There are a few case designs on Macs that are real bagbiters. The 8500 for example requires that you remove the CPU daughtercard, all PCI cards AND the motherboard (and all internal cables to the motherboard) to get at the RAM DIMMs. It's actually much easier to change the CPU on this machine than the RAM configuration because the CPU daughtercard is in a slot right next to the PCI card slots.
Very bad design. Fortunately Apple responded to the problem by coming out with much improved designs in subsequent machines. The new blue G3 case is a design that I have wished for for 15 years. A side panel swings down with the motherboard on it - 2 minutes to make any internal changes.
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There are a few case designs on Macs that are real bagbiters. The 8500 for example requires that you remove the CPU daughtercard, all PCI cards AND the motherboard (and all internal cables to the motherboard) to get at the RAM DIMMs. It's actually much easier to change the CPU on this machine than the RAM configuration because the CPU daughtercard is in a slot right next to the PCI card slots.
Very bad design. Fortunately Apple responded to the problem by coming out with much improved designs in subsequent machines. The new blue G3 case is a design that I have wished for for 15 years. A side panel swings down with the motherboard on it - 2 minutes to make any internal changes.