So we dropped off the infamous smoke-belching dual G5 at the Apple Store in Palo Alto: the diagnosis, delivered 24 hours later is that the motherboard and at least one processor are fried, and possibly the power supply as well. The repair costs will likely approach or surpass the cost of a new Mac.

So we’re busily thinking about which new Mac. Macworld’s lead feature this month is about just that: how to pick a new Apple machine. iMacs are now so powerful, as are the laptops, that the expensive quad-core Mac is really meant for high-end video and scientific applications. Unfortunately, gulker.com World HQ has been set up to work with a Mac tower. So we’re thinking about this….

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