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I always wanted one of these. In the trash today at work (the "giveaway" table outside the one of the computer centers) - I found an iMac in beautiful cosmetic shape. It has been gutted - no memory, HD or optical. As far as I can tell, it is otherwise OK.
Aside from adding memory, HD and an optical, anything else I can do with it? Is it worth fixing up?
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What size is the display?
You don't know if anything else is working. Why gut a perfectly good computer, unless it was savaged by a PC Philistine.
I may have a shot at a 15" iLamp. Old tech, but trés elegant, a piece of Mac history, and it's still fairly functional.
I'd try some memory and an HD to see if it works, then add an op-drive.
But that's just because I really like those iMacs.
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Always liked that design. Seems like it'd be a good match with the size of the intel chips, but what do I know?
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Love those models! I'm hoping to eventually find one like that, or at a thrift store, etc.
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Figure out how fast it is, and that will tell you if it has USB2 ports or not. If it does, it could be a good little iPod loading machine and iTunes server via sharing.
Other suggestions - network backup machine. Digital picture frame in the living room. Movie playing machine in the kitchen. MacWorld did an article a few months ago about breathing new life into an old Mac. Check it out. If I can find it, I'll post what issue it was.
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[quote volcs0]As far as I can tell, it is otherwise OK.
Yeah, if enough of these pass through your hands, you get a feel for them; after a while you can just tap on the gutted shell and tell if it's good by the sound it makes.
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I'd love to have one of those machines....
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[quote RAMd®d]What size is the display?
You don't know if anything else is working. Why gut a perfectly good computer, unless it was savaged by a PC Philistine.
Good point. May be dead. But knowing the University, they got something new and just tossed this one... I will see if it works.
The RAM slot looks like PC100/133 - I will look it up. Thanks for the offer Bill - if it works, I might take you up on it, as I will have to salvage a RAM stick from another machine to test with.
I will definitely look for that article in Macworld. I hope it works - the case/display/arm are in such nice shape...
Oh, and I need to find that weird power adapter as well (the one that looks like the aliens from the original war of the worlds).
