As insane as it sounds, it's just the looks for me! I cannot bear the thought of life without a sweet little tangerine iMac on my desk, nor can I bear the thought of life without a faster processor. Only solution: upgrade! At any cost!! Windmills be damned!!!
Am I alone in this compulsion, or is there a little of it lurking in everyone (like Elvis). JC > > There's also that intangible, the urge to tinker. I > have a Rev D iMac > I'm not using, and the temptation to fiddle with it > is almost > unbearable. I don't know that I'd drop the cash to > upgrade the > processor, but a bigger, faster hard drive (to > replace the now-pathetic > 6gb original one) and another 256mb RAM chip > (bringing it to 512mb > total) wouldn't cost too much and would let my > veteran blueberry > gumdrop run the latest Mac OS. There's something > uniquely satisfying > in such things, even though you'll always end up > tilting at windmills. > > Steve W. > > P.S. Almost forgot to mention that you can buy a > CD-RW upgrade to the > tray-loader iMacs from MCE that includes a matching > face plate on the > drive. Pity it's 200 dollars, though, plus you have > to either install > it yourself or pay someone to do it for you. > > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: > <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
