Re: Mains leads

T i m <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Did any of the iMac models come with strain relief facilities on the
mains leads

The original CRT iMacs had a kettle lead that plugged into a deeply
recessed socket in the back, and I have seen these come loose reasonably
often, with bad, bad results. The problem was that it was very difficult
to see if they were working loose. The trick there was never to move the
iMac.

All the flat screen ones (iLamps and the later 'computer in a screen'
ones) are quite immune to all that. My G5 flat slab job has a solidly
implated power lead, that I feed through the handy port in the stand. It
appears to be proof against accidental disconnection.
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Peter
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