Something New, Something Newer
I said in one of my earlier blogs I was thinking of selling my 20 inch 1.8 GHz G5 iMac in favor of a smaller but slightly faster 17 inch 2.0 GHz iMac. Well, that is coming to pass as I write this, though by a strange path I wouldn’t have predicted and don’t totally understand. But I believe things always work out for the best, and it does seem that’s happening here.
I needed to do the upgrade as cheaply as possible; so, when I saw a 17 inch refurbished 2.0 Ghz iMac on the Apple Store Online, I jumped on it. The system arrived late last week. As I pulled it out of the box, though, I noticed a small gouge in the unit’s LCD near the top of the screen and just right of center. I powered the system up but didn’t progress past the first screen; the gouge was noticeable and distracting. I wasn’t going to spend almost $1000 on a damaged machine nor was I going to spend weeks waiting for an Apple Service Center to repair it. I called Apple Care on Saturday morning, explained to them what the damage was, and stated my preference for a return and a refund. He sent me over to Post-Sales Support. The pleasant woman there told me I would receive a couple of e-mails from Apple, one containing a RMA number and the other allowing me to print a shipping label, within 48 hours.
The next day I got a bit restless and, on a whim, called the Apple Store in the Galleria and asked if they had any 17 inch 2.0 GHz iMacs in stock. I had expected him to tell me they only had one with a wireless keyboard and mouse retailing for about $1159; that’s what they had said the weekend before; but he told me they had three and they were retailing for $1099, the same price I could get one online. With my eligible discount, it would be even cheaper, so I grabbed my wife, jumped in the car, and headed up to see if what the salesman had said was true.
On the way, my sister in law called my wife on her cell phone to ask if I had sold my iMac. She wanted to buy it.
Serendipity strikes again!
New memory for my dual PowerMac G5 arrived last week, too; and to be able to expand it to 4 GB using its 8 slots, I removed two 256MB sticks. Since all my PowerMac and my iMacs use the same memory types and speeds, I put them in my 20 inch 1.8 GHz iMac and added its single 1 GB stick to my new iMac’s single 512 MB stick. So, my PowerMac now has 3 GB of RAM (with 1 GB more to be added soon), my 1.8 GHz iMac has 512 MB RAM, and my new 2.0 GHz iMac has 1.5 GB RAM. Sweet!
I’ve reloaded my sister-in-law’s iMac with its original operating system and software and have it almost ready to ship. My new iMac is sitting on my desk running Tiger, and I really like it. I got my shipping labels from Apple, and the damaged refurb is ready to go back.
It just don’t get any better than this.
I needed to do the upgrade as cheaply as possible; so, when I saw a 17 inch refurbished 2.0 Ghz iMac on the Apple Store Online, I jumped on it. The system arrived late last week. As I pulled it out of the box, though, I noticed a small gouge in the unit’s LCD near the top of the screen and just right of center. I powered the system up but didn’t progress past the first screen; the gouge was noticeable and distracting. I wasn’t going to spend almost $1000 on a damaged machine nor was I going to spend weeks waiting for an Apple Service Center to repair it. I called Apple Care on Saturday morning, explained to them what the damage was, and stated my preference for a return and a refund. He sent me over to Post-Sales Support. The pleasant woman there told me I would receive a couple of e-mails from Apple, one containing a RMA number and the other allowing me to print a shipping label, within 48 hours.
The next day I got a bit restless and, on a whim, called the Apple Store in the Galleria and asked if they had any 17 inch 2.0 GHz iMacs in stock. I had expected him to tell me they only had one with a wireless keyboard and mouse retailing for about $1159; that’s what they had said the weekend before; but he told me they had three and they were retailing for $1099, the same price I could get one online. With my eligible discount, it would be even cheaper, so I grabbed my wife, jumped in the car, and headed up to see if what the salesman had said was true.
On the way, my sister in law called my wife on her cell phone to ask if I had sold my iMac. She wanted to buy it.
Serendipity strikes again!
New memory for my dual PowerMac G5 arrived last week, too; and to be able to expand it to 4 GB using its 8 slots, I removed two 256MB sticks. Since all my PowerMac and my iMacs use the same memory types and speeds, I put them in my 20 inch 1.8 GHz iMac and added its single 1 GB stick to my new iMac’s single 512 MB stick. So, my PowerMac now has 3 GB of RAM (with 1 GB more to be added soon), my 1.8 GHz iMac has 512 MB RAM, and my new 2.0 GHz iMac has 1.5 GB RAM. Sweet!
I’ve reloaded my sister-in-law’s iMac with its original operating system and software and have it almost ready to ship. My new iMac is sitting on my desk running Tiger, and I really like it. I got my shipping labels from Apple, and the damaged refurb is ready to go back.
It just don’t get any better than this.
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