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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. Didn't void the warranty by halo1982 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't an old iMac. Apple designed this one so that your grandmother could open it and replace its parts. This didn't void the warranty. It has quite an interesting inside. I like how they focused on the inside design as well (i.e. G5 heatsink that no one will ever see but still looks cool) as the outside.

    1. Re:Didn't void the warranty by Tanlis · · Score: 5, Informative

      Actually he did void the warranty. There are brass colored screws for all the pieces that can be taken off by users. Remove any of the others and your warranty is gone.

    2. Re:Didn't void the warranty by jcr · · Score: 5, Informative

      Apple's finally catching up to the NeXTStation with this machine. Disassembling a NeXT slab required removing a total of four screws: one to hold the case closed, one for the disk drive bracket, one for the floppy drive, and one for the power supply.

      -jcr

      --
      The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  2. The Monitor is for the new iMac! by rogerborn · · Score: 5, Informative


    Actually, he didn't void his warrantee by doing this. The new G5 iMac is extremely easy for customer troubleshooting, upgrading and generally messing around inside the thing. This is way better than even the big G5 PowerMacs.

    Regards
    Roger Born
    writing.borngraphics.com
    "These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."

  3. Coral cache link by p0 · · Score: 5, Informative


    Save the guy's website! Use this coral cache link instead

    --
    This is my sig. There are thousands more, but this one is mine.
  4. mirror of images by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    mirror of images here

  5. Re:Coral CDN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Technically, Akamai has more bandwidth than Jesus. I know Apple uses them for their movie trailer site; they probably use them for everything else too.

  6. Re:For those not using Macs... by Phroggy · · Score: 5, Informative

    and for those not using windows and winzip?

    StuffIt Expander is available for Linux/x86, Solaris/Sparc and Solaris/x86.

    --
    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
  7. Re:For those not using Macs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The point of hqx isn't compression.

    hqx does two things. First, it allows the resource fork of a file to be transported along with the data fork (remember that all Mac files can potentially appear as two files to the file system). Second, it then allows for the resulting mess to be sent over systems that can only handle the low 7-bits of a byte.

    Think of it as a way to uuencode two files into one.

    I'm so happy I'm using Linux today.

  8. Photo of the 20 inch version here. by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've seen many photos of the 17" iMac, from Apple's own documentation (the 10MB tiff) to some other disassemblies, but This spymac image is a picture of the insides of the 20" version.

    The fans are laid out differently, the HD and inverter in a slightly different position, and looks like there would be room for a dual CPU if apple were so inclined.