My OperaMy iMac died
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:29:59 AM
My 4 year old Apple iMac G5 just died.
I have no idea what killed it, but it gives me a memory warning during boot, and then simply freezes.
I tried new memory modules, and a new hard drive but that was not it, so I sent a message to my local apple service company, and asked for prizes.
As I bought this machine in 2005 it cost about 22000 NOK. It was a 17" iMac G5 (1.8GHz PowerPC), with 1GB RAM, Wireless and 250GB disk.
The prices from Humac (in Norway) for fixing the machine were:
* A new motherboard with CPU and GPU: 8058 NOK
* A new power supply: 1977 NOK
Plus probably 1113 NOK for the job, which totals to 11148 NOK.
The cheapest new Apple iMac is currently 10490 NOK, and is lightyears ahead in terms of performance etc - but I'll never by an Apple machine again - simply not worth it.
I have no idea what killed it, but it gives me a memory warning during boot, and then simply freezes.
I tried new memory modules, and a new hard drive but that was not it, so I sent a message to my local apple service company, and asked for prizes.
As I bought this machine in 2005 it cost about 22000 NOK. It was a 17" iMac G5 (1.8GHz PowerPC), with 1GB RAM, Wireless and 250GB disk.
The prices from Humac (in Norway) for fixing the machine were:
* A new motherboard with CPU and GPU: 8058 NOK
* A new power supply: 1977 NOK
Plus probably 1113 NOK for the job, which totals to 11148 NOK.
The cheapest new Apple iMac is currently 10490 NOK, and is lightyears ahead in terms of performance etc - but I'll never by an Apple machine again - simply not worth it.
