iMac with Intel processor is disassembled!
From digg.com
One can notice that the processor is not soldered to the motherboard, but via a socket. So, it will be potentially possible to change it in the future, if Apple does not prevent such modifications by some hardware or software trick.
I have the pictures available locally as the site that this is originally hosted on is a tad bit overworked.
Keep in mind that these pictures are from the front end of the unit, not from the back end (User Serviceable section), thus it looks kind of… ugly.
Click on post to see pictures.
Edit on 08/19/2006: Pictures have been restored
January 14th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
iMac with Intel processor is disassembled!…
That was quick, here’s a new Intel iMac dissection, looks moddable too - “One can notice that the processor is not soldered to the motherboard, but via a socket. So, it will be potentially possible to change it in the future, if Apple does not preven…
January 14th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
a good work
i was very curiosos about inside new iMac
January 14th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Wow, what a mess! The original iMac G5 was a dream inside, everything perfectly in it’s place, no layers and layers of stuff to go through to upgrade or disasemble it. These new intel ones, good gracious!. It looks better than most desktops, thats for sure, but it’s certainly not as aethetic on the inside as the G5 iMacs were.
January 14th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
sound really like a BETA machine, out and also in!
January 14th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
ugly!
January 14th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Thanks for the mirror !!
January 14th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
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January 14th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
right…
January 15th, 2006 at 1:21 am
Thank you so much!
We’ll wait for a “MacBook Pro is disassembled!” page to see what kind of CPU they adopted for the notebook line (maybe one of those L2500/L2400 Yonah CPUs).
January 15th, 2006 at 1:31 am
Not a problem. Happy to be of assistance to the community.
January 15th, 2006 at 3:19 am
Nice Work!
But….the processor it’s just plugged in?
It’s not knit on the board?
mmmmm…maybe i’ll change it with new dual core 3gz :D:D:D
January 15th, 2006 at 9:31 am
tell to us something abuot this new iMac..Are u happy about this?
thaNKS
January 16th, 2006 at 6:15 am
Can you no longer access the back of the unit? You actually have to do a full tear-down to get to stuff?
If so, this is a HUGE step backward in terms of user-servicability.
Where does the RAM go? …and does it really use SO-DIMMS?
So many questions…
Looking forward to somebody trying to create a GPT partition and doing an XP Pro x64 install on it to see if it works (fingers crossed). Since the iMacs use EFI for booting, this seems to be the only option.
January 16th, 2006 at 11:25 am
if you read the article he said (in bold) “Keep in mind that these pictures are from the front end of the unit, not from the back end (User Serviceable section), thus it looks kind of… ugly.”
January 21st, 2006 at 10:22 pm
The article is incorrect. The back end of the Intel iMac is not user servicable. The RAM SODIMMS are installed through a removable panel on the bottom of the iMac. Note that this is also the same design as the recent iSight-equipped iMac G5. Only the original iMac G5 had the removeable back panel with user-servicable parts.
April 25th, 2006 at 12:34 am
you mentioned that the processor is not soldered to the motherboard, so i was wondering which processors, if any can be swapped into the intel imac. thanks.
ray
May 27th, 2006 at 4:16 am
Interesting!!
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July 23rd, 2007 at 1:40 am
I haev one question that just can’t be answered. I have the regular 17″ iMac Intel based core 2 duo 1.87mhz. I jusr upgraded ram to 2GB but how in the hell do I upgrade the graphics card?