Apple Announced New iMac G5 at Apple Expo Paris

this morning in the keynote address given by Apple Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller. Schiller, who often assists CEO Steve Jobs with demos of Apple equipment at Macworld Expo's, delivered the keynote since Jobs is recuperating from surgery. Apple maintained the iMac as an all in one design built around a flat panel monitor.

The new iMac G5 features the high-performance G5 processor and a stunning new design that integrates the entire computer right into the flat panel display. The iMac G5 packs a complete computer system into a mere two inches of depth—the world’s thinnest desktop computer. The new line offers 17- or 20-inch active matrix widescreen LCDs and G5 processors running up to 1.8 GHz starting at just $1,299 stated the Apple press release.

"Just like the iPod redefined portable digital music players, the new iMac G5 redefines what users expect from a consumer desktop,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With the entire system, including a gorgeous 17- or 20-inch display, just two inches thin, a lot of people will be wondering ‘where did the computer go?"

Here are the details of the various models:

The new iMac G5, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:

17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440-by-900 pixels;
1.6 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
256MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64MB video memory;
Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports;
10/100 BASE-T Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
Internal support for AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth;
80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; and
Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.

The new iMac G5, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:

17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440-by-900 pixels;
1.8 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
256MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) optical drive;
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64MB video memory;
Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports;
10/100 BASE-T Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
Internal support for AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth;
80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; and
Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.

The new iMac G5, for a suggested retail price of $1,899 (US), includes:

20-inch widescreen LCD with 1680-by-1050 pixels;
1.8 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor;
256MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) optical drive;
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64MB video memory;
Two FireWire 400, three USB 2.0, two USB 1.1 ports;
10/100 BASE-T Ethernet networking, 56K V.92 Modem;
Internal support for AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth;
160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; and
Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.