[G4] Boxes

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

kind of ironic,

So yes, we are sentimental about boxes and old computers.

I have the Style-Writer box too with books in it..

I also had a Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display box as well , that i  
threw away about a year ago, the display broke 5 years before that. I  
also have a Performa 6214cd box and the computer still in it, that  
"blunder" of a computer   still works, and probably will never break,  
it is amazing that it worked in the first place. It is a Mickey  
Moused™ computer system, with parts of old an old Quadra 68040 tossed  
in a box with a PPC chip,  need i say more. If  you want to know more  
look at lowendmac.com article on the system.

But what do do with something like that....

it is pretty much useless for anything but typing text....

internet is out of the question with page load times up to 40 seconds  
per page with broadband....

Even linux will not run on this system, since the last time i check a  
few years ago....

But still i have it sitting around in the box in a  spare room with  
other boxes and don't want to get rid of it for some reason, i guess  
as a symbol of how computers should not be made, or how much money  
was spent on it.

But moving from that to a G4 was a world of a difference, and it  
looks like the move to a G5 or even Intel will be just as impressive  
if not more....

Anyway keep the box and the system together, so when some day when it  
is sold for a $1 at a yard sale someone will get a history lesson on  
what buying computer was like in 1996 or whatever year, but in  
general you are better off selling the computer and box when it is  
still worth something on ebay, etc. I missed the boat on that one...

I wish I would have sold my 6214cd when it was still worth $200 on  
ebay in 1999-2000.

Daniel J. Brieck Jr.




On Apr 25, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

> Now this is a fun thread!  Do we get sentimental about boxes?
>
> I just got rid of my QuickSilver G4 and LCD monitor boxes a month  
> ago, vintage late 2001.  Stacked one on top of the other all this  
> time in the middle of my son's abandoned bedroom, they served as a  
> handy island table top for books, papers, and other articles in  
> various stages of movement and reorganization within the room.   
> They had to go when I started bringing in new tables and  
> bookcases.  Imagine my surprise when I found a firewire cable  
> before folding the G4 box for recycling.
>
> Right now as I write in another room with the closet door open, I  
> am looking at:
>
> Apple Multiple Scan 15 Display box (Performa 6300) with smaller  
> boxes stored inside.  The display died a couple years ago.
> Apple Stylewriter box full of books ready for shelving in the new  
> bookcases.
> Lacie box for 240MB (not GB) Tsunami external SCSI hard drive,  
> empty.  At 15"x15"x9.5" and heavy, that was some kind of  
> packaging.  Tsunami is on a shelf above.
> APC box for a UPS that has been on line for years.
> And in some other closet, maybe full of books, Apple boxes for  
> Powerbook G3 bronze keyboard Lombard and for G4 iBook.
> Plus other boxes for stereo/video equipment and misc.
>
> Truth to tell, I have never had to use an original packing box for  
> reshipping.
>
> Al Poulin
> Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God,  
> proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.
>
> On Apr 25, 2006, at 6:29 AM, g4- 
> request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:29:09 -0400
>> From: "Daniel Brieck Jr." <djbrieck at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] Boxes
>
>> I keep the boxes as long as I have the computer, and sometimes longer
>> if the hardware breaks and is useless to fix, but the box is still
>> good for storing stuff... But if you need space you could always put
>> other boxes / stuff inside it to save space. Eg all my software and
>> small hardware boxes are in my G4  and Studio Display boxes along
>> with the foam too....
>>
>> Well, it not so much as getting more money for the machine with the
>> original box like it is for rare toys, it is the fact that the
>> original box will hold the computer better for shipping it and is
>> less likely be damaged during shipping, that is where the value is in
>> keeping the box and maybe for its cool design and pictures  
>> too,  ;-) .
>>
>> Daniel J. Brieck Jr.
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all -
>>>
>>> How long do I need to keep the box for my G4 that I bought in 2002?