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[lunaratu]

dilemma: ok, i was planning on waiting till leopard came out to get an imac, however my computer is slowly going--i can just tell. it heats up really really quickly, slows down so it seems like it's frozen and i really can't have much open at a time. i'm worried about my computer completely dying before leopard comes out in october. should i

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[out0mind]

I honestly don't know. It's been a bit over a year since an iMac re-release, I believe, so it should be, most likely, relatively soon. With the WWDC coming up in June, you'll probably hear of a new release in the coming months, but don't quote me on that. Long story short, it'll probably be a little bit, but not too long. I seriously doubt your laptop will "die;" it just needs some taking care of. Ask a friend in town to clean out the fans, filters, and vents to make sure it's keeping cool - it shouldn't be overheating. If you're having slowdown problems, delete some stuff from the harddrive and reinstall the OS. It won't cost very much and it'll speed things up considerably. If there were real hardware problems, you'd know it by now because you'd have severe issues with your computer aside from a slowdown and heat problems such as constant blue screens of death and the OS actually freezing (not the spinny ball forever freezing, but ACTUALLY freezing, mouse included). You're honestly better off waiting a little bit 'til you really need the computing power than blowing a huge chunk of money you may not have on something that you'll regret not waiting on later on.