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G5 in an iMac
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."
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.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
this story has been mentioned several times at rumor sites, such as MacRumors (www.macrumors.com). it's a typo. it was there when G5 was announced for a PowerMac - no way iMac G5 was even a thought back then.
G5 iMac will happen sooner or later, perhaps WWDC next month. but there's nothing here... it's simply a typo.
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.
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
Prof. Farnsworth - "Oh a lesson in not changing history from Mr I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!"
At MacWorld, they're so indoctrinated by Apple, they've made a script that puts an i in front of every word.
The article shows a G3 in a Powermac-style mini case, not a G5 in an iMac. An impressive hardware hack, but not a G5.
The form was a dropdown list, the HTML source for which was:
This doesn't seem to have been a typo.
I'd post the URL, but I can't tell if they have my information encoded in it, so I'd rather not.
As a substitute, I'll leave up a screenshot for a little while. Astute readers will pick up on the fact that the URL is on a buysub.com server -- I have no idea who they are, but that's the URL that Apple's subscription invitation sent me to, and it seems to be legit.
(Now, i'm trying to be generous here, but please don't melt my puny server. If the load gets too bad I'll have to shut it down, so if there's interest in seeing that screenshot, mirrors would be welcome.)
DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
Even if you selected iMac G5, they'd never know it, since it is the same value as Other.