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Good time to buy imac G5?
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Feb 9, 2005, 04:17 PM
 
i just wondering about whether it is a good time for buying imac G5, mainly, my concern is when will be the next imac G5 update, and the imac G5 noisy fan issue.
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Feb 9, 2005, 05:06 PM
 
Originally posted by maCCer:
i just wondering about whether it is a good time for buying imac G5, mainly, my concern is when will be the next imac G5 update
There will be an update right after you buy one
     
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Feb 9, 2005, 06:36 PM
 
Originally posted by Dale Sorel:
There will be an update right after you buy one
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Feb 13, 2005, 02:35 PM
 
Rule one is that you never know. However, there has to be a Powermac update before the next iMac update, and probably an eMac update as well, so it's not coming tomorrow. Say late march at the soonest, but then, never forget rule one.
     
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Feb 14, 2005, 12:51 PM
 
If you are going to wait for any reason I would say wait until After Tiger is released as it is supposed to be optimized for 64 bit processors (from what I understand i could be wrong). The fan noise issue is relative IMO. I personally do not find the fans to be loud on my iMac at all and the only way I can see them addressing the "noise" issue would be to have larger fans (circumferance-wise that is) which I cannot see happening as they would have to redesign the Midplane board etc a bit to accomodate this.
     
   
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