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iMac G5 Porn Roundup

Posted by pudge on from the take-it-all-off dept.

boredMDer writes "Apparently someone who has already recieved their iMac G5 has decided to take it apart. Stupid if only for the fact that he's just voided his warranty." pjcreath writes "Apple has posted official pages listing the components that are 'easy' to install (including the LCD!) and describing how to troubleshoot hardware problems using diagnostic LEDs inside the case. For the very curious, you can download the high-resolution TIFF (10MB) of the iMac's innards from Apple."

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  1. Re:Didn't void the warranty by jargoone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You like how they focused on the inside design? Please. Companies that mass-produce computers usually operate on a razor-thin profit margin. While spending extra money on external design *might* make sense, a special heatsink is just a waste of money, plain and simple. Oh wait, this is Apple, they can do no wrong, and people are happy to pay for it. So much for the razor-thin margin.

    Just what I need, another line for a Mac zealot: "Does YOUR Pee Cee have a neat little logo on the heat sink?"

    You haters can fuck off: I can buy 4 well-equipped Dells for what you pay for your machine with a cute heat sink.

  2. Re:Actually... by delus10n0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Clearly you're not qualified to own or operate that piece of hardware (the dual Xeon workstation.) Please package it up immediately and ship it to my address.

    Thanks.

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  3. Re:Didn't void the warranty by delus10n0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hate to break it to you, but Compaq makes some of the crappiest notebooks in the world. I've seen laptops that were only a year old start to have their cases seperate, screws randomly fall out, screens fail, and hard drives overheat. What gloriously designed machines.

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  4. Re:Didn't void the warranty by delus10n0 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How is this post helpful? Well gee, you don't have the problem. Big deal. The thing is other people _are_ having problems. One of my photography friends has had to replace the motherboard in his Powerbook twice already-- and there's no explanation on what keeps causing the problems. Apple just keeps sucking it up and offering a replacement motherboard (meanwhile, he's out of a laptop for weeks and weeks, which is important to his photography business.)

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