iMac :D

[MultiFinder]

I just got what I consider one of the most attractive Macs Apple has ever made - the graphite iMac. Mine's a 600MHz Summer 2001 model, decked out with 512 megs of RAM and a CD burner - and all for $20! It's going on my deskbench to be a small work machine over on that end of my room.

http://i41.tinypic.com/igi2ag.jpg

 

[Hrududu]

That looks pretty slick with the new chicklet keyboard. I gave my 600MHz Snow to my little brother to use, and its still serving him well. I sure do wish it were a 700MHz model though. That would have been sweet.

 

[MultiFinder]

I'm in love with the speakers in it - they sound amazingly good for a machine like this.

 

[LCGuy]

Very nice score...faster than the iMac I got recently too And yes, I have to agree with you on the speakers...apart from the BOSE system on the TAM they're probably the best built in speakers on any Mac.

 

[Christopher]

I love the speakers in those very much, it's just a shame that at lowest volume, I can't use them at night when I had one of those.

Man, now I want a G3 iMac again....

 

[Sludgedragon]

I always wanted a jewel tone iMac, ruby or sage. But I got a graphite much like that one because when it was time to buy it my other choices were (ew) blue dalmatian and (ick) flower power...It's still running at my daughter's house.

 

[Strimkind]

I always thought it would be interesting to have a Blue Dalmation or FlowerPower iMac. I have not seen one in person but I would pick it up if I saw it.

On the same topic. I picked up an iMac Summer 2000 350mhz Indigo yesterday in box almost brand new, for free . Very silent just like new. It was for a grandmother who never used it. It even still has some of the original plastic protection on it.

 

[niccyb]

Very slick machine. I recently dismantled ours after 9 years of sterling service - flyback transformers xx( ...

I'm hoping to win a 500mhz Indigo off ebay, then it's to the chop shop for a nice motherboard transplant and maybe even a case replacement (depends how ambitious I'm feeling)... Up until recently it was being used as a web browsing/music machine. Did the job damned well too.

 

[Hrududu]

Very nice score...faster than the iMac I got recently too And yes, I have to agree with you on the speakers...apart from the BOSE system on the TAM they're probably the best built in speakers on any Mac.

The iMac G3 speakers do sound really good, but I've always thought the Perfoma 6400/Powermac 6500 had the best internal speakers with the built in subwoofer. Can't say I've ever heard a TAM though.

 

[Osgeld]

the tam (a local store had one on display for a long time) is about what you expect out of a tiny Bose system, good but nothing to get overly snotty about aside from the name

or in other words walk into any mall area electronics shop and listen to a bose computer or bookcase system and you have the idea

 

[MultiFinder]

The speaker in the 6400/6500 (I have a 6500/225) is great for deep, rich sounds, but it really isn't that great for higher (or stereo for that matter, being one speaker) sounds. The iMac had a great range, obviously tilted a bit towards the treble, and equally great volume. Personally, if I had to pick one set of speakers to listen to everything in my life from here on out, I'd go for the iMac.

 

[niccyb]

The great thing about the 6500 is that you can plug in an external set of speakers and then still make use of the sub-woofer. I'm running a pair of old 1994 apple speakers (came with a quadra) with my 6500 and the sound is wonderful. The iMac slot-loaders were a great leap from the tray loader speakers though - ewww...

 

[Hrududu]

The great thing about the 6500 is that you can plug in an external set of speakers and then still make use of the sub-woofer. I'm running a pair of old 1994 apple speakers (came with a quadra) with my 6500 and the sound is wonderful. The iMac slot-loaders were a great leap from the tray loader speakers though - ewww...

Very true. The tray loaders sounded good to me until the slot loaders included the new Harmon/Kardon speakers. The amount of power those things produce is unreal. Throw in an iSub and its a really awesome setup.