iMac Update

So, I got one of the broken iMac's that I bought on craigslist working! I am using it now and I have to say that I like it. :) I have never used an iMac g5 before and my first thoughts are: Nice, but LOUD.

Man, this thing has some serious fans. While they are not always running, when they ramp up, they really pack a punch and can even be heard from the back bedroom.

Now I just have to get the other one going. I was told that it had a bad CPU fan, but I am thinking that it is a bad power supply. After learning more about this one I have a better understanding of them and I think that it will be easier to fix.

I was looking on the Apple refurb site and I can get a new 20 inch iMac for like $899, so I think that the plan will be to get these going, sell them both and use the cash to buy a new iMac. I think that I may even get the apple care protection plan for it too. It is an extra $250, but as I get older I am getting tired of fixing broken stuff and I will likely end up paying that much for parts later anyway.

I don't know, I really like these things, but they sometimes seem so fragile.

Well, my iBook has lasted for 4 years with only needing to replace the plug in and battery, Kasey's however has been through the wringer and I think that I have spent about $300 in parts for it. I have become so good at taking that laptop apart, I can completely disassemble it in about 10 minutes.

We will have to see... $250 now, or some adventure later.... Hmmmm....

Anyway, this iMac that I have fixed is a 17 inch 2ghz iMac g5 iSight. I bought it for $200. Spent $65 on a power supply and added a 500 gig hard drive (worth about $60). For $320 it is a great computer! If I knew that I could get 2 years out of it, I would keep it, but I am affraid that since it is the old PowerPC processor, that I will start to run into apps that will not run on it. Besides, you can only upgrade the memory to 2.5 gig and with Photoshop, 20 FireFox tabs, 5 Word documents, Thunderbird and a couple spreadsheets Kasey likes to run at the same time, I am not sure that is enough. ;)