LF: Parts for G4 iMac 15" LCD (Lampshade) model

[nickinau]

I think the power supply modules have failed on my computer. It died suddenly during use. Anyone have broken iMac with parts they might be interested in selling?

Doug
ingoldd@sympatico.ca

[mac_junkie1]

there's one on used ottawa at the moment.  500$ tho, extremely overpriced.  not sure  he knows its not worth that anymore!!!  i wouldn't pay more then 130$ at the most for that model.

hope that helps you out!

[TechnoDweeb]

I agree he's over priced, but these are getting very hard to find. And I don't think I've ever seen a working one go for less than $200. I actually love the way they look. I have two of them! I might eventually sell one of them, if I can decide which one I want to keep. Definitely not for parts though. I got my second one because I was going to swap the 17 inch screen with the 15 inch screen on my 1 GHz, but when I took them apart, I saw that I would have to do some major surgery. I'm not going to do that to two working systems that I love!

[ben schmidt]

I actually love the way they look.

Yeah, the iMac G4 aka 'iLamp' was definitely a classic design that has held up well since it's introduction in 2002. I think the quality of the arm was such that it was too costly to continue that or similar designs.

I do love how easy it is to re-position the screen and say, bring it closer to you, or push it back out of the way when you're done. It's a G4/PPC, so no Snow Leopard, but Tiger 10.4 should be fine, and some folks have got Leopard 10.5 working. Still a fine-looking machine for casual browsing/email/word-processing or iTunes.

PS. An amusing iMac G4 Shopping Ad from back in its day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYutehhGknI

PPS. For aficionados of trailing edge hardware, lowend.mac is a must-bookmark site: 15" iMac G4/700 MHz, 800 MHz

[ben schmidt]

Sacrilege! But couldn't resist. Now this is a real 'lampshade' model:



...from How to Recycle an iMac Luxo, hardmac.com, 2009/11/04