Not necessarily. That's just the vent that prevents explosions.
On Mar 7, 2011 5:04 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote:
If you open up the first generation G5 iMac, you original capacitors are
all
stamped with a K. If they are stamped with something else, they've been
replaced.
I am looking for an imac newer and faster than my current G4. My
needs are not that great, mostly web browsing and word processing.
After a few days following ebay it seems there is quite a price
difference between the G5 series and the Intel Core 2 Duos. I am
tempted to get the cheaper G5
As long as you can get a copy of Leopard to run, the G5 should keep you busy
for a couple of years. But I would be expecting a 25-50% discount over Intel.
cjc
On 03/03/2011, at 6:49 AM, william wrote:
I am looking for an imac newer and faster than my current G4. My needs are
not that great,
I picked up an iMac G5 1.8GHz machine about a year ago for $300. It was a good
buy then - heavy Mac compared to the newer Intel versions, but it has been in
use everyday and I am very happy to have it.
Bob
On Mar 7, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Christopher Collins wrote:
As long as you can get a copy of
I think I heard that the G5 imacs can have issues with the capacitors on the
logic board, but I don't know if they were limited to specific
models/revisions. I'm not sure about the intel ones, or if they'll hold up to
long term use (as the so-called bad G5 ones have had to).
Having recently
Just beware of the known problems with a G5 iMac. The 1st generation G5 iMac
had faulty capacitors, as well as power supplies, and the generation after
that commonly had video chip problems. If you can get a 1st generation G5
iMac, that has good capacitors, and a good power supply, hopefully one
However, PPC Macs are a dead end, and getting deader every day; unless the
G5 literally falls into your lap, spend the extra bucks and get an intel
iMac or Mini.
I can echo this.
My desktop (PPC G5 1.8 GHz, 2GB) has been in once for the video chip issues
(and should go in again) and it's
I have just upgraded my 20inch iMac G4, up to 2GB of RAM and running 10.5.8.
It is still a great computer and for my needs work and runs perfectly, not
slow at all, of course no fast as the last iMacs.
I even had to replace the logic board because the video chip failure, and I
am happy to have
If you open up the first generation G5 iMac, you original capacitors are all
stamped with a K. If they are stamped with something else, they've been
replaced. I've seen ones stamped with Y and X.
-Jonas
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