[Cialug] Apple Store

[Chris Van Cleve]

--Apple-Mail-1--1001855581
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

Ok, I had to go back and re-read the article to see. They replaced the 
nVidia chip with a different nVidia chip and they are explicit in the 
ones that are compatible. That's what i get for skimming articles I'm 
not particularly interested in. I stand corrected.

Chris VC

On Nov 5, 2004, at 5:20 PM, David Champion wrote:

> Here's the pics...
>
> http://mactree.sannet.ne.jp/~kodawarisan/imacg5/imacg501.html
>
> -dc
>
> David Champion wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Cialug mailing list
>> Cialug@cialug.org
>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug@cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>
>

--Apple-Mail-1--1001855581
content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453;
	name=PGP.sig
content-description: This is a digitally signed message part
content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig
content-transfer-encoding: 7bit

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Darwin)

iD8DBQFBjEWolmG7cO3MV74RAoYkAJ9QMY6k9K3ZZICBTFZdGV8orUHHowCfRBDu
ovRwLHifHaBN8TSIfH9Kv4g=
=q3Ej
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Apple-Mail-1--1001855581--