Apple today announced that it has unveiled its fastest, most affordable iBook G4 ever, featuring built-in AirPort Extreme 54 Mbps 802.11g wireless networking across the line and prices starting at US$999. The iBook line includes PowerPC G4 processors running up to 1.33GHz and an available slot-load SuperDrive for burning DVDs, as well as Apple's iLife '04 suite for managing digital music and photos, making movies and music and creating professional-quality DVDs. The new 12- and 14-inch iBooks offer improved performance with either a 1.2GHz or 1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 processor, six hours of battery life, AirPort Extreme 54 Mbps 802.11g wireless networking and an optional internal Bluetooth module, an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics card with 32MB of dedicated DDR memory and AGP 4X support, VGA video out, and FireWire 400, USB 2.0, a built-in 56K v.92 modem and 10/100BASE-T Ethernet. All models are available now.

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