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Installing a new Graphics Card in the iMac and eMac?
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So my question is how you install a new graphics card in the emac and imac and if you can... Because it would be nice to have at least 64mb video in the emac and you cant configure it any other way.
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I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it can't be done. The graphics chips are soldered onto the motherboard.
Chris
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Unfortunately, that's Apple's way of saying buy an iMac. Many times in the past they've crippled the consumer line, often so it won't compete with the "Pro" line. If you want to upgrade the graphics card bad enough, you'll have to buy a G4 or G5 tower. Too bad.
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Originally posted by bradoesch:
Unfortunately, that's Apple's way of saying buy an iMac. Many times in the past they've crippled the consumer line, often so it won't compete with the "Pro" line.
No, the main reason is, that it is close to impossible to build a affordable compact desktop Mac that still is expandable in many ways.
How big would the iMac's base be if there were PCI expansion slots ?
Most people don't care about upgrading (except RAM), they buy a Mac, use it for a couple of years, and then buy a new one.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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You could make a pretty small Mac with internal expansion, but doing it in the iMac's current shape would be very impractical. It would probably end up being a super-mini tower or a "pizza box" without an integrated display rather than a streamlined shape.
I don't think Apple will be abandoning the AIO shape this time around, either - if Think Secret is right (and they could well be), having a minimum of 20" for your discrete display lineup pretty much rules out making a cheap minitower.
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24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by Commodus:
I don't think Apple will be abandoning the AIO shape this time around, either - if Think Secret is right (and they could well be), having a minimum of 20" for your discrete display lineup pretty much rules out making a cheap minitower.
Good thinking.
Haven't thought about that. But you are right.
Apple would not go for 20" as the consumer low-end display solution.
 So much for my wildest dreams of a headless iMac...
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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True, being a Mac user all my life I seem to be on an upgrade cycle of 2 years. Recent upgrades have been...
iMac 266--18 months later--iBook 466 SE--18 months later--iMac 800 G4--26 months later--12" PB Rev C.
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Specs:12" PowerBook-1.33GHz, 768 PC2700, Airport Express, Panther (10.3.9), iSight, 15GB 3G iPod
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