" OK, I went out and bought MacFan this afternoon. On page 48, it has about 3 column inches at the end of an intel iMac disassembly piece. Reading the Japanese it says (quick and rough translation): The CPU in the new iMac is mounted in a socket that should mean it can be changed easily. However, the author is not sure that it will run completely normally with an upgraded CPU. The author purchased a 2GHz T2500 from a PC shop and installed it in the socket of a 17" iMac and it booted OK.
There seemed to be no problems and the About this Mac pane reported a 2GHz duo chip. The CPU is exactly the same as that used in Windows PCs. At present, the 2GHz chip costs 53,000 yen and the 2.16GHz T2600 costs 80,000 yen, so it is not really cost effective to do this upgrade.
(a reader sent a link to a buy.com listing showing $472.99 for the T2500/2GHz and $709.99 for the T2600/2.16GHz currently)
However, since the chip set supports faster CPUs, it will be a doable upgrade in the future. Although this model does support CPU upgrades, they cannot guarantee that later models will, so choosing this iMac might not be a bad decision.
Robert H "

Prices on the CPU should drop over time but I agree at those prices it doesn't make much sense for such a relatively small clock speed increase.

"Hi Mike,
After reading your Thursday report that http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm had a driver for 10.4.4 that worked with a Linksys WMP54G v4, I emailed to ralink technical support to ask what brand of USB wireless adapter they recommended to use. I got a reply to use either Belkin F5D7050 or D-Link DWL-G122 B or C version.
The Belkin didn't work but I used the D-Link with the latest USB driver for 11g-RT2500 (posted date 2005/11/29) which worked perfectly.
I tried it on my G4 400 upgraded to 1GHz with either the original USB 1.1 or additional USB 2.0 card - it worked perfectly. After the restart you go to the Network Preference Panel it automaticly detected the additional ethernet and added the IP address. I am using the Netgear WGR614 router.

I also tried it on my iBook G3/600's USB 1.1 port and worked the same. From the USB Utility report it can go all the way to 54 Mbps which is much better than the original Airport (802.11b) Card. I have tried it down 2 floors to my basement, and it still can maintain 48Mbps. I bought this USB adapter in BEST Buy Canada for CAD49.9.
Thank you...
-Pete F. in Canada "

WhatÌs New in this Version
DVD Studio Pro 4.0.3 updates compliance for the 1.0 HD DVD Video standard content specification to Tiger and Panther based users. Users with DVD Studio Pro 4.0 or later need to install this update to ensure their projects are compliant with the 1.0 HD DVD Video standard content specification.

System Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
- DVD Studio Pro 4.0
- QuickTime 7.0 or later"

• NeoOffice 1.2 (OpenOffice w/o X11 dependencies)
• MOTU 828/896/828mk2/896HD/Traveler Driver 1.4
• Galleon Mac OS X Bundle 1.4.210 (TiVo utility)
• FileGeek 4.0.1 (Change Type, Creator, etc.)
• SteamTRAIN 1.4. (Steam locomotive simulator)
• Nova media offers free iSync support for latest mobile phones
• MacBowl 2006 Raises Over $27,000 for At-Risk School
• TweakerSoft releases FlipbookTweaker 1.0
• Keynote Quartet '05 works with iWork '06
• Patent Ruling Forces Office Upgrade
• Google to release Enhanced Toolbar

DVD+R/RW + DVD-R/RW Drives:
• IDE Pioneer DVR-110D in eMac (OS X 10.3)
  (using Patchburn 3 for 10.3.x iApps burn support. FAQ's iMac section has link to PDF eMac superdrive install guide.)
• IDE Pioneer DVR-K05 in iMac G5 (OS X 10.4)
  
  Hard Drives:
• IDE Magnetic Data Tech MDECQ2-0400 40GB in iMac (OS X 10.4)
  (listed under "Other" brand.)
• IDE Western Digital WD1200 Caviar 120GB in eMac (OS X 10.3)

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