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[Chris Van Cleve]

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The Vid Card is also upgradable. A Mac Genius can help you with that, 
or your local Mac Guru. Gotta love MacWorld UK. They aren't afraid to 
try anything on spec hardware. ;)

Chris VC

On Nov 5, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Bryan Baker wrote:

> No, the iMac itself doesn't retail for that much, the MSRP of the 
> whole package that they're giving away, which includes a Digital 
> Camera, Camcorder, etc. -From the blurb:
>
> "The winner will receive a 17-inch flat-panel iMac G5 with Combo drive 
> (DVD-ROM/CD-RW), an iPod mini, a Canon PowerShot S410 digital camera, 
> a Canon ZR80 digital camcorder, and an Epson Stylus R200 printer."
>
> I think the iMac in question runs ~ $1299 the rest of that "value" is 
> in the MSRP of the other junk. Specs on that machine are probably:
>
>  17-inch widescreen LCD
>  1.6GHz PowerPC G5
>  512K L2 cache
>  533MHz frontside bus
>  256MB DDR400 SDRAM
>  NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
>  64MB DDR video memory
>  80GB Serial ATA hard drive
>  Slot-load Combo Drive
>
> SO, while not TOTL the vid card ain't too shabby at this price point. 
> And getting to the things you can upgrade (RAM, HD) has definitely 
> never been easier in an all-in-one, and is easier than most laptops as 
> well.
>
> On Nov 5, 2004, at 1:51 PM, David Champion wrote:
>> It costs $2350, but is it really worth that much? :p
>>
>> I admit that the new G5 iMac thing is neat looking, but it's 
>> essentially a laptop with external keyboard. I'd rather have the 
>> laptop and plug in a usb keyboard when I need it. If I bought a 
>> desktop PC for that much money, I would expect to be able to update 
>> the video card so it's not obsolete in a year.
>>
> --
> Bryan Baker
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>
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>
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