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Apple releases new... everything
iindigo:
Well actually, the iMac was extremely cleanly laid out inside and was a snap for any normal person to work on during the first and second PowerPC G5 revisions. My 20" iMac G5 was one of the second generation, and to change the HD, you just loosened three captive screws, took the back off, and changed the HD. Same went for RAM. The only thing that would have been a huge problem was changing the LCD.
Unfortunately, from the third revision of the PPC G5 models to the current ones, they favored super-thin form factor over user serviceability and thus their internal designs became horribly complicated and now are much, much more difficult to work on for an average user.
As for a mid-range model, that seemed to disappear as soon as Apple transitioned away from PowerPC chips - before, you could grab a low-end PowerMac G5 tower for around $1799.
Nethfel:
--- Quote from: iindigo on March 04, 2009, 03:48:39 PM ---Well actually, the iMac was extremely cleanly laid out inside and was a snap for any normal person to work on during the first and second PowerPC G5 revisions. My 20" iMac G5 was one of the second generation, and to change the HD, you just loosened three captive screws, took the back off, and changed the HD. Same went for RAM. The only thing that would have been a huge problem was changing the LCD.
Unfortunately, from the third revision of the PPC G5 models to the current ones, they favored super-thin form factor over user serviceability and thus their internal designs became horribly complicated and now are much, much more difficult to work on for an average user.
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That's agood point, as I didn't look at the older models of the imac, I was only referencing what I found on the current version. It sounds like they probably should have kept the old case design. Or perhaps at least have easy access doors similar to a laptop to be able to swap out some stuff (ie: ram, HD, wifi, bluetooth). It would make the imac much more upgradeable in terms of keepability as new things come out.
--- Quote ---As for a mid-range model, that seemed to disappear as soon as Apple transitioned away from PowerPC chips - before, you could grab a low-end PowerMac G5 tower for around $1799.
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I wonder if they'll add it back in as they become more comfortable with, and have developed more drivers for different intel configurations...?
iindigo:
No idea. It could be that they're afraid of their towers being grouped in with the likes of cheap Dell and HP towers (which they only want the mini compared to) while they want to keep a high-end, professional image for the Mac Pro. This didn't use to be a problem when PPCs were still in use, since everybody else used x86 procs, which were difficult to accurately compare to PowerPC machines due to architectural differences.
geoffreak:
Apple will not release a mid-range tower. This has been discussed to death everywhere for years. Apple feels that the iMac is fine for the market as most people that are willing to spend that range of money on a computer would rather just have an all-in-one solution. People who get a mid-range tower never end up upgrading it like they think they will or end up realizing that they should have gone for the full power from the start.
Apple will release an official mac tablet before they make a mid-range tower.
fohfoh:
1066 MHz? It's so hard to find. you'll find 1333 and higher easily though....
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