do apple 'officialy' support cpu upgrades?

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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
and if not , why bother buying a tower ?



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  • Reply 1 of 20
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    Not sure what you are asking here. Apple doesnt produce any CPU upgrades, so they dont support them either.
  • Reply 2 of 20
    codewarriorcodewarrior Posts: 196member
    You won't see Apple list in the specifications of any product that it's CPU can be upgraded. Several years ago during the transition to PowerPC chips, Apple listed some Performa units as supporting CPU upgrades. The market was not there so Apple didn't come out with the product, but the OEM Daystar Digital did. Apple was sued in a class action lawsuit and settled. Couple that with the B&W G3 firmware upgrade a few years later that scuttled 3rd party upgrades for a while and the answer is a resounding NO. Apple wants you to buy a new box every 2-3 years.
  • Reply 3 of 20
    warpdwarpd Posts: 204member
    Well it is really moot, as by the time you were looking to upgrade your CPU the odds are that your machine would no longer be in warranty anyway, so who the hell cares what Apple support!
  • Reply 4 of 20
    rogue27rogue27 Posts: 607member
    That's exactly how I feel on the subject.
  • Reply 5 of 20
    sushiismsushiism Posts: 131member
    ahh tis not that bad, I can never be arsed buying a new proc anyway. Seen as it usually means replacing the motherboard which is just a hassle and I'd rather wait a bit longer and get a brand new shiny comp, so I don't really have a prob with apples way
  • Reply 6 of 20
    [quote]Originally posted by bryan fury:

    <strong>and if not , why bother buying a tower ?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    ...so you can use 1.5 GB of RAM (2 GB if using an older tower).

    ...so you can use PCI cards.

    ...so you can add extra hard drives internally.

    ...so you can upgrade your graphics card.

    ...so you can have enough space to cool the higher-speed processors.

    ...so you can have a big paperweight on your desk?



    <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    [ 05-29-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 20
    bryan furybryan fury Posts: 169member
    ok.



    pci slots is best answer , ta.
  • Reply 8 of 20
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    And "Upgrading the graphics card" is debatable since its pretty tough to get Nvidia cards for the mac...
  • Reply 9 of 20
    I really wish Apple would sell just parts, I would love to know if I could use the processors of the dual 1GHz in my computer. Back to the question of why buy a tower, look at the diffrence in specs between everything but the tower and the tower if anything else atleast you get a 133 bus.
  • Reply 10 of 20
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    [quote]Originally posted by AnteL0pe:

    <strong>And "Upgrading the graphics card" is debatable since its pretty tough to get Nvidia cards for the mac...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    ATi
  • Reply 11 of 20
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    yes but Nvidia's desktop cards are better than ATi's....
  • Reply 12 of 20
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Apple is SINGULAR. Please say "DOES" Apple support blah blah blah.



    Simple high school English.
  • Reply 13 of 20
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    [quote]Originally posted by AnteL0pe:

    <strong>yes but Nvidia's desktop cards are better than ATi's....</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That's highly debatable. From some reports I've read, there were many claims that the Radeon 7500 was faster than the GeForce 4 MX. And from what I hear, the Radeon 8500 is plenty fast if you're looking to upgrade...



    and to stay on topic, I second starfleet's reasons why to get a tower. Having an iMac with Rage128 makes you appreciate an upgradable graphics card.
  • Reply 14 of 20
    [quote]Originally posted by sjpsu:

    <strong>Simple high school English.</strong><hr></blockquote>Typical American arrogance.



    IIRC, in proper British English, group names such as "Apple" are considered plural, not singular. Thus, the plural verb.
  • Reply 15 of 20
    bryan furybryan fury Posts: 169member
    i actually wrote ---''officialy' support cpu upgrades? '



    not ......'blah blah blah'..



    jeez , you cant even read !



  • Reply 16 of 20
    mac's girlmac's girl Posts: 556member
    [quote]Originally posted by starfleetX:

    <strong>Typical American arrogance.



    IIRC, in proper British English, group names such as "Apple" are considered plural, not singular. Thus, the plural verb.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    you are so awesome.
  • Reply 17 of 20
    bryan furybryan fury Posts: 169member
    starfleetX- you rok !



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 18 of 20
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    maybe arrogant, but its justifiable arrogance, heh. We took your silly British English and turned it into a usable language
  • Reply 19 of 20
    bryan furybryan fury Posts: 169member
    usable... - useable or USAble ??



  • Reply 20 of 20
    antel0peantel0pe Posts: 19member
    [quote]Originally posted by bryan fury:

    <strong>usable... - useable or USAble ??



    </strong><hr></blockquote>

    Wahahaha, nice one....
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