Is it time for a new one?

Imac is blue and screaming every morning. Unplug turn it on its OK all day. Is it time to replace it?

Steve Rossi wrote:
Just ordered a new one from the Apple Store. Thanks for the reality check.
Steve
Ohmigosh, and it's not her birthday? She's going to be surprised! Good man.
First test the new machine with nothing on it until you are satisfied it's working well. Then you can begin to populate the new machine. Look for some of Kenichi's posts on migrating from a PowerPC processor like the G5 to an Intel-based iMac. In a nutshell, consider migrating only the data and re-installing applications from the original disks where you can. I personally came from a G5 and migrated nothing with the Migration Assistant tool; nearly all data was on an external hard drive so that part was fairly easy, but it does take time to re-install applications one at a time. ITunes was a bit of headache since my media was not all in the default location and I need to sync an iPhone. Post if you need help with that.
Some software may not be Intel-compatible, so either install Rosetta or wait for the system to prompt you to install Rosetta; this allows most PowerPC programs to run under Intel.

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