Hi guys,
To cut a long story short, I now have 3 eMacs as listed below....
1 ... 800 MHz - CD drive - 40 gig Hard drive - 768 RAM - Internally busted so no image on screen.
2 ... 800 MHz - CD drive - 60 gig Hard drive - 768 mb RAM - Panther - Works fine
3 ... 1000 MHz - Superdrive - 80 gig HD - 640 mb RAM - Tiger - Awful looking case - Works fine.

I also have a suitable 512 mb RAM chip. I plan to use the RAM from the busted one and the spare chip to max out the two working eMacs and fit Airport extreme cards but it's the case I need a bit of help with.
The faster of the eMacs was used in an office and is full of stickers. It also has several gouges out of it and even big globs of paint. (Luckily there are none near the fan area or on the front) I was toying with the idea of removing the rear case of the duff eMac which is fantastically clean and swapping it with this rear cover from HELL. The only snag is that, being different models, will it fit? Are the screw holes the same? Do the switches and sockets all line up?
Does anybody know?
Cheers,
Steve

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/vistasp2.jpg" width="240" height="240" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="2"/Kevin Tofel of a href="http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/12/windows-vista-s.html"jkontherun/a has put together a fairly comprehensive list of what's inside the Vista SP2 updatemdash;just as the a href="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/12/02/announcing-the-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008-service-pack-2-customer-preview-program-cpp.aspx"beta rolls out to MSDN and TechNet subscribers/a. Here is what users can expect:/p pHighlights (Although the original list has since disappeared from jkontherun, ZDNet managed to snag the info):/p blockquotep bull;Built-in Hyper-V hypervisorbr / bull;Event logging support in SPCbr / bull;Fixes for DRM issues from WMP upgradesbr / bull;Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wirelessbr / bull;Functionality to reduce resources required for sidebar gadgetsbr / bull;Improved power settings for Windows Server 2008/p/blockquote pThe complete list of features:/p blockquotep Emerging Hardware Support/p p ·SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technologybr / ·Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,br / ·Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,br / ·exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.br / ·SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support –example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).br / ·Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPUbr / Security/p p ·SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vistabr / ·Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilitiesbr / ·Reliabilitybr / ·SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1br / Performance/p p ·Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleepbr / ·Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search,br / ·Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsivenessbr / Application Compatibility/p p ·It is our goal that applications that run on the Windows Vista Operating System today and are written using public APIs will continue to work as designed on Windows Vista SP2.br / ·Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.br / ·Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accountsbr / Administration and Support Improvements/p p ·Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed,br / ·Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.br / ·Single installer for both Vista Server 2008br / ·Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionalitybr / ·Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possiblebr / ·Better manageability through logging in system event logbr / ·Componentization for Serviceability of the installerbr / Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:/p p ·Inclusion of Hyper-Vbr / ·Event logging support in SPCbr / ·DNS Server now listens over ISATAP addressbr / ·Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgradesbr / ·Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wirelessbr / ·Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgetsbr / ·Improved power settings for WS08 /p/blockquote pIt is not a mind-blowing upgrade, but there are definitely some useful tweaks in there. 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I guess when two out of three films in a franchise are an absolute blast to watch, you kinda try to get behind the odds that a fourth installment will fall somewhere in the middle between awesome and please don't let me see that again ... ever. After watching Beverly Hills Cop 3, I almost filed a police report convinced the filmmakers had committed some sort of crime against humanity. Now, with the next one, you'd think folks would have learned from earlier mistakes. Well, the fact that Brett Ratner is directing hasn't exactly bolstered anticipation -- but maybe the script is good ...

Speaking of, Latino Review managed to snag a draft of Beverly Hills Cop 4 (one they claim "the studio loves, but Eddie Murphy is not too keen on"), and they've slapped a C+ grade on it. Based on their description (which includes spoilers, so watch out), the flick looks to be a combination of the original Beverly Hills Cop and Hitch, with Axel Foley (Murphy) trying to figure out who killed one of his friends, all while helping his new, fat partner score with some girl he has a crush on. LR says it's a "pretty standard police corruption story", and it feels "like the writers took an Arnold Schwarzenegger script they had lying around and changed the details to make it a Beverly Hills Cop movie. There's no fun in it."

Good news is the script will probably change before a final product is shoveled into theaters. What do you think a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie needs in order to be successful with fans of the series?

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