Took the risk on buying a PowerMac G4 DP 500 with its original Studio Display, it would need to travel halfway across the US and the seller was using USPS, it was a risky purchase, but at least the G4 itself was being shipped in its original box. All I really wanted was the Dual G4-500, but if the monitor arrived working I would be happy. I was informed that I would get two separate packages, and of course they ran late.
Saturday afternoon I hear a thump and find this outside my front door, I'm not hopeful.
CRT is facedown with almost no packaging. The G4 itself I'd have to run to the post office to pick up a few days later.
I carefully removed it from the crumbling box and was amazed to find it still in one piece, with some damage to the stand.
A little dirty, some blemishes, but survived USPS's abuse and the image still looks good. The stand itself I figured I could patch with some high strength plastic epoxy.
First thing Tuesday morning I go pick up the tower.
Box is a little ratty, but complete and inside, one of the nicest G4 towers I've seen since my original one was new. Barely any marks or scratches on it, the system is almost entirely original. Dual G4-500, original keyboard and mouse, DVD-RAM, even the OS is the original 9.0.4 install from 2000. The hard drive is failing, but that's not unexpected.
Saturday afternoon I hear a thump and find this outside my front door, I'm not hopeful.
CRT is facedown with almost no packaging. The G4 itself I'd have to run to the post office to pick up a few days later.
I carefully removed it from the crumbling box and was amazed to find it still in one piece, with some damage to the stand.
A little dirty, some blemishes, but survived USPS's abuse and the image still looks good. The stand itself I figured I could patch with some high strength plastic epoxy.
First thing Tuesday morning I go pick up the tower.
Box is a little ratty, but complete and inside, one of the nicest G4 towers I've seen since my original one was new. Barely any marks or scratches on it, the system is almost entirely original. Dual G4-500, original keyboard and mouse, DVD-RAM, even the OS is the original 9.0.4 install from 2000. The hard drive is failing, but that's not unexpected.
