[Ti] New iMac models...

[Tarik Bilgin]

alexandre wrote:

>
> On 13 oct. 05, at 17:11, John Griffin wrote:
>
>> I’ll tell you, I am very tempted to lose the Powerbook and get one  
>> of the new 2.1 Ghz G5 iMacs! It may be the last chance to grab a  
>> decent PowerPC Mac before they start rolling in the cheesy Intel  
>> machines.
>>
>> I have to admit that when I turned 65, I found that I hardly ever  
>> used the portability factor of the Powerbook. So why not get one of  
>> those new very spiffy-looking machines.
>>
>> Anybody else thinking along the same lines?
>

I'm steering well clear of these iMacs. Two friends have the earlier 
revision G5 iMacs, and I can honestly say that they are the noisiest and 
ugliest (imo) Macs I have ever used. One of them has so much trouble 
dissipating heat (in London, not the warmest of climates) that it 
sometimes crashes while running overnight. If you live in a warmer 
climate, I'd check to see if Apple have done anything to improve the 
cooling performance on these models.

The first time i saw the case design, I was rather troubled that Apple 
was putting G5's in there after having used their original G5 Tower 
case. Personally I am saving up to buy a G5 tower, which does take up a 
lot of space, and is rather heavy, but runs without the excessive noise 
generated by the (smaller?) fans inside the G5 iMac.

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Tarik