I am planning to purchase an iMac for my wife. I have only owned PC's since
jobs was in the garage, and have a few hardware questions.
we are getting this mainly because it fits well in the allocated space, and
because my wife generates and edits dvd's and says her PC is very slow in this
task.
1.looks like 2 memory slots. does std DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300 ) ram fit, or is it
something that is mac only?
1a. can I put a 2g in one slot and a 1g in the other and the machine will be
happy and run on 3g?
Yes you can use a 2 gig plus a 1 gig. On the memory, just make sure you
check what the specs on the machine say and PC RAM should be the same.
2.can one change/ug the video card or add memory to it, or is it unique, and
hardwired someplace weird?
such as, can one remove the nvidia 128 and put in an ati 256?
Whichever video you start with is the video you will end with.
3.Is the hd a standard one, and can one pull the existing and put in a larger
one?
Yes, it is a standard SATA drive.
4.have heard Leapord(?) will be out in oct. how realistic are apple release
dates and how buggy are typical initial releases? will there be enough thrill
to wait?
I am running the current beta of Leopard and it is really nice, but you
will have to decide whether you want to wait to save the cost of buying
a copy of the OS when it is released.
Mason
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