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yossele
May 8, 2003, 11:31 AM
with the old imac they are doing fishtanks, what can you do with the lcd imac something cool???
any ideas!!


Sun Baked
May 8, 2003, 11:43 AM
What no lamp conversion kits?
baby duck monge
May 8, 2003, 01:24 PM
well if you're really planning on rendering it inopperable, you could donate it to a highschool or something instead. an lcd imac would be infinitely nicer than any computer most schools would have.

or you could put it in your car. ithere may be a way to draw enough power from the battery, and i bet you could manage to seperate the lcd, extend the cables, and put the screen somewhere convenient. keyboard and mouse, too (or a keyboard with built-in trackpad)

you should give it to a school, though. or to me. i'm still in school. college, at least.
coolocity
May 8, 2003, 01:26 PM
give them to me, i'm selling mine monday! no osx! ahhh!
funkywhat2
May 8, 2003, 03:41 PM
you could donate it to the GWVALCDiF. I think they (hee hee) would greatly appreciate it. :D :D :D




P.S. GWVALCDiF = Give William Vogel An LCD iMac Fund
wdlove
May 8, 2003, 03:48 PM
I would also suggest donating it to a non-profit organization such as a church or school. That way someone could make good use of your iMac. If you are opposed to donation, I also think because of the modern design it would make a nice decoration! ;)
Thanatoast
May 8, 2003, 03:56 PM
Take out the LCD guts and create a giant ant farm.

Or, if you remember those things you could get at Spencer's Gifts at the mall, you could create one of those sand sculpture objects.

Or you could take out the guts of the dome, put in a pump and small water supply, run a tube up the arm, and have a soothing waterfall run down the front in a sheet action like you see sometimes.
Flowbee
May 8, 2003, 04:45 PM
Two words: Wig stand.
wdlove
May 8, 2003, 04:58 PM
Originally posted by Thanatoast
Take out the LCD guts and create a giant ant farm.

Or, if you remember those things you could get at Spencer's Gifts at the mall, you could create one of those sand sculpture objects.

Or you could take out the guts of the dome, put in a pump and small water supply, run a tube up the arm, and have a soothing waterfall run down the front in a sheet action like you see sometimes.

I think that those are great suggestions. Might be interested in one of those myself, but will have to wait till someone offers one on the Internet like the original iMac! ;)

I think that the the iMac would be too large as a wig stand! :p
Flowbee
May 13, 2003, 04:29 PM
Originally posted by wdlove


I think that the the iMac would be too large as a wig stand! :p

You've obviously never seen my wigs! :eek:
MrMacMan
May 13, 2003, 04:36 PM
Are you kidding:

Team MacRumors Folding! :D

comeon, we need YOUR un-used CPU (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=21908)

If not, you can always use it as a web-server...
wdlove
May 13, 2003, 06:45 PM
Originally posted by Flowbee
You've obviously never seen my wigs! :eek:

Do you have a picture of your wig? :p
scem0
May 13, 2003, 08:10 PM
I still maintain the stance that you should give it to a poor little 16 year old who has to fight for food every day, and eats Ramen noodles all the time because he can't afford anything else.
Thanatoast
May 13, 2003, 11:05 PM
Replace the screen with a mirrror and give it to Steve Jobs for his birthday.
scem0
May 13, 2003, 11:05 PM
Originally posted by Thanatoast
Replace the screen with a mirrror and give it to Steve Jobs for his birthday.

That would actually look really cool. But I definitely wouldn't give it away. Unless it didn't look as cool as I expected or something.
wdlove
May 14, 2003, 11:30 AM
Originally posted by scem0
I still maintain the stance that you should give it to a poor little 16 year old who has to fight for food every day, and eats Ramen noodles all the time because he can't afford anything else.

I would second the suggestion that you give the LCD iMac to scem0. I'm sure that he would be more than willing to pay for the postage! ;)
donigian
Jun 5, 2003, 10:34 PM
If we're talking about you giving it away, I'll take it. Come on, I'm writing this on an eMachine that is 2.5 years old. My only Mac is an iMac 233 rev. A. Please, please, please. I'll pay for shipping! :)
yossele
Jun 7, 2003, 05:33 PM
The truth is I like my iMac and i'm using, and i hope to use for the next years to come, my question was only AFTER my iMac will die, what options are avilable or any ideas.
Thanks
trebblekicked
Jun 7, 2003, 05:58 PM
i like the ant farm idea. that'd be pretty interesting. how about an etch-a-sketch/magna-doodle? an fp imac would make a nice message pad by a phone. i can't think of much that would fit in a slot that thin...
kylos
Jun 7, 2003, 08:21 PM
OFFTOPIC - Scem0, I love that clip in your 'tar. My housemate showed me that recently. That kid is great!!!
wdlove
Jun 7, 2003, 08:25 PM
I would second the of trebblekicked on making your iMac into an Ant Farm!
:cool:
scem0
Jun 7, 2003, 10:32 PM
Originally posted by Kyle?
OFFTOPIC - Scem0, I love that clip in your 'tar. My housemate showed me that recently. That kid is great!!!

Thanks. It took a while to get from 170kb to -20kb ;).

I still think you should give it to me (when it stops working). I would at least try to fix it up.

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/f9cc7c1b1b0efefd4106b1aca99cfb4e.png
wdlove
Jun 8, 2003, 08:05 PM
Originally posted by scem0
Thanks. It took a while to get from 170kb to -20kb ;).

I still think you should give it to me (when it stops working). I would at least try to fix it up.

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/f9cc7c1b1b0efefd4106b1aca99cfb4e.png

I think that your new Kung Fu tar is even better scem0, it's great! ;)