You never could easily upgrade any of the early macs. It was a feature. Ranulph
On 28 Nov 2011, at 16:15, Ray Packham wrote: > Is it me or is it getting to the stage where people may not purchase apple > computers simply because you cannot upgrade themselves (easily anyhow). Are > apple designing themselves into a cul-de-sac ? food for thought... those who > are used to just plugging in a new hard drive and formatting it may well shy > away from Apple in the future, i don't know but it may happen... > > regards Ray > On 28 Nov 2011, at 16:08, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > >> You won't be able to upgrade the hard drive on a new iMac, not easily at >> least. They have a temperature sensor which, although present on other OEM >> drives, generally isn't 100% compatible so the fans ramp up to full as a >> failsafe. >> >> There is HDD Fan Control, http://www.hddfancontrol.com/, which will keep the >> fans at a normal speed based on the hard drive's SMART status. That should >> allow you to put any hard drive into the iMac. >> >> RAM is much easier and cheaper if you buy from crucial.com/uk, they do free >> next-day delivery. >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> MacAmbulance >> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >> Sam Mullen >> 07747 778022 >> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
