On 2/14/10 9:38 PM, MaGioZal wrote:
Apple is somehow schizo in its CPU designs: or it made them VERY EASY to open and upgrade (Centris 660/PowerMac 6100, LC I/II/III/Performa 475, PowerMac 8600/PowerMac Beige G3, Mac G4 Cube, Blue and White G3 and all other minitower CPUs before the G5) or TERRIBILY DIFFICULT to open and upgrade (the original 128k and all other compact all-in-one Macs based on it, the Quadra 840/PowerMac8100/PowerMac 8500, the PowerMac 4400/7220 series, all iMacs in general, MacMinis).
And possibly the most schizo of all, the 7500 and 8500. Both have the same motherboard, the 7500 is a dream to work on, open it up, flip the card slot cover open and lift up the drive / PS chassis and everything is accessable. As opposed to the 8500 where the case is okay to take off but to change memory you need to unplug all the connections to and remove the logic board. I like to think of it as the good case designers vs the evil case designers.
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