Hi Glen, Another option if you want to move up to a nice intel iMac but can't quite spring for the price of the new models (beautiful & excellent value as they are!) is that stock of the previous model iMacs seems to being cleared at much reduced prices (I noticed a 24" "was $2499" "now $1699" recently - but you may find better).
Personally, I wouldn't spend much money on repairing a 20" G5 iMac but if memory serves me correctly they have a video out port - so if you wanted to get a bit more life out of it you could always plug an external monitor into it - not a pretty solution but there are some cheap monitors out there... Just some thoughts. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 1/11/09 9:01 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: > > > On 01/11/2009, at 7:55 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: > >> >> Hi Wamuggers, >> >> Our iMac G5 20" took a swan dive recently. The display is still >> working, but there is some kind of damage at the top of the screen >> that shows two ink-blot style marks bleeding down from the top of the >> screen. Below that damage there is a 2cm wide set of vertical lines >> being displayed down the full height of the screen - almost looks like >> a vertical split bar. >> >> A 'screenshot' showing the damage is here: >> http://om4.com.au/imac-g5-screen-damage/ >> >> Bottom line - can it be fixed? What is it likely to cost compared to >> cost of a new iMac. > > Hi Glenn, > > Ouch ... not nice! To replace the LCD Screen will be expensive. > $759US quoted here, they are in Santa Clara, CA (Local Drop Off ... > absolutely no use to you other than an idea of the price involved). > <http://www.myservice.com/imac.html> > > Is it covered by your Insurance Policy - Accidental Damage? > The new iMacs are beautiful machines ;-) > Especially the new 27" iMac ... it's a "Wow" machine! > <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139916/Apple_s_new_27_in._iMac_is_stu > nning_?taxonomyId=163&pageNumber=1 >> > > Daniel Kerr I'm sure will be able to give you a better idea of the > cost involved and the price of a NEW iMac. > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > --- > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
