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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1234049"><p>1. Will you be able to upgrade the (internal) HD at a later date? Yes, if you're willing to do a bit of labour (and are out of warranty), but you'd really be smarter to put the 1TB in at the time of ordering, and use external storage for expandability. Thunderbolt will -- in time -- make the need to replace the internal for anything other than mechanical reasons a non-issue. In fact, FW800 makes this kind of a moot point as well. The only reason one would have to upgrade the internal really is to either replace it with an SSD or to replace it because it failed.</p><p></p><p>2. Are iMacs easily upgradable (beyond RAM)? Internally, no they aren't. You're "stuck" with the processor, the graphics card etc. About the only thing you can upgrade internally is the hard and optical drives, and it's a little bit of a job (compared to, say, doing the same thing on a G5 tower). But again, you're making an erroneous assumption that you'll need to upgrade during the life cycle of this machine. You won't.</p><p></p><p>3. i3s are gone. It's all QUAD-CORE i5 and i7s now. This means the only way to get an i3 from Apple is to buy a refurb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1234049"] 1. Will you be able to upgrade the (internal) HD at a later date? Yes, if you're willing to do a bit of labour (and are out of warranty), but you'd really be smarter to put the 1TB in at the time of ordering, and use external storage for expandability. Thunderbolt will -- in time -- make the need to replace the internal for anything other than mechanical reasons a non-issue. In fact, FW800 makes this kind of a moot point as well. The only reason one would have to upgrade the internal really is to either replace it with an SSD or to replace it because it failed. 2. Are iMacs easily upgradable (beyond RAM)? Internally, no they aren't. You're "stuck" with the processor, the graphics card etc. About the only thing you can upgrade internally is the hard and optical drives, and it's a little bit of a job (compared to, say, doing the same thing on a G5 tower). But again, you're making an erroneous assumption that you'll need to upgrade during the life cycle of this machine. You won't. 3. i3s are gone. It's all QUAD-CORE i5 and i7s now. This means the only way to get an i3 from Apple is to buy a refurb. [/QUOTE]
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