BRAND NEW iMac! (G3-powered!)

Very nice, post video!

You could save it and open it on it's 20th anniversary...Or sell it then. You're probably too anxious to do that though!

If part of you wants to use it, then I say use it and enjoy it. Nothing wrong with pure collecting for the long term, but something this perfect ought to be experienced, IMO.

I would definitely replace the battery anyhow--just because it hasn't been in use doesn't mean the battery won't go. Treat it well!

Boy, you're in a pickle aren't you? I have always wondered what to do if I ever came across a brand new still boxed computer. Do you keep it in the box so that it remains brand new or remove it to save it from certain death from the battery???

WOW That was my first mac, the Bondi iMac.

Cool you found a new one....

Only NIB Mac I got was my Macbook. Wish I could find a Quadra or something NIB.

I have gotten other old but new stuff (sealed) in the past:

Macintosh System 7.1.1 Pro

FED-5 Rangefinder

Zenit-Automat Aperture-priority K mount SLR

Unbox it! Its so cool opening what may be the only new one left. Be sure to take good quality video for us.

Awesome!!!! Yeah I would unbox it too. Can't wait to see.

Keep it in the box! There aren't that many still in the box around, for collector's sake (even part of me dispises those who collect boxed machines forever).

You can always get more used iMac G3's to use if you don't already have one.

The only thing I ever got New Old Stock was The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime.

That is awesome, I just got an iMac DV Indigo last week, they are just such cool machines.

It's a computer, so unbox it (properly) and use it

They are a dime a dozen used, so I just don't see the point opening it. You know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. It has sat unopened all this time, why start now? Just my 2 cents worth.

Agreed...It's so common, the unopened box is the only thing making it special.

Concur, make a clear Plexi container/desk/workstation to house it for posterity.

Put another one, with better specs and flashier color scheme on top of the desk, for contrast, and a more enjoyable iMac playtime experience.

An iLamp comes to mind as well, that way you'd have a G4 and both iConic iMacs in one compact workstation/display/storage unit. :approve:

I do have the iLamp; in fact, if you look closely in the photo you can see it lurking in the background.

The box's tape was removed only so the guy who found it could see what was inside, but the white foam wrap is still on the Mac. I'm going to take it out regardless because of the battery, but I'm not sure if it goes back in, gets displayed, or something else.

The G4 does have its original box.

I say keep it in the original box after removing the battery to protect it from potential scratches and other harm. That may encourage keeping the box somewhere safe too...I recently lost a lot of Apple boxes from keeping them in an old garage at my Mom's. Someday it'll be worth much more than a beat up one with plenty of use. That's my vote.

Or you could reduce your carbon handprint by burning the box. Preferably out-of-doors.

I'm about to set up for taping tonight. If all goes as planned, I'll have the video taped and edited within the next 5 hours.

I'm still planning on unboxing it but I'm still split over whether or not to keep it out.

Do as you wish, although the fact that it is still new is probably the only perk about the iMac.

Update: putting taping on hold for a few days. I'm out of MiniDV tapes!!!

Clearly the sensible course of action is to hire a 24/7 armed guard and surround the box with a moat. Lasers probably need to be in the mix there somewhere.

no crocodiles, or dead hard drive machine guns?

Just buy some Aperture Science Sentry Turrets.

Now fires the WHOLE 50cal bullet.

i have a iMac right now, 350mhz,

some one tried to install OSX on it with out updating the firmware!

so i tried to blind boot from os9 cd, put it to sleep, wake, etc nothing, dead video,

there is one thing i tried however and i was able to make it show me some RED or GREEN or BLUE Tinted faint video!

Blind boot off os9 cd, wait, hit power button to sleep, wake, then plug in network cable, you can hear the cd drive access for a second

while it acquires an ip, then i un plug power(while on), re-plug power, tap the power button (turn back on)

and some kind of video does come up, its a gamble wether it's going to be a SHADE of RED/GREEN/BLUE… i've been able to replicate this…

back about 4 years ago, i bought like 200 of these imac's and sold them all through CL,

i made the mistake ONE time of installing OSX with out checking the firmware rev… in that situation

i just did the VNC trick, this time, i received this one a long with that boat load of mac's last weekend…

i knew right away what the issue was when there was no video and the hard drive was removed…

im not sure why the network cable enables the " what is seems as " the rescue mode,

but it works.

now i have a 40 gb in there… with os 9.0 installed,,, you need 9.1 installed to update the firmware!

but i keep trying to install the 9.1 update i have and its saying that i need a mac os 9 US ENGLISH version installed.

i am pretty dam sure that is what i do have installed… this issue right now is making me want to throw the imac in the back yard lol

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ty!

Brings back memories, I bought a new 350mhz iMac like that when they were new. Loved it. Sadly iMacs now have their plastic fadded and internal plastics cracked, I still have my 700mhz G3 iMac (the newest G3) and while she is old and tired she works like new. Wish I could find a purpose for her today.

GREEN SCREEN!

Installing mac os 9.1 so i can FINALLY update the firmware!



ok got the firmware updating!



done. now booting, looks good so far!



Success! Finally!



a little patience never hurts

Moral of the story, make sure your NIB iMac has its firmware updated before you try to install OSX on it

Congrats. I've got the rev. b of the original bondi imac only mine is scratched, dinged, and has minor breakage inside :'( , and also no longer has it's stock cpu. 333mhz sounded better.

P.S.

Nevermind that's it's like a third-hand computers (at least two previous owners).