# Can an imac really handle a PC processor as well?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-imac-really-handle-a-pc-processor-as-well/211594 "2003-11-05T19:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-imac-really-handle-a-pc-processor-as-well/211594/21 "2003-11-07T15:24:51Z")

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“I need a gig of RAM and 2.4 gigs of processing power…”

I saw on another forum some guy who wondered if he could take that 2.4ghz chip out of his phone & make a computer from it 🙂

BTW, [computergeeks.com](http://computergeeks.com) usually has a nice computer deal on their front page you might look there.

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