333mhz Grape iMac G3!

Congrats, these really are nice machines and a lot of fun to use.

Very nice. I've got a Lime one, myself, i've been using it as my main Mac for the better part of 7 years. Still a great machine, just a little burdened by modern software, sadly.

I'll be keeping it on Mac OS 8.6 when I get it. I always liked that OS, even though I used it for only a few months, years ago.

8.6? 8-o That's prehistoric! Why not try Tiger on there, it can easily handle it (with some extra memory of course) and in my opinion would be a lot more fun with it Or if you do want Classic, surely 9.2.2 is the logical choice? I've never really used 8.x OSes, despite my recent acquisition of a real copy of 8.5, as I don't have any 68ks that can take 8.1 and there aren't any Macs that can take 8.6 that can't take 9 so I don't see that you would ever use that one nowadays.

Looks a nice machine though, and it's great to get all the bits with it like that

I try to keep all my macs on different OSes to keep them unique. I chose 8.6 over 9.2.2 because 8.6 is lighter, and 9.2.2 didn't add any features I use. I can't wait to see the About the Mac OS Credits easter egg again after so many years.

... I can't wait to see the About the Mac OS Credits easter egg again after so many years.

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That is quite cool - I was just looking at that on my 3400c with 8.5.

That is awesome

I just bought a clouds mouse pad from Staples so it will look as outdated as possible.

I hope the guy will let me pick up the iMac soon.

I try to keep all my macs on different OSes to keep them unique. I chose 8.6 over 9.2.2 because 8.6 is lighter, and 9.2.2 didn't add any features I use. I can't wait to see the About the Mac OS Credits easter egg again after so many years.

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9.2.2 is actually very fast in comparison to 9.0-9.1. There really isn't much reason to use 8.6 over 9.2.2 if speed is your only concern and you get all the newer features of Mac OS 9.

I don't have another license of 9 either.

But I see no benefit in 9 for me, so why use it on this? IMHO

I also just miss the OS 8 days. :-/

I just spent an hour rearranging my space to fit the iMac. I hope I get to pick it up sometime.

I guess I won't be getting it today.

I'm getting it tomorrow.

Where do you live that they're so expensive? BINs tend to run between 60 and 80 USD...Including shipping. The books and disks are cool but I wouldn't bump the price 20-40 for them...

I live 15 miles away from the item location. Ironically, I bought a Macintosh Server G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) local pickup off of eBay for only $68.75 a few months ago.

The one other bidder was bidding very high on the iMac (the starting bid was $9.99), and I was serious about winning the mac. I knew that I wouldn't see a tray-loader with original stuff for a long time. I had wanted one just like that for about a year. Anyhow, it's worth it for me! [] ]'>

Very nice. I have a bondi and he HD is slowwwwwwww. I suggest a new HD for it and more RAM and it will be a nice OS X machine.

Very nice. I have a bondi and he HD is slowwwwwwww. I suggest a new HD for it and more RAM and it will be a nice OS X machine.

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he doesnt want an os X machine he wants a 8.6 machine he said that in the thread

I got the iMac! I guess they weren't very familiar with macs, because everything is loose in the root of the hard drive. Also, the trash contains pictures of their baby taking a bath, which they probably wanted to delete before selling. (The seller I bought this mac from had it for three days before selling it on eBay, so it wasn't him) I don't think they knew how to empty the trash…

Anyway, I'll be doing a complete restore, so it will be like a factory-fresh iMac.

EDIT: Judging by the documents contained on the HD, this is from a senior citizen. In a document, it says "I am a senior citizen" somewhere in it. The many card games would help create this conclusion as well. Also, these documents weren't modified since 2000. Think I should keep them?

I'm restoring the iMac right now! I did keep the documents and applications. I really like this iMac. It feels like buying one new in 1998.

Why did you keep the documents? Kinda creepy...

They were just typing practice. (some even typing pages out of the books included) I kept them for the same reason I keep candy wrappers, food packaging, and office supply packaging. In case I "ever need them." (which is probably never) What if that person is dead?…quite a thought

I finished restoring the iMac. I feel this is $96.01 well spent! It included the Macintosh Products Guide for Winter 2000 on CD-ROM sealed. Think I should open it?

On the Install disc there's some song called "Thank You" that sounds like "I thank you for asking [that day or that way or something] I'm doing fine, sooo fine" in the CD Extras. Anybody know what it is? It's almost as great as the music video from 8.1.

The MacHome CD contained tons of software! There were demos for Photoshop 5.5, Canvas 7, and countless game demos. Even though that's all great, I enjoy the freeware called Duck on the disc, which is a duck that quacks.

Never get involved in a bidding war on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-iMAC-PURPLE-G3-333-MHZ-96MB-CDROM-W-KB-MOUSE_W0QQitemZ290182123553QQihZ019QQcategoryZ80039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iMac-Graphite-G3-700-mhz-Slot-Load-computer_W0QQitemZ200173941361QQihZ010QQcategoryZ80039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Complete with non-matching keyboard and mouse, no discs, no box, etc.

I'd say that any given thing is "worth" whatever you want to pay for it, not whatever eBay thinks is the lowest price.

I'm very satisfied.

Why did you keep the documents? Kinda creepy...

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I concur. :O I always format all the HDs i get...i have no interest in other peoples affairs.

I didn't keep anything that was in the trash.

I don't always format the drives I get either. The Duo still has all the previous owner's documents on it although I don't tend to look at them. Haven't really used the machine much to justify booting it up and cleaning it out.

On the Install disc there's some song called "Thank You" that sounds like "I thank you for asking [that day or that way or something] I'm doing fine, sooo fine" in the CD Extras. Anybody know what it is? It's almost as great as the music video from 8.1.

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Looking up what song it may be now. I assume the music video in 8.1, you're referring to "The Old Apartment" by the Barenaked Ladies. Was quite a catchy tune. Now it's confined solely to my install discs and off my HD, think about it, a video entitled "The Old Apartment - Bakenaked Ladies" often gets a few awkward stares from friends and parents alike!

I don't always format the drives I get either. The Duo still has all the previous owner's documents on it although I don't tend to look at them. Haven't really used the machine much to justify booting it up and cleaning it out.

On the Install disc there's some song called "Thank You" that sounds like "I thank you for asking [that day or that way or something] I'm doing fine, sooo fine" in the CD Extras. Anybody know what it is? It's almost as great as the music video from 8.1.

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Looking up what song it may be now. I assume the music video in 8.1, you're referring to "The Old Apartment" by the Barenaked Ladies. Was quite a catchy tune. Now it's confined solely to my install discs and off my HD, think about it, a video entitled "The Old Apartment - Bakenaked Ladies" often gets a few awkward stares from friends and parents alike!

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Actually I think it might be One Week by Barenaked Ladies. Unless that's on another OS disk.