"New miniStack FW+USB2 Pricing + now up to 1.0TB
We've had 1.0TB offered in the FW800/400+USB2+eSATA miniStack (v3) model for some time - 1.0TB in the FW400+USB2 version is a new addition. The miniStack provides reliable, high-performance storage up to 1.0TB + built in powered hubs making it easy to connect additional USB2 and FireWire devices. Since its introduction, the miniStack v2 has well earned high marks in many reviews including 'Top Product' by Macworld Magazine. Fast, Reliable, and feature laden + all this in a compact 6.5" x 6.5" x 1.5" profile. Key Features:

Oxford 9xx Performance chipset

FW400 connecting Port + Two FW Hub Ports

USB 2.0 Connecting Port + Three USB 2.0 Hub Ports

Up to 32MB Data Buffer, 7200RPM Drive Speed

Intelligent Thermal Monitoring

Auto Power On/Off with manual override

Intech HD Speedtools Utility Suite included

Full 2 Year Solution Warranty + additional HD MFR Warranty on Drive inside!

Retail Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X + NovaStor NovaBACKUP for Windows

Current pricing:

• 80GB 7200RPM w/8MB Cache now $104.99
• 160GB 7200RPM w/8MB Cache now $114.99
• 250GB 7200RPM w/8MB Cache now $127.99
• 320GB 7200RPM w/16MB Cache now $137.99
• 500GB 7200RPM w/16MB Cache now $149.99
• 750GB 7200RPM w/32MB Cache now $199.99
• 1.0TB 7200PRM w/32MB Cache NEW - $279.99

Solutions are fully bootable on systems supporting FireWire and/or USB2 boot. Perfect for Audio/Video, Backup, General Data needs, Music, Photography, and more. Plug & Play ready for Apple*s Time Machine.

The NewerTech miniStack is also available without a hard drive, 0GB-Add Your Own Hard Drive Kit, including options including Prosoft DataBackup III & InTech HD Speedtools available from $69.99.
Best Regards,
Lawrence O'Connor
Other World Computing"

Larry later wrote they have 500GB Samsung SATA (9.5mm high) notebook drives for $249.99 or bundled with an external case (for reusing the original internal notebook drive) from $269.99. (The drive plus USB 2.0 case kit/software bundle is a bit less on the site specials page.)

"iMac Core Duo 17" 1.83GHz
Upgrade: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.00GHz, 667FSB, "Merom", Dual-Core, 4MB L2 Cache, FCPGA6 Socket M

I had this orig iMac with a failed logic board. When I got the new logic board and did the swap, I decided to put a new CPU in it too. Any 667MHz FSB Core 2 Duo would have worked; I put in the 2 GHz model, because that's what I could get, fairly cheaply. They make up to 2.33 GHz models with 667 MHz FSB, if you have $650 to spend! (the highest bin/speed parts have a big premium. Lower speeds are typically much less.)

I don't have any benchmarks - I just thought folks might like to know this is a fairly straightforward swap (as long as you are comfortable getting inside an iMac enclosure; a HUGE pain in the @ss if you ask me). I will say that the OS is definitely faster, and Parallels runs XP faster too.

Mac Minis are also good candidates for a swap like this. As a matter of fact, I have a Core Duo 1.83GHz CPU which somebody with a Core Solo or Core Duo 1.6 GHz Mac Mini might want...
Regards, Andrew"

There's a previous page here on Intel-based Mac Mini CPU Upgrades/chip swaps since 2006. (First gen Mac Pro owners have also swapped in Quad-Core (Clovertown) Xeons months before the 2008 Mac Pros were released although they have later Harpertown Xeons.)
If you've upgraded the CPU(s) your Intel-based iMac, Mini or Mac Pro, let me know the details. Thanks.

And again this morning when "checking for updates" to Apps I saw 1 noted on the text line in itunes, but viewing the updates showed another case where multiple listings of the same update (and listings of updates I'd already downloaded) were shown. Since iTunes 7.7.1 I've seen several times where updates I'd already downloaded were shown, but recently (since the iPhone 2.0.1 update) I'm not the only one to see multiple listings of the same App update. After downloading the update, a check again usually corrects this but I've had several readers send screenshots showing the multiple (repeated) updates shown in itunes.

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