KODAWARISAN likes to take things apart. Luckily, they take pictures and post them online. This way, we can buy our Macs, know what they look like on the inside, but never have to do such dissections ourselves.
Disassembled iMac (Core Duo) by KODAWARISAN photos here: http://www.kodawarisan.com/imac_intel/imac_intel01.html
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Come to think of it, I don’t see any RAM or RAM slots inside the Intel iMac at all.
To M.T. McPhee —
You make good points, but I’ll choose a Mac before a PC, no matter what it looks like inside, simply because of what it does.
It’s apparent to me that both Apple & Intel were issued a challenge to have something ready by MWSF, and the care of design became less of an issue and the efforts went directly into producing something ready to sell – the most important issue at hand.
I think you’ll see things cleaned up internally in future releases as design teams from both companies have additional time to look more carefully at how things are arranged.
As always, the early adopters will have various things to deal with that those who choose to wait for the kinks to be worked out will thank them for.
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What a thing of beauty. Reminds me of my apartment.
As for the foil, check the shape of the rear of the iMac to understand why a solid metal shield would not be practical, as well as some perspective on why the foil doesn’t sit perfectly flat.
With regards to the board design; think again about Intel having a hand in it. Look at boards that Intel have been responsible for (they outsource their design work, but to a small number of design houses). This does *not* look like an Intel design. Too many curves, too much stuff crammed together.
Before criticizing the internal layout too much, consider it in 3D. Look at an iMac side-on, and consider how thick the LCD and the HDD are. Look again at the pictures, and try to visualise just how much open space there actually is inside the unit.
And finally; the griping about fan count. Power up your iMac and listen to it. How loud? Not very. The reason behind this? More fans, and larger fans, spinning slowly. Fans are cheap; if you have to add one to get the noise level down, it’s really a no-brainer.
There are no RAM slots inside, because the RAM is accessible from outside.
On the bottom center of the unit is a cover with two (captive) screws. Behind the cover is a plastic carrier that takes two DDR2 SODIMMs.
Oh for f%$k sake!!!!
The previous “neat pictures” of a G5 iMac were when the REAR cover was removed to show the “servicable” parts of the iMac (mainly Apple PR shots). THEY were NOT a dissection of the machine.
This autopsy if you ACTUALLY LOOK (rather than jump to rabid conclusions to support your consiracy theories that Intel sucks) was performed from the FRONT first.
They removed the LCD and speakers first then worked from the front rearwards.
So it isn’t surprising for us that aren’t fixated on hating everything with Intel in it that these are TWO very DIFFERENT situations.
Comparing them to draw conclusions about the relative build quality of either product makes you look like a FOOL hellbent on proving a MUTE point.
Move on folks – it’s Intel in Apple!!!
my 2 cents
Luke
Hey Luke, come on keep it friendly.
And you are right, This is an iMac with the front removed first not the back-
But there have been no photos taken of the back panel removed like the original (easily servicable)iMac G5; which has lead me to believe that the back is no better laid out or easier to reach than what those photos show from Kodawarison.
The cooling system for the proc (thats ‘processor’, the little ‘Intel’ chip that you all seem to despise) is in no way, shape or form anywhere near the size as what is required for the G5 Powermacs. The PMacs have a massive chunk of liquid cooling system that resembles something you’d pull out from under the hood of your car. What you see here is a HEAT PIPE that wicks away the heat to be dissipated by heatsink off to the side. The heatsink has to be larger in length and width to compensate for the small height restrictions inside the case.
Other than that, I have little to comment on other than I can’t wait to pick one of these up once they roll few a couple of revisions. I’m looking forward to re-entering the world of Mac, because…heh…compared to what I’ve read in the comments here, most Apple customers make my slightly-above-average computer knowledge seem like a gift from god.