I KNOW!!! i totally need one, luckily, my dad is driving me there, plus, my bike recently got vandalized (slashed tires) , and i dontnthink that a kiddie carrier can carry 200 lbs of cargo about 3 miles!
I dunno I don't like to do laundry
I KNOW!!! i totally need one, luckily, my dad is driving me there, plus, my bike recently got vandalized (slashed tires) , and i dontnthink that a kiddie carrier can carry 200 lbs of cargo about 3 miles!
...not selling at all...
Did you try on Ebay? I tried to do post one, just yet. I have put a starting bid of 15USD and it showed me no fees. So it seems you can try to sell them without any costs, when they will not be sold. (I did not read the american reglementation, this is because I just tried.). It seems they have a special offer at the time in America, too (in Germany one can sell items till 30th of April without fees at any given starting price as long as it is set as an auction and not as buy-it-now item).
If you offer shipping, more people will bid. A good description is a MUST! as well as a good title and pictures.
(you can find out shipping quotes, if you go to everymac.com and look up the dimensions and weight for the iMac. Cart Boxes and soft material can be found in workshop-markets and music-instrument-shops. They give them away as trash without taking money for it. A cart box of a 18"-22" Bass drum would be ideal!
Two words - Garage Sale.
Post flyers at all the local schools and on the bulletin boards at all the local grocery stores.
Pick a day and have them all set up and working - sell them for like $5 each, cash and carry. Shoot, offer to set them up at the persons house for an extra $5 or $10 dollars.. There are a LOT of older folks and PC ignorant people that need this kind of CHEAP service... not the $$$ best buy charges.
Advertise them as the perfect first computer for someones kid... Which they are. Shoot, offer to set them up at the persons house for an extra $5 or $10 dollars.. There are a LOT of older folks and PC ignorant people that need this kind of cheap but vaulable service... not the $$$ best buy charges.
The upside - this is also a good way to build a client base if you want to do computer repairs down the road - have business cards printed up and pass them out.
Two words - Garage Sale.
Post flyers at all the local schools and on the bulletin boards at all the local grocery stores.
Pick a day and have them all set up and working - sell them for like $5 each, cash and carry. Shoot, offer to set them up at the persons house for an extra $5 or $10 dollars.. There are a LOT of older folks and PC ignorant people that need this kind of CHEAP service... not the $$$ best buy charges.
Advertise them as the perfect first computer for someones kid... Which they are. Shoot, offer to set them up at the persons house for an extra $5 or $10 dollars.. There are a LOT of older folks and PC ignorant people that need this kind of cheap but vaulable service... not the $$$ best buy charges.
The upside - this is also a good way to build a client base if you want to do computer repairs down the road - have business cards printed up and pass them out.
Two words - Garage Sale.
Post flyers at all the local schools and on the bulletin boards at all the local grocery stores.
Pick a day and have them all set up and working - sell them for like $5 each, cash and carry. Shoot, offer to set them up at the persons house for an extra $5 or $10 dollars.. There are a LOT of older folks and PC ignorant people that need this kind of CHEAP service... not the $$$ best buy charges.
Advertise them as the perfect first computer for someones kid... Which they are. Shoot, offer to set them up at the persons house for an extra $5 or $10 dollars.. There are a LOT of older folks and PC ignorant people that need this kind of cheap but vaulable service... not the $$$ best buy charges.
The upside - this is also a good way to build a client base if you want to do computer repairs down the road - have business cards printed up and pass them out.
A pity, you discovered some more problems.
233MHz Rev.A.
You can update rev. A to B, by installing additional VRAM (SG-RAM). They look like Laptop-SDRAM (SO-Dimms), but have the cut in another position (ok, this description is misleading, one could mix them up with DDR-SO-Dimms..., wel I guess you will find them on Ebay).
Cheapest wway to get them is searching for "kg RAM" or "ounces RAM" or "kg memory" or "RAM recycling". You can buy a for example 5kg RAM, which is declared as faulty/untested. Of course you would have to test them...
You can put them aside, and everytime you need RAM you test one. Keep those that are defective and sell them again on Ebay or bring them to a local recycler (in Germany the price for 1kg RAM is 22,50EUR, at the time. I do not know, if you have an option where you live).
You can test the RAM with this http://www.command-tab.com/2008/01/11/how-to-test-ram-under-mac-os-x/
(this is very time consuming, so if you want to be honest to the buyers, you could also just drop them in and test, if the iMac powers up and recognizes the RAM. Then you would have to tell the buyer, that you did not test the added RAM further, but booting up etc.)
Maybe you find two 512MB Sticks for your main machine as well.
Worst case...wait for the holidays and give them all to your friends.
well, they have some appeal. I would want to have one of every colour, if I had the space and would have to much money
one note about the stuck CD:
isn't there a small hole you can put a needle in, which will let the drive pop out? (since you done a lot of work on these and have gotten some knowledge, you probably tried this anyway, but I thought, it's better to post it, since everyone forgets something from time to time )
Are there any local charities in the area that might be able to use some? Thinking something for underprivileged children.
First of all, this is awesome. Secondly I was wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to figure out how to put the bottom part of the case back on and can't figure out the metal bracket in the back connecting the colored portion to the clear frame. Replys to my email (jzak2392@gmail.com) would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
are the G3'S capable of running skype?
First of all, this is awesome. Secondly I was wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to figure out how to put the bottom part of the case back on and can't figure out the metal bracket in the back connecting the colored portion to the clear frame. Replys to my email (jzak2392@gmail.com) would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Thanks i will look into the vRam upgrade if i can get the original iMac's to work %100. As far as the 512Mb Ram goes in my iMac i seem to be doing ok by disabling Dash board and spot light and have no pages outs With TenourFox open with 3 Tabs if 512MB PC133 Ram was not so much money i would get it, i may end up buying new ram any way being when i turned on my iMac i got a half a startup tone and in system profiler it shows only 256Mb Ram when i have 512MB (2x256MB) and it did show it before i will try to reseat the ram to see if that works.
you can get those 512MB RAM for cheap the same way you can get the vRam. Buy 1kg (or ounce) or better more and look if there is a functioning one in it.
On your bad RAM: I hope it is not the RAM-Slot on the LogicBoard that is faulty. Did you try other RAM (no matter what size, as long as it is above 256MB minimum together) in that Slots? So you will know, if it is not the Logicboard.
(is your 500MHz one, the only 500MHz one or are there any others under the 31? Maybe a 600MHz, you could swap?)