On Wednesday, September 01, 2004, at 12:42PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am not terribly experienced with LCDs. >Would the vibration from the CD/DVD drive be a potential problem whit the monitor ? >Might it introduce fluttering ? Not if the strain from the optical drive is carried on the frame. Fluttering is only a problem if you bang/virbrate or strain the sides of the LCD. Of course the if the LACD is mounted straight to the frame it might suffer. My thinking would be the LCD is held on using silicone rubber dampers on the screws to dampen out any vibrations. Don't suppose anyone is likely to know until they get one to play with. I know a guy who's ordered one so i'll report on the ups and downs when i next speak to him (if he has it). >> >> From: Donald Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Especially when I think about the 3 fan >> modulated system in the G5 Tower. Also can anyone see a description of the >> available connects of Firewire 400 or 800, USB and available memory slots? All is deatailed in the specs at http://www.apple.com/imac No FW800 I'm afraid but it has USB 2.0. No big loss if you ask me, FW800 is reallt only a pro toy, FW400 is easily fast enough for all but the most hyper-fast single external drives. >> When >> one considers the total price includes a very good LCD monitor, I like it, but I >> don't think I want to be the first one to have one. I learned my lesson about >> being one of the first on the PowerBook 5300ce, a real bad experience. :-) There have been no documented problems to my knowledge with the iMac G4 Rev. 1 machines. I own one and it's been flawless (touch wood) for over a year. Only problems I have heard about are actually on the LCDs on later 2003/04 models. >> > I for one am a little worried about the heat dispersion on the flat >> > panel/motherboard combo. I mean, the G5 is a powerfull CPU. Heat dissipation is fan assisted, probably by an ultra-quite fan (can be seen to in the centre between the hard disk and AE card) as far as I can see on this picture: http://xlr8yourmac.com/systems/iMac_G5_inside_low.jpg That is a genuine picture too - it's a low res copy of one of Apple's public press photos. Air looks to be pulled in at the bottom of the machine thru the grill which also houses those rather odd speakers (no more junk on your desk guys/gals!), It is then passed up over the PSU and the G5 CPU to the top where it passes the hard disk and is probably squirted out of the top. Pretty straight-forward assisted convestion system... Apple don't do these things lightly, especially in light of peorblems certain versions of the original iMac had with overheating, and also the seriously well designed cooling in G5 towers. That design has long been somethign Apple have wanted to do since way back when, it's likely the design has been in the pipeline since they confirmed the G5 would replace the G4 (internally rather than publically) in 2002. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
