iMac G5 Porn Roundup 530
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."
Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Interesting)
Now keeping this in mind i have seen many a screwless case come and go from both dell and gateway, and i would have preferred that they had screws as the mechanisms they used were so crappy it would have been easier to repair.
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Informative)
From working in an Apple authorized service center, it didn't matter if a machine with Applecare or Apple's 1 year warranty came in with modifications as long as those changes didn't cause other components to fail. IE: A CPU upgrade fried the motherboard or a HD replacement broke a component off the logic board. Disassembling your Power or iBook would be a huge mistake due to the sheer number of different screws but a careful end user could disassemble his book and put it back together without causing anyone to become suspicious.
If he disassembled the hard drive to take pictuers, then he would have broken a seal that would have voided his warranty. As it is, I'm sure his warranty is intact.
I don't know if the Magnusson-Moss warranty act is directly applicable but I don't see why it wouldn't be.
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:4, Insightful)
Umm, this is a logical contradiction. If you can't determine some of the people have opened their computers, it's impossible to say what percent you caught doing it.
PS - Weather is whether or not it's raining.
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Interesting)
To be honest, we didn't really care much. If it was obvious that someone who didn't know
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Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Interesting)
The "warranty void if removed" stickers on consumer electronics, including computers, have been tried in court and held to be legal. SEMA's position has also been tried in court over aftermarket modifications on cars and in every case its been found SEMA's position is wrong.
95% of people who argue the Magnusson-Moss relavence online seem to do so out of informat
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Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Funny)
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~brandsbe/iPot.jpg
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Funny)
I don't need any fingers, I have an adorable computer which I have named "bubbles!"
Comment removed (Score:5, Informative)
NeXTstation still beats them all (Score:4, Interesting)
Still, my favorite part of the NeXTstation was the airflow design. Air was pulled in through a row of holes across the top of the rear of the case, flowed past the CPU heatsink, pushed out via a downward-facing fan near the front of the case, then back under the case past the power supply heatsink, and finally out the lower left rear of the case.
The NeXT keys and mouse were awesome too -- control key where it belongs, no traditional "caps lock" key. Full size power, brightness, and audio keys above the arrow keys. And the best part? The keyboard and mouse were surrounded by a thin rubber bumper to muffle any plastic "clump" sound that would otherwise be made if the mouse were to bump into the keyboard.
Oh, and the price matched the engineering!
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:4, Informative)
Why yes, all the time. Easy as pie. Two latches (basically two big buttons buttons to push up) on the front panel, then you pull the cover towards you. The rest unfolds easily giving you easy access to the PCI slots, RAM, and videocard. I little work to remove or add HDDs or CD-ROMs, but nothing worse than your average PC case.
I think you may have it confused with another Apple system...
Photo of the 20 inch version here. (Score:5, Informative)
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.
Flamebait my ass (Score:3, Interesting)
That's a valid point.
If money is no object and you're willing to pay extra for something that you might never see like a heatsink as a casual computer consumer, then you are purchasing a luxury item.
Please! His points were accurate. If you are HP or Gateway or Dell, then that statement is wholely true. The differences are trivial and end-cost is a hugely important factor. This is not flamebait, merely a statement of w
Re:Flamebait my ass (Score:4, Insightful)
Personally I think you're talking out of your arse.
Sure some iMacs are probably bought to pretty up a reception area. But most are bought by people who want: A Unix-like with a usable GUI, a computer that just works, a computer that does take hours of frustrating effort just to plug in a standard peripheral, etc etc etc.
If you don't want to pay for an Apple, fine stick with your Dell. I decided not to have a Porsche Boxster as my company car (yes, I really had that option) I decided to have extra cash and a Ford Focus. But you don't hear me bitching about how a Boxster is overpriced because it has a pretty engine (it has).
Re:Flamebait my ass (Score:5, Insightful)
As someone who spends a most of his time supporting Macs (College thats all-Mac for faculty and staff) I have to disagree. The majority of Macs are bought by people who have always bought Macs and aren't going to buy anything else, damnit. That said, I'd say that their _new_ market growth is about half techies who like OS X and about half artistically oriented types who like the new look. (Based totally on my personal experience)
Re:Flamebait my ass (Score:5, Funny)
One with a functioning penis and a full head of hair?
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Insightful)
You mean like chipping paint on Titanium Powerbooks, "Windtunnel" PowerMac G4's, logic-board failures on iBooks, failing lid-latches on Powerbooks, cracks on the Cube, overheating 12" PowerBooks etc. etc. etc.
Apple makes very nice machines, but they are not the Holy Grail of quality.
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Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Insightful)
Sure you can. Well, I build my own machines and they last for a long time. And I have seen name-brand machines that are old, and still keep on working.
It just seems to me that people remember the Macs that last for a long time, but forget the ones that fail sooner. And when it comes to x86, they remember the ones that failed soon, and forget the ones that keep on working after years and years of use.
I guess it's because of the perception of the two: Macs are the expensive hi-end machines, whereas x86 is the cheap and crappy computer.
Actually... (Score:4, Interesting)
For example, I've had this PowerBook for two years, and I've had to reinstall the Mac OS once and that's only because I wanted to start fresh... there was nothing wrong with it.
However, the reference-platform dual Xeon workstation that I have in my home office has had four reinstalls of Windows 2000 and XP during the same time period, due to irrecoverable failures of the OS.
With that track record, I would say that my Mac lasts for a long time, where the x86 box fails sooner.
However, if I mix in Linux on that x86 box, we're in a whole new ballpark...
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Interesting)
As means of comparison, in Sept 2000 I got a Compaq laptop at work. The POS only lasted two years before pieces of plastic started breaking off. When I turned it in March 2003 I told my boss it was unusable because it was falling apart.
At the same time, my wife bought a tangerine clamshell iBook. She's still got it, it still runs and, except for the tangerine leaf in the lid of the case all the pieces are there and the computer still runs.
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Insightful)
Maybe not, but it's been a long time since you could buy an x86 machine that lasted as long.
When I read this, the little false logic detectors I have installed behind my left inner ear duct went off...
How do you know how long today's x86 machines will last? And how do you define this, anyway? The period of time before one single component fails? Or the period of time before the system becomes completely unusable?
How do you me
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Informative)
Never happened to mine. It's been dropped a few times and stepped on once or twice and it's bashed and bent and held together with duct tape, but it still works just fine.
""Windtunnel" PowerMac G4's"
I never understood the problem with these. The one I have is loud but it's no worse than your typical Dell PC.
"logic-board failures on iBooks"
Don't know about this one -- I never owned a iBook.
"failing lid-latches on Powerbooks"
Never had this problem on the 5 Powerbooks I have.
"cracks on the Cube"
Had two of these, one had small cosmetic cracks, the other didn't. Not a problem for me, but I can see how some folks would. Nice design, though; wish I still had 'em and didn't give 'em away.
"overheating 12" PowerBooks"
My wife has one of these -- she uses it all the time and hasn't had a problem with overheating. I don't think it gets any hotter than the 15" Powerbook I use everyday as my primary machine.
Now, I'm not saying these problems don't exist. But I personally own a lot of Macs (about 10 in current use around the house right now) of nearly every model and I've had very few of the problems folks complain about. YMMV.
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Insightful)
Then it occurred to me that the Dells and Gateways are so anonymous and forgetable that people really don't seem to remember the problems.
The Apple laptops tend to be memorable and more interesting. So I wonder if it is jut that people remember their problems more readily than they do when they have similar sorts of problems with more generic computers?
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:5, Funny)
Amen to that, brother -- Apple is indeed the best at making Apple computers.
Re:Didn't void the warranty (Score:3, Funny)
You have a piece of shit Mac just for fun, and 3 PCs that probably do the real work.
3 PCs to play games, you mean. Real work.
Hosed already (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hosed already (Score:2)
Re:Coral CDN (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Coral CDN (Score:5, Informative)
Re: Coral CDN (Score:4, Funny)
Really? What does Jesus have?
Re: Coral CDN (Score:3, Funny)
Messianic Connectivity (Score:5, Funny)
Unlike Xerox, GE, IBM, Ford Motors, Halliburton (what the fuck?) and, yes, Apple, Jesus doesn't have a Class A NetBlock [iana.org]. Plus, alongside seemingly half of the Fortune 500 [akamai.com], Apple has it's backend provided by Akamai [akamai.com], and frankly, that sort of setup wouldn't ever need resurrection, because it'd never go down.
However, Jesus does have the edge in RFC 2629: Delivery of Packets via Archangel and Shepherd.
For those not using Macs... (Score:3)
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:2)
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:5, Informative)
StuffIt Expander [stuffit.com] is available for Linux/x86 [allume.com], Solaris/Sparc [allume.com] and Solaris/x86 [allume.com].
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:5, Funny)
funny thing is that the compressed
as the new G5 suggests, those apple folks are sure good at packing a lot of hardware into a tight space. but looks like they still need some help packing the software...
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:5, Informative)
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.
A theory as to why it's BinHex-ed.... (Score:5, Interesting)
The file was probably made available as a
Dragging and dropping as well as right- or control-clicking are, sadly, not techniques used extensively by many people. Of course a designer is dragging and dropping all the time in e.g. Illustrator or Photoshop, but the idea that you can drag a picture from a browser window to your desktop or to a folder can be mind blowing.
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:For those not using Macs... (Score:3, Interesting)
AAAaaAAArgh... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:AAAaaAAArgh... (Score:5, Funny)
Cruel? (Score:5, Interesting)
This is not only cruel but also quite dangerous as it has just caused Slashdot to be firewalled here in my lab. Not that it would be a bad idea productivity-wise... Maybe whitelisting it wasn't so good idea after all.
Great news for Bearded Terminal Hackers (Score:2, Interesting)
The Monitor is for the new iMac! (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.
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Re:The Monitor is for the new iMac! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Monitor is for the new iMac! (Score:5, Informative)
Actually at least -some- PC manufacturers definitely void the warranty based on opening the case. Anything from those funky self-destructing stickers to case intrusion switches can detect this, and they make way too much use of them.
I'm looking at this computer here at work. Not sure what brand it is, as that information has all been removed *Grr*. Might be an off brand. But it has a big sticker on the back of it that reads: "WARNING: All guarentees and warranties are void if case is opened or main BIOS settings are modified in any way. This system contains modification-detection technology. NO USER SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE. Please contact your dealer for service." This sticker has not one, but THREE little holographic self-detsructing fingers sealing the main siade of the case up, and there are two on the backside side of the case, and two on each side of the case between the front cover and the sides.
Admittedly, this is a system bought by the US Federal Government, but still. I've done work on computers in private homes that had the same deal. It's scary to think about.
At the same time, it makes sense. Most PC Owners honestly wouldn't know a DIMM from a CF card, let alone how to safely change even a PCI card. The vast majority of them are more likely to break something in trying. They just want a computer that works for what they want it to do, and not have to worry. Plus, if the manufacturer can convince people that they -must- return it to their service shops for service, then they can make a killing on labor.
Honestly, it's VERY nice to see a computer of any type that ENCOURAGES ease of opening and meddling even for the people who are not completely tech savvy.
Re:The Monitor is for the new iMac! (Score:5, Informative)
If you have a warranty contract that states that intrusion into the system voids the warranty, then what is the situation then? Where precisely is it REQUIRED for them to warrant their equipment? It's not here. If they said "you are buying this 'As Is'", then there would be no warranty anyway, with the exceptions of implied warrantee (Such as in product specifications, claims, etc.) Because a lot of places do not legally require warranties. (These are usually noted in the Warranty text as "Warranty void if ... except in or other places where prohibited by law.")
It seems that you also come from AU, or are possibly thinking of that country, which likely has differnet laws in effect than other places. In the US, they can and do legally say "We will warrant this as long as you don't open it." So overall, it has a huge dependancy on where you buy it.
It's right up there with the popular belief that stores have the right to search your bags just by sticking up a sign "a condition of entry is that we can search your bags". Nope. They still can't search your bags. They can't negate your right to privacy with a sign.
Again, you seem to have forgotten difference in laws. It depends on whether 'search of personal property' requires implicit or explicit permission. In many places, it requires only implicit permission. As such, by entering a store with a PROMINENTLY placed sign stating "By entering this property, you give us the right to search your bags" or anything of the sort, then you have effectively given them permission to search your bags.
In all cases, the permission issue is the key. If asked for permission to search your bags, and you give this permission, then you have just given up the right to privacy within your bags. You cannot then watch them search it, and say "How dare you search my bags!?" and sue them, since you directly gave permission. heck, this is even apparent with police officers, who, without due cause, cannot search your person. That is why they ask "Do you mind if I pat you down?" or somesuch, with the understanding that MOST people will just agree, which then means you have relinquished your right to privacy in that specific case. You -DO- technically have the right to say "I do not want you to search me." (Though of course this will make them suspicious of you, and could make matters worse in the future.)
The other consideration is that if they require you to allow a bag search upon ENTRY, then they have another thing to go by. You cannot just walk in, refuse a bag search, and then expect to still be allowed in the store. They are private property, and they have the right to require you to waive any waivable rights (Right to privacy is a waivable right) you have in order to gain access to their private property. Failure to comply can and WILL result in denial of access to the property. And if you insist, then the owner or any agent thereof can have you arrested for trespass.
I used to work at Fry's Electronics in California. Believe me, we were seen as the Gustapo just because we had signs like you mention, and because we looked through all outgoing bags. Now the funny thing is that the PRIMARY meaning of "By entering this premises, you agree that we have the right to search all bags" was for the shopping bags that were leaving the store. But we occasionally had to search backpacks too. When somebody objected (99% of the time they had stolen something if they did), we would simply place them under citizen's arrest and call the police. By entering the store, and staying in it with no intent to actually allow search after giving implicit permission advised by the prominent sign, they were trespassing. With the police present, they were given a choice. May we search your bags, or do you want to go to jail on charges of trespassing? The 1% that ddid not steal anything would generally allow a bag search at that point and be released, albeit g
Re:The Monitor is for the new iMac! (Score:3, Informative)
I never sh
Linkey to the blog (Score:5, Informative)
This is one server that really won't survive a slashdotting too well, so better use the CDN!
Coral cache link (Score:5, Informative)
Save the guy's website! Use this coral cache link [nyud.net] instead
mirror of images (Score:5, Informative)
Since the server is already busy... (Score:2, Informative)
iMac Pr0n and loss of cooling of sweaty feet. (Score:2, Interesting)
Why were you surprised at the porn heading? (Score:4, Funny)
pr0n? (Score:4, Funny)
Title (Score:2, Funny)
Arrgh! (Score:3, Funny)
Very nice (Score:4, Interesting)
Just in case it gets slashdotted, here is the text (Score:3, Funny)
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, you may use the Image solely in whole for editorial use by press and/or industry analysts. This right to use is personal to you and is not transferable by you to another party. The Image cannot be used to promote or sell any product or technology (such as on advertising, brochures, book-covers, stock photos, t-shirts, or other promotional merchandise). You may not alter, or modify the Image, in whole or in part, for any reason.
As between you and Apple, Apple is and shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of the Image. You will not delete, alter, or obfuscate any proprietary legends relating to the Image, and each use will be accompanied by the applicable proprietary attribution shown next to the Image.
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I have read and understand, and agree to, the Image Usage Agreement.
(Image will immediately begin download)
I disagree and would like to return to the Apple PR site.
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G5 is aliiiive (Score:3, Funny)
Taking apart (Score:5, Interesting)
Easy as pie, as long as you don't strip the screws like an idiot.
Plus, the midplane isn't very heavy or awkward at all, I'm not a burly geek girl, and I could handle it all by me onesy.
iMac G5 Diagnostics (Score:4, Informative)
If you follow the instructions exactly as specified, nobody is going to be able to diagnose their iMac.
It says in step one to turn off the machine and remove all cables. Then in step seven it describes how to read the status LED's. The problem is the instructions never tell you to plug the computer back in and turn it on while it is open, so none of the LED's are going to function.
Re:iMac G5 Diagnostics (Score:5, Funny)
Why can't we mod posts stupid?
Lucky for you we can't.
Haiku Porn (Score:5, Funny)
"They say porn!", I shout.
Only circuit boards I see.
But wait, slot loading?
Forget diagnostics...Apple to the Rescue! (Score:5, Funny)
I think THIS Apple tech note is much more helpful [apple.com].
Thanks for the tip!
When will we... (Score:5, Interesting)
Important Part of Aesthetics (Score:3, Interesting)
To me, a pretty computer ceases to be pretty when it sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
Re:Important Part of Aesthetics (Score:5, Informative)
It's literally quieter than a whisper. All those fans are there so that the Mac can turn on only the ones it needs for the bits that need cooling at that moment. The PowerMacs have something similar (although on mine it's spoilt by the crappy, loud fan on the 9800pro video card.)
Parts left over? (Score:3, Funny)
You always end up with a few spare widgets, I think they put them in just to confuse you.
Rackmount this (Score:3, Interesting)
If anyone at Marathon [marathoncomputer.com] is listening, I'd buy a rack kit in 2 seconds. Include a power supply to install in the iMac case and power the LCD, plus add a DVI port, and you end up with a great rackmounted Mac and a nice display to use on some other Mac.
I wonder if I can order all the parts except the case and LCD, and get the computer cheaper that way. Probably not.
So tiny, what is there to see ? (Score:3, Interesting)
Thanks! Now my wife's iMac is safe ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Now when ours arrives tomorrow I'll be able to resist the urge to open it up and see what's inside.
Well, hopefully.
Damn slashdot effect... (Score:3, Funny)
Porn. Porn?! (Score:3, Insightful)
Main Entry: pornography
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek pornographos, adjective, writing about prostitutes, from pornE prostitute + graphein to write; akin to Greek pernanai to sell, poros journey -- more at FARE, CARVE
1 : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement
2 : material (as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement
3 : the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction
- pornographic
- pornographically
Can anyone tell if the processor is removable? (Score:3, Interesting)
If so, I wonder how long it will be before PowerLogix or Sonnet can come out with a faster CPU.
I've also wondered about the GPU (Graphics card) since the educational units have such a different graphics card - I wondered if they were making motherboards specifically for education for the new iMacs or whether the GPU was simply on a card that easy to replace.
warranty, schmarranty... (Score:3, Insightful)
culturally, the japanese have a fetish for "brand new" things (a.k.a. atarashii), so breaking the "seal" on a new product, even if it voids the warranty, is not a threat. the worry is to be embarrassed by having old things, almost counter to american ideology that old/vintage is cool... to the japanese old/vintage is shameful and embarrassing, not to be flaunted at all.
kodawarisan will probably get new imac in the next 12 months.
Nifty (Score:3, Interesting)
Some laptops (like Dell Inspirons since it Inspiron 8000) have the video card on a seperate (but proprietary) daughter card. While it's not officially supported by Dell, you can purchase a newer / faster video card for them.
Too bad there isn't a "standard" mini-agp, or mini-pci-x video card for laptops and all-in-one units like the G5 iMac.
Re:Nifty (Score:3, Interesting)
Stupid? (Score:4, Insightful)
What kind of attitude is that for Slashdot?! The first thing *any* true geek does with a new piece of electronics like that, regardless of warranty or expense, is take the thing apart and take a look around!
Tsch, kids nowadays. Don't even know they're born!
Come to think of it (Score:3, Informative)
Natrually, you would expect their bandwidth to have at least some relation to this fact.
Re:That is fucking cool (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes, that's a 'no'. I want a G5 laptop too, but turning an iMac into one is far from a good idea.
Re:That is fucking cool (Score:3, Interesting)
"good" and "dell" in the same sentence? What are you smoking?
I'm typing this on my work Dell Latitude (yes they put a gun to my head:( ) and let's see:
Re:Geforce FX 5200 Ultra? (Score:5, Interesting)
The Geforce FX 5200 processors, while supporting the latest features, are slower than the previous generation Geforce Ti4200. Lots of people in the PC world were suckered into buying a 5200 based card in the recent doom upgrade craze, only to find out that they are amazingly slow.
I guess any comment that points out a shortcoming must automatically be a troll.....
Re:Another limitation (Score:3, Interesting)
I do, however agree with you on the GPU. If it were upgradeable, it woul
Re:Another limitation (Score:5, Informative)
1 connect a USB or FireWire drive.
2 Go out on a limb and *replace* it.
Seems like in some ways, Apple clearly favours form over function.
In some maybe, but not all. Form _is_ function in other ways. The iMac is quite and requires a small amount of space. That is being functional without intrusive.
My current, beige-box PC has 4 hard drives... if I run out of space, I just slap in a new one for $50-$200 depending on what size I need and how rich I am. As far as I can see, if you run out of space on the G5 iMac, you have to buy a new iMac or at least replace your hard disk with a new one.
1 Your beige box is noisier, takes up a lot more space and probably has a rats-next of wires coming out the back.
2 4 Hard drives ?! That must be noisy as sin. I used to have 3 and that was bad enough.
3 Well, you can just slap in a new one too, as long as you "slap out" the old one first. So, your point is...?
But the 5200 is not exactly a sizzling card. Meybe that's why they chose it -- for thermal reasons.
Re:Pomp and circumstance... (Score:5, Interesting)
Por ejemplo, these all-in-ones have been around for a few years. They have also universally sucked. We got a chance to demo two models (one from Omnitech now MPC and another from Gateway) back in June. Each one was nearly 40 pounds. They were *beasts*. Each was constructed mainly of plastic and felt very flimsey - the gateway model had a few little plastic panels that fell off while we were demoing it (yeah, we're gonna buy this for University students to use...). In addition, each one had a - basically - notebook cdrom drive with a tray. Ever try putting a cd in a tray that's sideways? It sucks. Apple realized this and came out with the nice slot loading concept. There were also a lot of little things wrong with them (buttons placed on the front that weren't very easy to read at a distance, ports on 3 sides left, right, front, etc).
Basically every single thing wrong with the all-in-ones we demo'd apple fixed. *Directly because of this* for the first time in forever we are going to add apple's to our public rotation of computers. Good job apple!
Re:Pomp and circumstance... (Score:4, Informative)
For everyone to compare here are pics of an iMac G5 and a Sony Vaio all-in-one:
http://www.macbase.de/Xchange/vaio_vs_imacg5.jpg
From a site called Sonystyle:
http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/e n/imagesProducts/MoreImages/PCVV100G_4.jpg
And a sideway tray-loading CD-ROM:
http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/e n/imagesProducts/MoreImages/PCVV100G_7.jpg
Re:New Mac User Replacable Parts? (Score:3, Informative)
It's an interesting story, but I just have to question the veracity of it. As far as I can recall, Apple hasn't made their own external floppy drives since they made them for the Apple II and early Ma [demon.co.uk]
Re:porn roundup (Score:3, Informative)
Re:porn roundup (Score:4, Interesting)
I dunno, I always thought of computers and people with their covers removed as simply being 'in the nude', and it's not actually 'ponr' per se, unless of course the subject is turned on at the time.
This leads to the dubious example of situations in which the subject is likely not actually turned on, but made to appear so in order to increase the appeal of the picture.
Granted the line between nudity and porn is a thin one, and in America one might construe mere nudity as porn, but in more progressive nations actual Software EXchange has to be taking place to be classified as pornographic.
Re:porn roundup (Score:4, Funny)
Porn is like when the CD tray "ejects" a CD in your girlfriends face, or you "insert" a 3.5"er firmly into the warm, purring disc drive.
Re:porn roundup (Score:5, Insightful)
This guy's "photo essay" of his then-new cheesegrater G5 borders on the obsessive. He's a pro photographer, so...
For the flavor, his opening caption reads:
"If beauty is only skin deep, nobody told the industrial designers at Apple - the new Power Mac G5 is stunningly gorgeous - both inside and out. I used a Sony DSC-F717, handheld with available light, to capture the metallic textures and elegant curves...."
Actually, some nice shots!