08-24-2006, 05:28 PM
I got an unexpected bonus check yesterday, so i'm looking at a refurb intel iMac. Even having to pay tax in CA, it still about $250 less than a new one from Amazon with the rebate. Anyway, I have a rev.B G5 iMac now and it looks like they are bringing around $900 to $1000 on ebay and I've got numerous upgrades. I have a 500 gig in the G5. Can I have the hard drive switched to the Intel? One of the local Apple centers will do it for $59. What a shame they've gone back to non user upgrades. Is there any conflict between a PPC OS and an Intel? I suspect there has to be. Could I just do the intel updates to make it work? Will it make it right if I use the migration assistant to the new drive? Then I could just clone it back to the larger drive. Of course the optimum thing would be if I got a "silent upgrade" of a 500 giger but now that I want it, it surely won't happen. Sorry for all the questions but the money is burning a hole in my pocket and I can do an upgrade for a few hundred bucks. Thanks!