designed to be the centre of the emerging digitallifestyle and run Apple’s award-winning suite of software for digitalphotography, music and video. All new iMac models include iMovie 2*, theworld’s easiest-to-use video editing software; and iTunes 2*, the amazingdigital music software that lets users put their entire music collection ontheir Mac, burn custom CDs and seamlessly sync to Apple’s iPod portabledigital music player. All new iMac models equipped with a SuperDrive alsoinclude iDVD 2*, enabling users to easily create and burn custom DVDs thatplay in regular DVD players.

Every new iMac is also designed to run Apple’s new iPhoto software - themissing link in digital photography (free download at102.p.syniva.es/ie/iphoto/download/). With iPhoto, users can easily import images directly from digital cameras, organise and manage a photo collection containing thousands of photos, view cross-dissolved slide shows of their photos on iMac’s stunning flat screen, or automatically create a professional-looking Web page of their photos.

* iTunes, iMovie and iDVD software may be used to reproduce materials. Itis licensed to users only for reproduction of non-copyrighted materials,materials in which you own the copyright, or materials you are authorised orlegally permitted to reproduce. Don’t steal content.

 

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