With the help of some links from Les Orchard, I have managed to enable the extended desktop on my iMac. It turns out that the hardware is perfectly capable, but it was disabled in the firmware because this was before the release of the G5, and Apple wanted to leave people some reasons to spend the extra money on a Powermac.
The effect is remarkable to say the least. Thanks, Les.
Sadly, I doubt I'll manage to hack in a third monitor. which is a pity, because it'd look so cool.
What you need is this:
http://www.go-l.com/monitors/index.htm
mmmm.... delicious.
I'll stick with things that actually exist, thankyou :)
Can you imagine the amount of time that went into making that site? It seems a pretty long way to go just for a parody. I love the fridge-compressor cooling system, though: http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl35/cooling/index.htm
This, however, looks real: http://www.9xmedia.com/pages-Build_a_system/X-Top_Expert---5_over_5.html
not so sure they are a fake. far too much effort to go to for not enough comic return. although, they certainly appear to not go the final yards (the store doesn't work and the support login links are crap), so the site doesn't provide any certainty either way. also, check out: http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/25/liebermann/
btw. see: http://www.asetek.com/ for the cooling system details and then have a look at their distributors page. if anybody in America wants to call the listed Liebermann number and verify that they answer the phone properly.
anyway, its quite intriguing - if its a fake, why? if not, how are they making such cool computers and nobody's heard of them?
There's some more info at http://plex.us/outbursts/liebermann.html and http://www.grotto11.com/blog/?+1064355503
It looks and smells like a hoax, or at least a parody. Maybe they do make high-end, rebadged, overclocked and fridge-cooled hardware, and their site is just massively over-hyping it. I sort of doubt it though. Have a look at the buzzword- and acronym-overloaded "CacheFlow" stuff on the architecture page. Then try to find a mention of this supposedly revolutionary technology anywhere else on the Internet.
In fact, try to find a link to the site from anywhere other than MacCentral, bloggers, and the occasional message-board. Where are the independent reviews?
If you were a real company trying to get people to trust you enough to buy your very expensive hardware, you'd make much more of an effort to be verifiably legitimate.
hmmm... most fascinating ... and enjoyable! I'll sit on the fence for the moment and watch, all will be revealed soon enough.
Swanky! I'm glad the hack worked for you, and it's gratifying to see pictures of the setup :)
I'm peeved that you need a hack to make this work, but that it does work makes me want an iMac that much more.