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<blockquote data-quote="macdsyple" data-source="post: 193234"><p>I got converted when I bought a pwer book G$ 15" a year ago and now wouldn't ever consider going back to a windows based pc.</p><p></p><p>I loved it so much that I just got a 2.5 ghz Quad a couple of weeks ago. The the Apple rep told me that upgrades such as RAM memory, hard drive additions, pci express cards don't violate the warranty. When I looked at the user manual that came in the box it actually gives specific DIY instructions for memory and hard drives.</p><p></p><p>I added 3 gigs of memory to the base 512 in literally two minutes. The cover is built to remove easily and the fan assemply is also made for simply slipping right out. I also added a 500 G maxtor to the second empty bay and it was unbelievable easy. They even incude guide screws in built in storage holes so you can put them into whichever hard drive you buy. when I turned it on, it gave me a message to initialize, took me to DiskUtility where I partitioned the drive and it is working great! Then to Top it off, I bought 2 24" Dell monitors and they both mirror and extended screen for a tremendous display capability. I was also very happy to find that the G% has two Giabit Ethernet ports. One I hooked to the Cable modem router and theother I use to synch with my Powerbook G4. Works great. I love Apple! </p><p></p><p>It runs so fast I can't beleive it. I tried stressing it to the max to no avail. I have an eyetv box that I record and convert video / movies with. At the same time, I can RIP a DVD, use DVD2Pod or isquint to convert movies for my ipod and use quicktime to play a movie. I thought something would surely slow down, skip or crash. Not so. The system monitor showed the CPU and RAM at less than full capacity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macdsyple, post: 193234"] I got converted when I bought a pwer book G$ 15" a year ago and now wouldn't ever consider going back to a windows based pc. I loved it so much that I just got a 2.5 ghz Quad a couple of weeks ago. The the Apple rep told me that upgrades such as RAM memory, hard drive additions, pci express cards don't violate the warranty. When I looked at the user manual that came in the box it actually gives specific DIY instructions for memory and hard drives. I added 3 gigs of memory to the base 512 in literally two minutes. The cover is built to remove easily and the fan assemply is also made for simply slipping right out. I also added a 500 G maxtor to the second empty bay and it was unbelievable easy. They even incude guide screws in built in storage holes so you can put them into whichever hard drive you buy. when I turned it on, it gave me a message to initialize, took me to DiskUtility where I partitioned the drive and it is working great! Then to Top it off, I bought 2 24" Dell monitors and they both mirror and extended screen for a tremendous display capability. I was also very happy to find that the G% has two Giabit Ethernet ports. One I hooked to the Cable modem router and theother I use to synch with my Powerbook G4. Works great. I love Apple! It runs so fast I can't beleive it. I tried stressing it to the max to no avail. I have an eyetv box that I record and convert video / movies with. At the same time, I can RIP a DVD, use DVD2Pod or isquint to convert movies for my ipod and use quicktime to play a movie. I thought something would surely slow down, skip or crash. Not so. The system monitor showed the CPU and RAM at less than full capacity. [/QUOTE]
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