I would disagree about the disk issue. That's not the failure mode we have seen in the iMacs. Fwiw. Anyway, if it were to fail you could just attach an external disk and continue merrily along - macs will boot from external FireWire (and I assume thunderbolt?) disks.
We are putting money where my mouth is. Our last five purchases have been i7 iMacs. It seems like quite a nice amount of oomph for the money. Adrian Goldman Sent from my iPhone On 30 Sep 2011, at 19:46, Francis E Reyes <francis.re...@colorado.edu> wrote: > Bill > > Thanks for focusing the thread.... > > to the original poster: > > If you're going to go OSX I would wary away from the iMac. The all-in-one > desktop solution in small form factor has its downfalls, particularly when > the mechanical disk (undoubtedly) fails. > > I have an iMac from 2007 and the hard drive needs to be replaced. The rest > of the computer is fine and will probably work for the next 3-5 years for > light desktop work (at least for the wife and kiddos). However, I expect the > disassembly just to replace this component to be a nightmare. > > > > F > > On Sep 30, 2011, at 9:44 AM, William Scott wrote: > >> she asked were a few questions about a specific computer (HP Z210 8 GB with >> a low end Quadro Nvidia 400 512 MB) running "any Linux", and a specific >> computer (IMAC 4 GB 2.5 GHz with AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB) > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Francis E. Reyes M.Sc. > 215 UCB > University of Colorado at Boulder >
