Intel Provides early 'Montevina'-Like Technology to iMac

[Eidorian]

OK, so I've been reading this thread after waiting for the new iMacs to appear so I can replace my iMac G5 that has been limping along for some time...
and now I'm worried.

I don't want to buy a refurbished model though the price does seem attractive. The newly "obsolete" iMacs don't show enough of a price drop to tempt me. But what's with this hybrid Montevina model? I see words like "overclocked," "run hotter," "fan noise" being bandied about and I think, "The only fan noise I want to hear is the applause of friends and family when they see (not hear) my shiny new iMac!"

Is there any reason to be concerned that this speed bump iMac is going to be a big f**king pothole in the smooth path of previous upgrades? Is there much likelihood that this stopgap pairing of parts will result in creating a real lemon? I need to upgrade but I don't want to end up wishing that I spent my money on proven technology.

Don't worry about it. You're under warranty and there are going to be thousands of them.

 

[Anaxarxes]

OK, so I've been reading this thread after waiting for the new iMacs to appear so I can replace my iMac G5 that has been limping along for some time...
and now I'm worried.

I don't want to buy a refurbished model though the price does seem attractive. The newly "obsolete" iMacs don't show enough of a price drop to tempt me. But what's with this hybrid Montevina model? I see words like "overclocked," "run hotter," "fan noise" being bandied about and I think, "The only fan noise I want to hear is the applause of friends and family when they see (not hear) my shiny new iMac!"

Is there any reason to be concerned that this speed bump iMac is going to be a big f**king pothole in the smooth path of previous upgrades? Is there much likelihood that this stopgap pairing of parts will result in creating a real lemon? I need to upgrade but I don't want to end up wishing that I spent my money on proven technology.

Apparently you have not been reading the thread as it evolved that they are not running hot, or any other things that you have mentioned.

As soon as someone uses the word overclock, everybody seems to be having "Oh my God that's terrible, overclock is bad, this may trigger armageddon, run to the hills!" kinda attitude.

The only overclock component is the northbridge, which only supports 800Mhz FSB but has been modified BY INTEL to work in 1066Mhz.

The new iMacs are far from being obsolete as you mention naively. If you are getting annoyed by the fan noise, then try not to buy the 3.06Ghz model, which runs slightly warmer because of it's higher TDP.

If you are so concerned that your money will go to an "uproven - whatever that is- technology" there are still previous generation iMacs available, brand new, not refurbished on Apple stores and online.

 

[k2spitfire88]

OK, so I've been reading this thread after waiting for the new iMacs to appear so I can replace my iMac G5 that has been limping along for some time...
and now I'm worried.

I don't want to buy a refurbished model though the price does seem attractive. The newly "obsolete" iMacs don't show enough of a price drop to tempt me. But what's with this hybrid Montevina model? I see words like "overclocked," "run hotter," "fan noise" being bandied about and I think, "The only fan noise I want to hear is the applause of friends and family when they see (not hear) my shiny new iMac!"

Is there any reason to be concerned that this speed bump iMac is going to be a big f**king pothole in the smooth path of previous upgrades? Is there much likelihood that this stopgap pairing of parts will result in creating a real lemon? I need to upgrade but I don't want to end up wishing that I spent my money on proven technology.

Don't worry about it. You're under warranty and there are going to be thousands of them.

I agree. The CPU was specially designed to work with the chipset from the previous gen. iMac, so it isn't just a stopgap pairing of parts. It was specially designed to be compatible with the chipset, plus, it has a warranty, so you should be pretty safe.

 

[kockgunner]

Ram cost anywhere form $124-$227 US plus shipping. Driving or looking is not worth my time. Installing ram is easy, yes but once again not my idea of a fun half of hour. Plus what do I do with the old dims? Sell them? No time for that. Now Think of the raw energy used to make 2x 1gb of ram? Now think... if I just let instal my ram, and save the other 2 x1gb sticks, save me time,gas, effort, all that stuff. Is it really that silly? I don't think so. The world is a wonderful place, let instal your ram, lol.

i actually thought BTOing 4gb ram for this imac was pretty reasonable considering you don't have to go out and get it yourself. i tried looking for 800 mhz laptop memory and i couldnt find any either so...