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    27" iMac teardown.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by daniellevesquedt, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. daniellevesquedt

    daniellevesquedt Notebook Consultant

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    While doing some apple research about the new stuff, I found the latest tear down.

    Notably the processor is a desktop E8700 3.06 intel core 2 duo and the wireless antennae is in the plastic apple logo right in the front.

    http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-27-Inch/1236/1

    Cheers.
    -D
     
    daniellevesquedt, Oct 22, 2009
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    daniellevesquedt, Oct 22, 2009
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    now all I want to know is IF that is a standard MXM video card, the previous generations had a MXM type slot that matched physically, but a totally propriatary interface, and I agree with the guy that wrote it, come on update the 4 year old optical drive please
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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  4. daniellevesquedt

    daniellevesquedt Notebook Consultant

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    I feel ya. :(
     
    daniellevesquedt, Oct 22, 2009
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    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    Agreed. Why go 16:9 if you're not even gonna bother to put in a blu-ray?
     
    ronnieb, Oct 22, 2009
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    Probably banking on HD movie downloads from itunes.
     
    daniellevesquedt, Oct 22, 2009
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    Yes that and OSX DOES NOT support blu-ray encryption decoding at all, gotta do windows or Linux for that
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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    The 27" for 1999 has a Core I7 as an upgrade.
     
    AMDgamer, Oct 22, 2009
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    yep and they nutered it, no triple channel DDR 1333, old chipset ( p55 ) and a laptop video card, Its a big block V8 in an 87 honda civic :mad:
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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    Yet still can't play bluray disc.
     
    Nvidia_GeForce, Oct 22, 2009
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    wel you COULD take it apart, change the optical drive to a slotload Panasonic or LG .... Install win 7 and Arcsoft totalmedia.... that would make a nice little HTPC
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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    a 27" HTPC ain't so little.

    I'm deciding where in my entertainment center will that fit.....
     
    surfasb, Oct 22, 2009
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    ahhhh oops guess im spoiled as the wife likes her BIG TV's, my htpc sits in the basement and is cabled up, but a 27" sounds like a good size ;)
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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  14. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Oops, you got a typo :) Current CPU is a E7600 3.06 C2D. CPU in the Mar09 iMac was a E8435 3.06.

    From the ifixit teardown, step 21:
    Our 3.06 GHz E7600 Core 2 Duo processor is a LGA 775 Socket T CPU. There are some Core 2 Quad chips that use the same socket, but we don't know if they would work. The i5 and i7 quad-cores included in the high-end 27" iMac use a different socket, LGA 1156 Socket H.
     
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    Though you could buy or build a HTPC pc thats already bluray capable for much less and with better graphics.
     
    Nvidia_GeForce, Oct 22, 2009
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  16. daniellevesquedt

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    Weeeee! Sorry ;) My bad.
     
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    yep, mine in the basement.... but I did spend $1500 CDN on it sofar without any monitor or sound card

    Antec HTPC case, and 1000W P/S
    i7 920 with asus P6t motherboard
    6gb triple channel memory OC to 1800
    128 GB SSD for OS and software
    4 X 1T HDD for storage
    LG Bluray reader/writer
    Radeon 5870 1GB DDR5
    wireless KB/Mouse/Mediacenter remote
    and win 7 Ultimate

    havn't decided on a sound card yet though .........

    Display is a 55" LG LCD, that the wife picked out
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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  18. Nvidia_GeForce

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    Does a HTPC really need a i7,when it has a 5870HD to power the graphics on a 55'' screen?
     
    Nvidia_GeForce, Oct 22, 2009
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    Xirurg ORLY???

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    yeap, I agree on GPU part! not getting one until they give us something decent! Probably they ll add something at next event. But guys, please stop comparing it to your gaming tower... I just went to newegg and "built" new desktop with same(except for motherboard(I "got" one for 150$),GPU(costs 130$,but notebook one costs more I)and PSU) and it came ~1000$. Also add display for 1000(Dell 27" for reference, yet it does not have LED) and it come to almost the same price! Also add WiFi,BT,keyboard,mouse,small speakers,webcam,W7,etc.! so from none-gamers point of view this is actually pretty decent machine! Sadly, I spent too much time on NBR toget something with that GPU... :D
     
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    Hey the family uses it for more then an HTPC.... lotta hours of Supreme Commander and Fallout 3 played on it lately too... .... now if the rest of the family will let me use it again that would be nice too
     
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    Fallout3 on a 55'' screen with HD gfx card= EPIC!
     
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    ohhhhhhhh your telling me .. and the LG 55" is 120 hz ... can we say WOW!!! but have you ever battled a 12 year old and her mother for a computer, damn its tough getting play time
     
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  23. Vogelbung

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    I stand corrected - an E C2D after all. Wonder how long it'll be before we hear reports of overheating. Maybe summer...? Still, interesting.
     
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    those chips use to overheat?
     
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    its a 65W chip, and not 95 like the i5/i7 but I dont think I would toss it in an enclosed space like that... the E7300 to the E7600 can warm up a reference fan and heatsink in a mid tower ...... this could be fun
     
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    Could I please remind everyone that the iMac is an All-In-One PC solution, and not a HTPC or gaming tower.

    Stay on topic, and do not break any forum rules, especially the ones set for the Apple forums.
     
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    I think thats why they put GPU and CPU far from each other+bigger heatsinks+3 bigger fans!
     
    Xirurg, Oct 23, 2009
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    It's a general purpose PC. Do Apple have any other deskops unless you're prepared to move up to the Pro(ha)? No.

    Therefore it'll be doing all of those things for a Mac user and likely more. Heat has always been an issue with these machines even back when they used laptop parts. Put everything up to the last gen in balmy ambients, use it as a general purpose computer and watch the instability creep in.

    It'd be interesting to see what gets reported next summer - although by then, any news about unreliable current-gen iMacs will probably be ditched by the wayside pretty quickly with talk of undervolting and programs to spin up the fans :rolleyes:

    I dumped my last-gen kitchen iMac a short while back and am going to try the Sony L this time. A much more compelling machine, predictably given zero coverage by the Apple-obsessed tech press. I will, of course, be moaning on... actually Techtarget doesn't have an AIOreview.com... whatever appropriate site if the Sony turns out to be rubbish. Even with my recent Sony experiences I doubt it though.
     
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    This comparison is not adequate! And what is wrong with Pro?
     
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    A Pro is overkill for the average user. But yeah, Apple doesn't cater for the entire PC consumer market. They don't really have a system for heavy gamers, for example. Not that OS X could run very many games natively anyway.

    So complaining that you cannot run Modern Warfare 2 on your iMac as well as your Alienware desktop is a bit silly.
     
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