“To be fair, the system Apple first described, was in context with is an iMac-like docking station,” Purcher reports. “Yet the fact remains that if an iMac-like docking station was on the drawing board for a liquid cooling system in 2008, then the likelihood of that extending to the iMac is nothing short of being a no-brainer.”
“Why would Apple want to add liquid cooling to the iMac? Because with Apple now adopting true Intel desktop chipsets for the iMac, we keep hearing about heat issues – and it’s only going to be getting worse as time goes on,” Purcher reports.
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Steve, Steve, Steve please say NO!!!
oh you mac fanboys
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err , i’m a mac fanboy !!
I thought they made the switch to Intel because Intel’s chip designs were so much more power efficient, and wouldn’t suffer the overheating issues the G5 was plagued with.
When do we get iMacs powered by an A32 processor?
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We’re going back to PowerPC!!!!
@jaundiced
Why no?
I think these were conceived while Apple was trying to figure out how to put a G5 into what is now an iMac.
The patent was started and obtained to keep in their patent arsenal.
This will be great.. then I can get one and hope that the coolant leaks and whipes out my imac then get it replaced free being a year out of warranty and get a new mac pro 😀
Oh, I hope this doesn’t happen!
“Yet the fact remains that if an iMac-like docking station was on the drawing board for a liquid cooling system in 2008, then the likelihood of that extending to the iMac is nothing short of being a no-brainer.”
Yes, it is a no-brainer…
because you have to have no brains in order to jump to a conclusion like that.
MDN, why do bother with this nonsense?
Why not add something useful that people really want like BluRay instea of palming it off as a “bag of hurt”
A fluid cooling system to go with a fluid interface. Makes sense to me.
I knew the water-cooling in the G5 towers were going to leak and so I never bought one. And now they are leaking all over the place. The exact same thing will happen with the iMacs, only it’s be a much bigger shitstorm when it happens because there will be so many more home owners with them leaking water on their desks….
An article based on a 2-year old patent disclosure? And the author makes his case that it may happen real soon now because chips are getting hotter? And all this time I thought the trend was that chips are running cooler. Silly me.
My i5 iMac runs like a space heater when I’m rendering, but the aluminium case helps it shed the heat really quickly. Not sure what liquid cooling would offer.
Apple moved away from PPC because its thermal performance was not as good as Intel processors. That would mean that in order to get the same performance as a quad core Intel processor, a PPC equivilent would be starting house fires…
I would love to see some attention to the Mac line now that the iPad is out. The new iMac is great, however Apple did almost nothing to promote it. Now that SJ has put the iPad out I hope he starts putting some work back in Mac division. Mac is still where they make their most money.
And the screen saver (or savior) will be an aquarium! woaff!
Yeah, makes sense to me.
These Intel iMac machines really get hot and if you work them hard they really get hot in a short time.
I have seen some failures to the graphics cards I kinda felt were heat related. Could be.
Let it be known that liquid computers can be a real bitch to service in a lot of different ways.
Remember that engineers are not techs and don’t have to routinely take apart computers they design either.
Perhaps bigger, more robust fans and heat sinks are the answers.
Apple did have a liquid cooled G5:
Apple Power Macintosh G5 2.5 DP
this model adds a liquid cooling system that replaces the traditional heat sink.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/stats/powermac_g5_2.5_dp.html
Not sure why the problem is only going to get worse, the drive is on for better chip efficiency. This is true in desktop and server chips saves money lowers carbon footprint.
I hope not. I was unlucky enough to have a leaky G5 Power Mac. Luckily the cooling system didn’t explode, destroying the machine like some folks did, but I did have a nice gooey puddle on my desk.
Hell I’m siting at work replacing the main board on a Power Mac G5 2.0ghz Dual PPC, and I’m looking at its liquid cooling system as i type… looks odd to have pluming in my tower come to think of it. Not to add its hell removing it to get to the main board.
The G5??? Pretty stupid bringing up the G5. The patent came later and it’s designed for a smaller computer like a laptop. Arguing about the G5 is brain dead. The other aspect of this article is could Apple redesign the iMac or intro a mini Mac Pro to get around the heat issues. The article is an open question even though it has merit being that Apple is applying for patent protection. Say what you will, but this is a good question and I vote for a redesign of a iMac Pro or a mini tower.
@ sosumi –
Yes, we know. And they leaked. A lot. I’m being screwed by them to this day. Which is why people don’t want to see this come back.
Just because Apple applies for a patent on something, it does not mean they are going to use it.
I can understand using a special cooling system on a MacBook design. However, I don’t see it happening on an iMac. As much as Apple wants to keep it sleek and thin with an iMac, they should be able to use air and heat-sink based cooling to keep it simple and less expensive.
@ Gabriel
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That would be an A64 processor.