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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / September 2005powerpc processor replacement?
Question for all of the Mac gurus out there. I am in the market for a new G4 Powerbook. Say I go ahead and buy one now with a powerpc processor and then the intel transition takes place. If, for whatever reason, the powerpc processor goes bad, will I be able to replace it or will I have to replace it with an intel processor, which as I understand will mean a new intel equipped powerbook to accomodate it? Thanks. In article <1127656936.868485.229750@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > Question for all of the Mac gurus out there. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thanks. It is unlikely the processor will go bad, and it is unlikely the motherboard the processor is attached to will fail either. However, if this worries you, get AppleCare and Apple will be responsible for replacing your broken processor, or whatever breaks that is covered. If you don't want to pay for AppleCare, there are bound to be repair services offered either by Apple, or 3rd parties for a few years. After that there is always eBay. Personally, I do not worry about it. If the system does not fail during the 1 year warranty, then it is unlikely to fail, at least not the motherboard or CPU. Maybe mechanical parts might fail, depending on how hard they are used. And on that score, I've only lost one DVD/CD-ROM drive on a Powerbook G3/500, and a CD-ROM drive on a PowerMac 6100/60 (and on this one, it was before MP3's and I was using as my CD Music player for about a year or 2). All other parts mechanical parts have not failed on me. Bob Harris What I am mainly concerned about is, in the unlikely event the cpu does fail, and only the intel cpu is offered as a replacement, won't that require a different architecture to accomodate the intel cpu as opposed to the powerpc processor? Is Apple going to begin phasing out the powerpc processor once they begin selling mac's with intel cpu's? PG > What I am mainly concerned about is, in the unlikely event the cpu does > fail, and only the intel cpu is offered as a replacement, won't that > require a different architecture to accomodate the intel cpu as opposed > to the powerpc processor? It would have to be a whole new computer. There's just not much chance of replacing only a broken PowerPC with a replacement PowerPC, regardless of anything related to Intel. Even without Intel coming, PowerPCs have never been replaceable parts on laptops. At a minimum you'd have a new logic board, for the same model of laptop. Should that be unavailable for some reason, you'd end up with an entirely new laptop.  SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X. Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more. See http://www.atomicbird.com/ Thanks for the info. I was not aware you couldn't just pop out the cpu and replace it with another as with a pc. Are there any good books about repairing macs and good overview of hardware? PG > Thanks for the info. I was not aware you couldn't just pop out the cpu > and replace it with another as with a pc. Are there any good books > about repairing macs and good overview of hardware? Google will usually turn up a service manual for most any Mac. That's what I do. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X. Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more. See http://www.atomicbird.com/ |
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