Less than three weeks before its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) 
announced that it has bumped up the speed of its line of Power Mac G5 desktops. All three models come with dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors and will retail between US$1,999 and $2,999 for standard models.
"Our professional customers have been impressed with the performance of the dual-processor Power Mac G5," Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing at Apple, said Wednesday. "This new G5 line [will] deliver even higher performance for our pro customers who need it."
All three new Power Macs include 8x SuperDrives that can read and write DVD-Rs DVD-RWs and CD-Rs and CD-RWs, and all three can sustain as much as 8 GB of RAM. The new G5s also include Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 ports, three USB 2.0 ports, optical digital audio input and output, built-in support 
for 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless networking and an optional Bluetooth module. 
See "Apple Rolls Out Faster Dual-Processor G5 Line" for expanded coverage.
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