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G5 in an iMac

Posted by pudge on from the ok-not-really-but-still dept.

babbage writes "I recently bought a Power Mac G5, and when I registered it with Apple, I was offered a free subscription to MacWorld. When signing up for the subscription, one of the questions you're asked is which Apple product you purchased most recently, and one of the items on the list was 'iMac G5.' Does the MacWorld marketing department know something that the rest of us don't?" Maybe they had seen the page that incognito writes about: "Over at AppleFritter, there's an awesome mod that changes an ordinary iMac into a mini version of the aluminum G5 tower. There were lots of details in the creator's work that leads to a very polished final product."

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  1. Re:Or maybe.... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Current G5s run pretty hot"

    So, what you are saying is that you can cram G5 hardware into an iMac case. However, you should put metal trays below it to catch the rivulets of melting plastic so they don't damage the finish on your desk.

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  2. well we know... by rlthomps-1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... that they don't know where the '4' key is

  3. Doing a mod by SengirV · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I know why I have no aptitude to do any kind of case mods -

    I used 2mm and 1mm thick Polystyrene plastic sheets. I got them in sizes of 2x1 metres from a local reseller and I use it to build accessories for my model planes and dioramas

    I'm not geeky enough ;)

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  4. Certainly a typo by nbohemen · · Score: 5, Funny

    At MacWorld, they're so indoctrinated by Apple, they've made a script that puts an i in front of every word.

    1. Re:Certainly a typo by stiller · · Score: 2, Funny

      Newly announced line at MacWorld:
      - iSee Express, 'Blind even got blinder.'
      - iSee Pro, 'I see dead people'
      - i, i, i, And a bottle of iRum.
      - iFuckedup (Microsoft simulator)
      - iSpy (voluntary spyware for the Mac)
      - iGuess (If you really must run Microsoft Office)
      - iWon't (i386)
      - iCan (because I...)
      - iCowboyNeal

  5. Re:Or maybe.... by pudge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because they are marketers. You don't ask why, you just laugh and go back to doing something interesting. :-)

  6. Reminds of a Dave Barry column... by dpbsmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...in which he's speculating about how the Schick razor company came up with the idea of the Quattro razor with four blades. He imagines some marketing executive reading about Gillette's introduction of the Mach 3 3-blad razor and saying "Quick! Set up a focus group to find out what number comes after 3!"

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  7. Re:Or maybe.... by piecewise · · Score: 2, Funny

    It astounds me you were too lazy to google "water cool G5" - but felt at ease signing into Slashdot, navigating to the Apple section, clicking through to this thread, read some comments, posted your own, selected the options for that post, and hit Submit.

    You ought to be smacked!

    And yes.. watercooling is inherantly quieter - but requires annoying and expensive pH tests and monthly chlorine flushes.

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  8. Doesn't everyone have an iMac G5? by Gorbag · · Score: 1, Funny

    I got mine um, last week, yes, that's the ticket, last week. From my um, er, uncle. Yes, my uncle. I thought everyone had them by now! It's wonderful.

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  9. Re:Or maybe.... by crackshoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or it means you booted it into target mode. When i did that the first time, i thought the damn thing was going to either take off or explode.

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