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brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:01 PM

So We've been buying iMacs in bulk 50-100 at a time.. so heres the result of about 40 iMacs in our small one bedroom apartment

My Living Room

My Kitchen and Entry Way to the Bathroom

Entry way into my apartment

There everywhere.. So what you all think

Peder Rice · Jan 28, 2007, 03:03 PM

Trying to corner the market or what?

Sub · Jan 28, 2007, 03:04 PM

Name them all, sell me one cheap.

Goldfinger · Jan 28, 2007, 03:07 PM

Why ?

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:11 PM

I refurb them and sell them at pretty good prices.

CharlesS · Jan 28, 2007, 03:12 PM

edit: never mind

SpaceMonkey · Jan 28, 2007, 03:12 PM

Assuming that "our small one bedroom apartment" means that you've living with a significant other, then why hasn't he or she dropped one of those iMacs on your head in your sleep yet?

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:16 PM

Well the bf and I are both kind of sick of them being in here.. I mean him and his buddy went over to muskegon to pick up 30 of them and then went back to grand rapids to pick up 23 of them from weazbert from these forums.. when he brought them in I thought oh god im gonna be sleeping with them.. and sure enough theres 3 of them in the bedroom..

Peder Rice · Jan 28, 2007, 03:17 PM

I don't know, it's kind of... cute. It's like they're iMac refugees, or maybe it's an iMac adoption agency.

That many iMacs would be great in a television commercial.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:21 PM

LOL kind of like the car dealership ads.. I got so many in all colors to choose from.. Ill club a seal to make a better deal LOL

turtle777 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:23 PM

Who buys those things these days ?

-t

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:24 PM

I dont have a problem selling them.. they seem to go like mad around here

turtle777 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

I dont have a problem selling them.. they seem to go like mad around here

What kind of upgrades do you install ?

Barebones, they barely run OS X, right ?

-t

fhoubi · Jan 28, 2007, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

I refurb them and sell them at pretty good prices.

Fish tanks or puppy homes? The latter would not make you a fortune I guess... Still cute nonetheless.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

What kind of upgrades do you install ?

Barebones, they barely run OS X, right ?

-t

The 400s and 500s get 256MB or 512MB RAM and 20/30 Gig drives- the 400s and 500s run tiger
the 350's get 128MB RAM and 7GB Hard drive.. those run panther

I also have 333's that I load up with OS 8.5 and at ease 2 and set them up for kids

ajprice · Jan 28, 2007, 03:34 PM

Star Trek 2007 - 'The Trouble with iTribbles'

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:38 PM

whats really crazy is someone will buy one from me and give me there old mac so i get rid of one gain another

turtle777 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:43 PM

I guess. People probably pay more than these are really worth.

-t

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

I guess. People probably pay more than these are really worth.

-t

Im not complaining... As long as they sell ya know.. gotta make a buck

OwlBoy · Jan 28, 2007, 04:45 PM

These can be great Internet and email machines with enough ram stuck in them.

My little brother uses a 500mHz one with the newest OS X and its great for internet, email, and Adium. They would also make great small media servers for things around the house.

Then again there are many other options for both uses

-Owl

zro · Jan 28, 2007, 06:46 PM

I see these as being useful as little more than a kiosk machine these days. Or something for grandma and grandpa. Other than the form factor, they'd be great as servers.

Buckaroo · Jan 28, 2007, 06:49 PM

Never mind

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by zro

I see these as being useful as little more than a kiosk machine these days. Or something for grandma and grandpa. Other than the form factor, they'd be great as servers.

I have a graphite 400mhz running panther server doing web, AFP and NetBoot.. makes it easy when you can restore 10 machines at a time over the network..

Railroader · Jan 28, 2007, 09:44 PM

We use a graphite iMac to record the sermons at our church. It works great. We have 10.4 on it.

We also use it to control the front projection system.

And sometimes we use it to present video if another input is being used for a keynote presentation.

Buckaroo · Jan 28, 2007, 09:55 PM

How about a picture of you with all your iMacs

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 28, 2007, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by Buckaroo

How about a picture of you with all your iMacs

Ill have to do that tomarrow.. my storage room is full right now.. I spent most of the last few days restoring them and getting them ready to sell.. its nice to have somewhat of a living room back.. Now to tackle the cube I got at the surplus sale the other day

IceEnclosure · Jan 29, 2007, 01:44 AM

People, you can't hate on these CRT iMacs. I had a 333 rev. D running Panther for a good while and it worked great.

Kerrigan · Jan 29, 2007, 02:00 AM

Now it's no mystery where the "broke" in your username comes from

Goldfinger · Jan 29, 2007, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

These can be great Internet and email machines with enough ram stuck in them.

My little brother uses a 500mHz one with the newest OS X and its great for internet, email, and Adium. They would also make great small media servers for things around the house.

Then again there are many other options for both uses

-Owl

I dunno, are they capable of running flash wiithout problems ?
These days if you can't run flash, you can't use it for internet IMHO.

cakey · Jan 29, 2007, 02:46 AM

Can I have one?

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 29, 2007, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Now it's no mystery where the "broke" in your username comes from

Well at one point I was a broke college student until I got into the biz of fixing and reselling computers.. No more broke for me.. my ID on here originates from my yahoo id my freshmen year in college.. LOL out of 60 iMacs I had 7 that were junk.. not to bad

PB2K · Jan 29, 2007, 03:38 AM

i collect apple imacs and send them to developing countries, for free.

OwlBoy · Jan 29, 2007, 03:46 AM

Originally Posted by PB2K

i collect apple imacs and send them to developing countries, for free.

If true, thats great!

-Owl

weazbert · Jan 29, 2007, 03:47 AM

i typically frequnt the market place forum, but hey i recognize some of those machines!

i kind of regret letting all of them go, i've using an iMac like that in some form or another for a long time.

I hope you find them good homes

PB2K · Jan 29, 2007, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

If true, thats great!

-Owl

www.introducingimacs.org

OwlBoy · Jan 29, 2007, 09:28 AM

Cool

-Owl

Kevin · Jan 29, 2007, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

when he brought them in I thought oh god im gonna be sleeping with them..

Tight fit?

gargamel123 · Jan 29, 2007, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

Tight fit?

She just really loves those gosh darn imacs

PB2K · Jan 29, 2007, 12:50 PM

the most macs I had at the same time was 42. they are all collected by the shipping agency. I still need a way to install 42 macs in the shortest time period.

I am green with networking, my specialty is desktops. What do I need to make an image and put it on multiple other macs? Software/hardware. Do I need Panther or Tiger Server?

Strupat · Jan 29, 2007, 02:05 PM

Um... what's wrong with you? Those computers are ugly and old.

Railroader · Jan 29, 2007, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Strupat

Um... what's wrong with you? Those computers are ugly and old.

She sells them and makes money.
And PB2K donates them to people in countries that are unable to buy computers.
What's wrong with you? Can't read?

sweatpants boner · Jan 29, 2007, 04:30 PM

so do all these get sold with a legal license of Mac OS X?

olePigeon · Jan 29, 2007, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

LOL kind of like the car dealership ads.. I got so many in all colors to choose from.. Ill club a seal to make a better deal LOL

Maybe your next venture will involve Spatula City.

olePigeon · Jan 29, 2007, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by PB2K

the most macs I had at the same time was 42. they are all collected by the shipping agency. I still need a way to install 42 macs in the shortest time period.

I am green with networking, my specialty is desktops. What do I need to make an image and put it on multiple other macs? Software/hardware. Do I need Panther or Tiger Server?

Either Tiger or Panther Server will work, and all you need for imaging is here:

Mike's Mac OS X Management Software and Tips: Home

All the instructions are on there, but here's a quick and dirty:

You build a "Golden" iMac they way you want it to look. You then create an ASR compatible image of the hard drive using NetRestore. Copy it to the server.

On the server side you run NetRestore and set it up. You just basiclly select the "Golden" image you copied over as the one it'll use to image, there might be some server info you put in. The you create the NetRestore image. Next, you turn on NetBoot and make the NetRestore image you just created as the default NetBoot image.

Network your iMacs and Server, boot the iMacs while holding down the T key, they'll NetBoot off the server using the NetRestore NetBoot image, then click the button to start imaging!

Easy as 1, 2, 3... 4, 5, 6.

Gossamer · Jan 29, 2007, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by sweatpants boner

so do all these get sold with a legal license of Mac OS X?

That was my question as well.

turtle777 · Jan 29, 2007, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by sweatpants boner

so do all these get sold with a legal license of Mac OS X?

Nah. A OS X license costs more than that's iMac's worth.

-t

olePigeon · Jan 29, 2007, 05:07 PM

Well, they'll come with 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 since OS X came as a bundle with the computer. The version of OS X would depend on the date the computer was manufactured.

Strupat · Jan 29, 2007, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

She sells them and makes money.
And PB2K donates them to people in countries that are unable to buy computers.
What's wrong with you? Can't read?

I am entitled to think it is silly to keep dozens of computers piled all around a place of living. As you are entitled to think the opinions of people who can't read deserve less respect (I am obviously not illiterate, but you seem to have prejudice against those who are).

Poor countries don't need Macs. They need computers that help their country's economy.

turtle777 · Jan 29, 2007, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Well, they'll come with 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3 since OS X came as a bundle with the computer. The version of OS X would depend on the date the computer was manufactured.

No, these are the CRT iMacs. Not all 1G iMacs came shipped with OS X.
Most were shipped with OS 9.

-t

Kevin · Jan 29, 2007, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Strupat

I am entitled to think it is silly to keep dozens of computers piled all around a place of living.

In itself sure, unless there is a valid reason. And they have one.

I am obviously not illiterate, but you seem to have prejudice against those who are.

Hogwash. He never came close to saying anything desparaging about those that are illiterate. You owe him an apology.

Poor countries don't need Macs. They need computers that help their country's economy.

Um, unless these people are given a computer for free, they wont have one. They aren't gonna buy one. Can't afford it.

He isn't giving them out to people that would normally buy computers.

So no money is being lost by the country they live in out of the deal.