Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of hardware product marketing, said that AirPort Extreme will become "more common" on Macs, "but not everywhere." He described the reasons as "architectural," adding that "we'll be making the transition over the next year or so."

The eMac, which is designed for the education market, is Apple's last computer built around a cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitor. Apple's other Mac lines use slimmer, flat-panel monitors.

Prices remain unchanged for the two basic eMac models. The $999 eMac comes with an 800MHz PowerPC G4 processor, 128MB of SDRAM, a 60GB hard drive, a CD-rewritable/DVD combo drive, a 32MB ATI Technologies' 7500 graphics accelerator, 56kbps modem, 10/100 networking USB 1.1 and FireWire ports, and Mac OS X 10.2.5. The computer also features Apple's iLife digital media suite, Quicken 2003 and Word Book 2003.

The older $999 model came with a 700MHz PowerPC G4 chip and a 32MB Nvidia GeForce2 MX graphics accelerator.

The $1,299 model offers a 1GHz chip, 256MB of memory, 80GB of storage and a 4X DVD recording drive. The high-end model previously came with an 800MHz chip and the 32MB Nvidia GeForce2 MX graphics accelerator.

Joswiak described the new eMacs as Apple's "most affordable G4 (systems) ever" and an "ideal entry point for today's digital lifestyle."

The $799 eMac comes with an 800MHz PowerPC G4 processor, 128MB of SDRAM, a 40GB hard drive, a CD-ROM drive, a 32MB ATI 7500 graphics accelerator, 56kbps modem, 10/100 networking USB 1.1 and FireWire ports, and Mac OS X 10.2.5.