Apple Computer appears to have let the cat out of the bag regarding its forthcoming line of desktop Power Macs.

Apple is widely reported to have posted on its online store specifications the for a new line of Power Macs that is powered by a new G5 processor at speeds well above Apple's current lineup, which tops out at 1.42Ghz.

According to screen shots  taken by enthusiast sites including MacMinute  the new Macs range in speed from 1.6GHz to a dual 2GHz, all using a new G5 processor. The machines also were touted as having up to 8GB of memory, a 1GHz processor bus, Serial ATA disk drives, AGP 8x Pro graphics from either ATI or Nvidia and three PCI or PCI-X expansion slots. The machines were also said to come with three USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire 800 port and two FireWire 400 ports as well as optical and analog audio in and out ports.

Apple has been widely expected  to introduce new Power Macs running IBM's faster 970 processor at Monday's Worldwide Developer Conference, however the accuracy of the Apple Store posting could not be independently verified. An Apple representative declined to comment on the posting.

The information was reported to have been briefly posted on the existing Power Mac G4 page of the Apple Store. According to enthusiast site MacNN , the

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