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Pimped out Flat Screen iMac
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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A lot of people complain about the lack of upgradability for the iMac. I won my flat screen 700 a year ago at an apple store giveaway and being a B&W user i didn't like the idea of not being able to upgrade it to my liking, but here are a few things i've managed to do:
1. Upgraded the RAM to 1 GB
2. Added a Samsung SM-352b combo drive (52x write) - quite loud at full spin but burns discs in 1.5 minutes
4. Replaced the stock 5400 rpm hard drive with a Hitatchi 180gxp 80 gb (7200rpm, a lot quieter)
That's about all you can do to this mac but i didn't notice some speed increases from these improvements. Just some suggestions.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Bay Area of San Jose
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That doesn't improve the gameplay of Halo.
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Moderator  Join Date: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by goldenkidx:
2. Added a Samsung SM-352b combo drive (52x write) - quite loud at full spin but burns discs in 1.5 minutes
Hi.
Have you had any compatability problems with that drive whatsoever?
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Originally posted by Dex13:
That doesn't improve the gameplay of Halo.
I have a 17" 1.25GHz iMac with 768MB RAM. Halo only plays OK on it. It took me a few attempts just to get it playable. Talk about a waste of money. The game isn't that good anyway 
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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"Pimped out"?
That is so 2003.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: London'ish
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More maxed out than pimped out. I was hoping to see an iMac with a 23" cinema screen grafted on to it and an over clocked CPU to 1.5ghz. Now that would be pimped out
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The worst thing about having a failing memory is..... no, it's gone.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: I live here.
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I read "pimped out" and immediately imagined gold plating and big subwoofers.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The land that Apple forgot - Australia
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don't forget the leopard skin keyboard with pink fur-trimmed mouse 
Originally posted by Asystole:
I read "pimped out" and immediately imagined gold plating and big subwoofers.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: BFE
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I think the iMac can go to 2GBB of ram now...
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