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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. Or maybe.... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Or maybe it was a typo. Someone so used to typing iMac, that when it came time to type just "Mac" in this document, they put an "i" there by mistake.

    This being said, are there any technical reasons a G5 could not be stuffed into an iMac console?

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    1. Re:Or maybe.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Current G5s run pretty hot.

      While they do run warm (and certainly warmer than the G4s used in iMacs, eMacs and PowerBooks), they are still run cooler than most x86 chips, such as the Athlon XP and Pentium 4. The large heatsinks and elaborate cooling system in the PowerMac G5 are more to do with keeping the system cool quietly rather than trying to deal with some non-existent nuclear furnace CPU trapped inside the aluminium case. Remember, any kid with a screwdriver and $30 can keep a raging 3.6GHz Pentium 4 throwing out 100W of heat cool enough to run stably. However, it sounds like a cyclone.


      The challenge with the G5 was not keeping it cool...that's easy. It was keeping it cool and quiet. That is the origin of the G5's elaborate cooling system. Don't misattribute it.

  2. It's not that there is a G5 iMac now... by Fortunato_NC · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not that there is a G5 iMac now, they just don't want to have to update their survey when one comes out (hopefully) sometime around WWDC in June.

    WWDC should be interesting, since the G5 boxes are overdue for a speedbump, and the iLamp, er, iMac LCD, is also overdue for a refresh. However, since the current iMac's motherboard is based on the powerbook's, I'm not 100% positive that there will be a G5 iMac announced in San Francisco.

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  3. Re:Popularity of miniATX is validation for the Cub by huchida · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The Cubes failed because they were too expensive-- they weren't a "headless iMac", they were a luxury item that cost more than the stock G4 while delivering fewer features. It wasn't a bare-bones Mac box, it was a costly conversation piece,

    Plus, they had a few well-publicized flaws that made them unappealing... A hair-trigger on/off switch and a lucite case prone to cracks.

    Apple could do well to make a low-end "cube", a cheap and portable desktop without the screen. Include iLife and a Superdrive and it could be sold as a multi-purpose media box, a component of the home entertainment system.