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New Apple Power Mac G5s have world's biggest heatsink

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New service photos show unreleased Power Mac G5

New service and repair documents for Apple's Power Mac G5 computers appear to show images of an unreleased revision to the product line, according to photos and documentation recently obtained by AppleInsider

It's unclear why these photos have suddenly appeared in Apple service documentation prior to the announcement of Power Mac G5s configured in such a fashion.

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This image has been removed at the demand of Apple Legal

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The mirror works for me, the original pic link doesn't. Perhaps it works on your system due to the images being cached on your hard drive?
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
The mirror works for me, the original pic link doesn't. Perhaps it works on your system due to the images being cached on your hard drive?
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I cleared the cache just to check and it still loads up fine. Strange.
 
i wouldnt be suprised if they are photochopped pictures and its a hoax cause i mean mac people only have an apple cuz they use photoshop all day. theres been a lot of hacked images of 'pre-release- apple hardware
 
i wouldnt be suprised if they are photochopped pictures and its a hoax cause i mean mac people only have an apple cuz they use photoshop all day. theres been a lot of hacked images of 'pre-release- apple hardware
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Perhaps, but it'd be a very good Photochop (shadows and reflections, etc.), and there wouldn't be any reason to do so. All it shows is the damn heatsink. 😛 Nothing about speeds or other specs.

It could be a pre-release unit though which doesn't necessarily reflect the finally shipping version, but why base a service manual (if true) off it then?
 
Originally posted by: magomagoI think its a cover 😉

Imagine if that was a a real heatsink! It'd weight more than a newborn baby!
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Yeah just a cover. Still an odd setup though. The fans would be hiding underneath that cover.
 
Originally posted by: magomago
wow...

I think its a cover 😉



Imagine if that was a a real heatsink! It'd weight more than a newborn baby!
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well i think apple uses aluminum though..
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: magomago
wow...

I think its a cover 😉



Imagine if that was a a real heatsink! It'd weight more than a newborn baby!
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well i think apple uses aluminum though..
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Wait so how exactly do the apple heatsinks function? To me it does just look like a cover.
 
Originally posted by: dudeman007
Wait so how exactly do the apple heatsinks function? To me it does just look like a cover.
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The current Power Macs have a heatsink with fins set up so that they are ventilated front to back, with heat pipes connecting the fins. Fans in front and behind the heatsinks blow air thru the fins. The "G5" engraved aluminum sheet is just a cover for those.

The difference here is that the old Power Macs have a cover for each heatsink only. It looks like this new Power Mac's heatsink cover will cover the fans too.

Originally posted by: manly
Are 2GB DIMMs coming out anytime soon? Isn't cutting down the RAM slots a step backward?
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The current low end Power Mac has only 4 memory slots. The mid and high end ones have 8 slots.
 
yea its all front to back, each of the cpu's had its own pair of fans i think. all the fans in the case basically line up in several zones that go from front to back. all controlled by o/s, if the o/s predicts heavy usage, it spins up fans in anticipation of heat🙂
 
You can checkout the thermal zomes mentioned above at Apple's website, it's really pretty sweet how they did it...

That would be a 15lb. heatsink if it is a single unit...haha.
 
Originally posted by: Eug
Originally posted by: manly
Are 2GB DIMMs coming out anytime soon? Isn't cutting down the RAM slots a step backward?
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The current low end Power Mac has only 4 memory slots. The mid and high end ones have 8 slots.
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I know that, but it's speculated there will be only one G5 mobo design going forward and one can assume this is it.
 
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