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[David Champion]

The review I saw showed a picture the nVidia chip surface-mounted right 
on the mainboard. How are you gonna upgrade that?

-dc

Chris Van Cleve wrote:

> 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.