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Separating the iMac

Posted by timothy on from the parting-the-twain dept.

Emous Pratt writes: "There is a neat article up on iMacLinux.net which talks you through separating the monitor and computer parts of the iMac. It is very detailed, with lots of cool screenshots including this one of the completed machine, and this one showing the machine is still working. This is useful if you want to run Linux and not run the monitor, or if your monitor is broken." Update: 02/03 19:37 GMT by T : Note for the curious: this is about the old iMac (CRT equipped), not the new lampish G4 variety.

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  1. Grumph... by zulux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wish Apple would have an option to sell the IMac 2 without the 15" LCD monitor - it would be sorta a rounded Mac Cube. You could hook up Apple 22" cinema display (a bargan for a 22" LCD display) and have an almost silent XWindows terminal that looks preyy cool on your desk.

    The 22" Apple display has got to be some sort of loss leader for Apple - most competetors charge about $4000 for the same spec monitor.

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    1. Re:Grumph... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

      Why not just buy the 22" display and use it with a cheap PC. If all you want is a terminal, why go with a Macintosh CPU? Or does the display *only* work with Apple machines?