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Unfortunately my Cybershot, and the material used on the iMac, will not allow me to take a decent picture of the crack. When I use the flash, it reflects back (as seen in the shots I took), and when I do not use the flash, the picture is either grainy, or slightly out of focus. I do own more decent cameras (a Nikon FM2 & a Minolta XR5), but they are manual SLR, and it would be pointless to waste film on a shot I might not even be able to obtain correctly on 35mm, then scan it onto my MBP, which will only degrade the image further. I will attempt to reconfigure my Cybershot in order to demonstrate this problem when I have time.
When I first looked at this iMac, I noticed the severe screen-burn, which deeply pissed me off, as the original owner did not advise me ahead of time when I e-mailed him. The last thing I wanted to do was waste a bus trip, and make an ass of out myself, so I bought it for $20 (which was my original offer), and off I went. I noticed the crack on the side (its not on the graphite-coloured plastic; its on a white strip, which I assume holds the top housing of the iMac together) when I placed the computer on my sofa, then later on my desk. The only benefit was he had the original manual still in its original shrink-wrap (which must have some value), and the optional case cover to connect the iMac to an external projector, or monitor via VGA (and that was still in its shrink-wrap as well), in addition to an excellent looking, and working pro keyboard & mouse.
I would assume that the severe heat from the CRT, after years of use, caused this slight fracture in the case. There is no other physical damage to the case, besides some minor chips (ticks I call them) at the bottom, which I intend on filling, and if it had been dropped, the CRT may have shattered. The design does not look stable enough to tolerate a shock if dropped, and live to tell-the-tale, if you know what I mean.
Unfortunately my Cybershot, and the material used on the iMac, will not allow me to take a decent picture of the crack. When I use the flash, it reflects back (as seen in the shots I took), and when I do not use the flash, the picture is either grainy, or slightly out of focus. I do own more decent cameras (a Nikon FM2 & a Minolta XR5), but they are manual SLR, and it would be pointless to waste film on a shot I might not even be able to obtain correctly on 35mm, then scan it onto my MBP, which will only degrade the image further. I will attempt to reconfigure my Cybershot in order to demonstrate this problem when I have time.
When I first looked at this iMac, I noticed the severe screen-burn, which deeply pissed me off, as the original owner did not advise me ahead of time when I e-mailed him. The last thing I wanted to do was waste a bus trip, and make an ass of out myself, so I bought it for $20 (which was my original offer), and off I went. I noticed the crack on the side (its not on the graphite-coloured plastic; its on a white strip, which I assume holds the top housing of the iMac together) when I placed the computer on my sofa, then later on my desk. The only benefit was he had the original manual still in its original shrink-wrap (which must have some value), and the optional case cover to connect the iMac to an external projector, or monitor via VGA (and that was still in its shrink-wrap as well), in addition to an excellent looking, and working pro keyboard & mouse.
I would assume that the severe heat from the CRT, after years of use, caused this slight fracture in the case. There is no other physical damage to the case, besides some minor chips (ticks I call them) at the bottom, which I intend on filling, and if it had been dropped, the CRT may have shattered. The design does not look stable enough to tolerate a shock if dropped, and live to tell-the-tale, if you know what I mean.