This is kind of a double post but I have the idea that this got a bit swamped away by the malarkey the headline thread has become.
What do you think?
Will this thing use a 3,5" hard drive, regular size CD ROM drive and 168pin SDRAM? This will be the cheap solution for Apple, but OTOH it if it's true that it's going to be based on the iBook board, it maybe quite a redesign.
Also, if it's going to use the iBook power brick, 45W may not be enough to power these regular (not intended for low power consumption) components.
Maybe it will use notbook components? 2,5" HD, slim CD ROM drive, and SO DIMM. Power won't be a problem with a 45W adapter, but it's more expensive.
Every iMac uses SODIMM's too, but the eMac doesn't. But if I'm right, the eMac doesn't come standard with a memory slot filled. That means that except for the socket (which doesn't cost much), Apple wouldn't have had any economical reason -for themselves- to use regular SDRAM in the eMac.
I think most of us favor regular components, for the sake of cheap upgrades.
What do you think?
Will this thing use a 3,5" hard drive, regular size CD ROM drive and 168pin SDRAM? This will be the cheap solution for Apple, but OTOH it if it's true that it's going to be based on the iBook board, it maybe quite a redesign.
Also, if it's going to use the iBook power brick, 45W may not be enough to power these regular (not intended for low power consumption) components.
Maybe it will use notbook components? 2,5" HD, slim CD ROM drive, and SO DIMM. Power won't be a problem with a 45W adapter, but it's more expensive.
Every iMac uses SODIMM's too, but the eMac doesn't. But if I'm right, the eMac doesn't come standard with a memory slot filled. That means that except for the socket (which doesn't cost much), Apple wouldn't have had any economical reason -for themselves- to use regular SDRAM in the eMac.
I think most of us favor regular components, for the sake of cheap upgrades.