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Apple design is not only artistic on the
outside but the inside of these modern Macs are well
laid out, clean, and almost Zen like, in their simplicity.
This is looking at the bulk of the unit with the side
latched down.Drive bays are towards the rear. Click
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This is looking at the motherboard of the Quicksilver.
All the components are easily accessable. Four PCI slots,
1 graphics slot, 3 RAM slots, a monster heatsink and
Airport slot (in the upper left-hand corner), round
out the motherboard. Click the image for details
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The Power Mac comes completely unhinged
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The Back of the computer.... not its best side. Firewire,
USB, Ethernet, ADC & VGA, headphone, speakers and
modem ports. Click the image for details |
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Not so bad from a distance ... flowers optional. Click
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Now that's better. Top drive bay contains
the optical drive (either a CD-RW or CD-R/CD-RW). The
drive bay underneath is for an optional Zip drive -
though third party developers may find other uses for
it. There are three buttons in the middle; power, reset
and programmer's. The round indentation at the bottom
is the speaker. Though it looks cooler than other speaker
schemes Apple has used, it sounds about the same. Click
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Simply gorgeous. Compared to Apple's first
effort at this form factor (the Blue & White machines)
- these things are works of art. The Blue & Whites
really had kind of an industrial look to them, with
that big G3 logo stenciled on the side. Click
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The way the machine is packaged make you
really feel that the company cares about the product
they have sent you. Apple knows that presentation means
something. Click the image for details
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And this is the end of our little story.
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